Afua Richardson

Afua Richardson
Richardson at BookExpo America in 2018
BornApril 25, 1980
New York City, NY
NationalityAmerican
Area(s)Writer, Penciller, Inker, Colourist
Pseudonym(s)Docta Foo
Notable works
Genius, World of Wakanda
www.afuarichardson.com

Afua Richardson is an African-Native American artist. She did covers for five issues of Marvel's World of Wakanda and art for a short story backup in the first issue.[1][2] Her comic, Genius, with writers Marc Bernardin and Adam Freeman[3] won Top Cow's 2008 Pilot Season.[4][5][6][7] She illustrated a Langston Hughes poem in 2014 for NPR's Black History Month,[8] and did variant covers for several comic book titles including All Star Batman for DC comics,[9] Attack on Titan for Kodansha,[10][11] Mad Max for Vertigo, as well as covers/variant covers for X-Men '92, Totally Awesome Hulk, Shuri, and Captain America and the Mighty Avengers at Marvel Comics. She was one of a small group of African American women artists who were employed by the "big two" comic publishers at the time she entered the industry.[12]

  1. ^ "Black Panther: World of Wakanda (2016) #1". Marvel Press. Retrieved April 28, 2017.
  2. ^ Helvie, Forrest C. (July 23, 2016). "SDCC 2016: Black Panther: World of Wakanda". Marvel.com. Archived from the original on May 19, 2017. Retrieved May 2, 2017.
  3. ^ "Genius #1". Image Comics. Retrieved May 2, 2017.
  4. ^ Sava, Oliver (August 15, 2014). "Top Cow's Genius is a chilling reflection of this week's Ferguson turmoil". AV Club. Archived from the original on October 3, 2022. Retrieved May 2, 2017.
  5. ^ Arrant, Chris (August 5, 2014). "Military Genius: 17 Year-Old Female Gang Member Takes on Top Cow". Newsarama. Archived from the original on July 9, 2016. Retrieved May 2, 2017.
  6. ^ "Afua Richardson: Journey to Genius". Vimeo (Archive link doesn't have video, but has information about video). Lincoln Motor Company. November 17, 2014. Archived from the original on June 2, 2016. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
  7. ^ "Lincoln Motors - Afua Richardson - Journey to Genius". Vimeo. Afru Richarcdson. August 22, 2016. Archived from the original on November 6, 2020. Retrieved February 12, 2023.
  8. ^ "Blood And Water: Illustrating Langston Hughes' 'Rivers'". Code Switch. NPR. February 24, 2014. Archived from the original on October 2, 2022. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
  9. ^ "All Star Batman #9". DC Comics. Retrieved May 2, 2017.
  10. ^ Whitbrook, James (November 22, 2016). "Read This Gorgeous, Heartbreaking Story From the Attack on Titan Anthology Comic". Gizmodo. Archived from the original on December 26, 2022. Retrieved May 2, 2017.
  11. ^ Alverson, Brigid (October 8, 2015). "Kodansha Announces 'Attack on Titan' Anthology". CBR. Archived from the original on April 10, 2022. Retrieved May 2, 2017.
  12. ^ Jackson, Cheryl V. (April 16, 2016). "Black female characters, artists fight for place in comic book world". The Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on September 27, 2022. Retrieved May 4, 2017.