While Lyndsey talks about her research before her academic advisor, a question pops up that forces her to think back to one of the most horrific incidents in her family's past.
There are a lot of contemporary comics that center Voodoo in their narratives. Many of these have great art and some of these titles are very well written. But for the most part, even when these titles have Black characters (major or minor), the Black identity of the characters is incidental to the story itself. This kind of incidental Blackness in comics has become more and more popular in a moment where comic book publishers struggle to balance demands for demographic diversity to be more inclusive of ALL comic book fans/readers and the sometimes ugly resistance to the facts of this diversity that sadly, has its roots in the very racism that BOX OF BONES courageously confronts. But the Blackness in BOX OF BONES isn't incidental. It is intentional in every sense of the word. And in all of those senses, BOX OF BONES situates itself as one of the most important comics in publication right now. Read Full Review
The story by Jama-Everett is smart, captivating, and unnerving. The art by Jennings is alluring.It is both scary and intriguing.The comic is a frighteningly penetrating story that gets the reader at their core leaving you in pieces. Read Full Review
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