INCOGNEGRO
Written by Mat Johnson; Art by Warren Pleece; Photo cover
"Smart and fast-paced."—PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
"Well worth the price of admission."
—CRIMESPREE MAGAZINE
"Don't miss it!"
—Cornell West
Writer Mat Johnson, winner of the prestigious Hurston-Wright Legacy Award for fiction, constructs a fearless graphic novel that is both a page-turning mystery and a disturbing exploration of race and self-image in America, masterfully illustrated with rich period detail by Warren Pleece (THE INVISIBLES, HELLBLAZER). In the early 20th century, when lynchings were commonplace throughout the American South, a few courageous reporters from the North risked their lives to expose these atrocities. They were African-American men who, due to their light skin color, could pass for white. They called this dangerous assignment going "incognegro."
Zane Pinchback, a reporter for the New York-based New Holland Herald, is sent to investigate the arrest of his own brother, charged with the brutal murder of a white woman in Mississippi. With a lynch mob already swarming, Zane must stay "incognegro" long enough to uncover the truth behind the murder in order to save his brother — and himself.
- Vertigo
- 136pg.
- B&W
- Softcover
- $14.99 US
- ISBN 9781401210984
- Mature Readers
