Bitter Root Hardcover Omnibus by David F. Walker

The metaphor couldn’t be more on the nose, but Bitter Root Vol 1. It’s by giving into hate that people’s souls are poisoned, each act of terror driving the infection deeper. It’s not by a vampire’s curse or a zombie’s sudden bite that the Jinoo lose their humanity. With its historical setting, Bitter Root Vol 1. So it should should come as no surprise that the book has a lot to say, and what it says is music to my ears. With the most popular example of this movement, Matt Ruff’s novel Lovecraft Country, heading to HBO later this year, showcasing that diversity in horror is more prominent than ever before. Whether you call it conjurepunk, deconstructed lovecraft, or ethnographic horror, Bitter Root Vol 1 joins the emerging trend of creators revisiting classic weird fiction through a POC lens. Greene’s character designs suffuse each of the Sangerye Family with enough personality to support their own books, while his bold and stylish panelwork compliment every scene. Greene and Renzi’s color work is marvelous, each scene depicted with beautifully eerie highlights set against hard shadow. Even from a strictly visual basis, Bitter Root Vol 1 stuns. has got to be the easiest recommendation I’ve made all year, and I have read a LOT of great comics. When a new evil emerges to threaten Harlem, the Sangerye family must band together to save the souls of an entire city, without losing their own in the process.īitter Root Vol 1. A family of Monster Hunters, the Sangeryes have fought back against the Jinoo for generations, curing those who’ve lost their souls to hate with the power of the Fiif’no root. In Harlem, the night belongs to the Sangeryes. Luckily for the people of Harlem, the Jinoo aren’t alone out there, because wherever you find monsters, you’ll find Protectors. Bodies warped to match their twisted hearts, the Jinoo seek only to maim and devour. But poisoned by hatred, greed, or some other evil, their souls were infected by an ancient darkness. Known as “Jinoo,” these monsters were once human. On the dark streets of Harlem, Demons roam the night. Walker and Chuck Brown, with art by Sanford Greene, color art by Rico Renzi and Sanford Greene, and lettering by Clayton Cowles, explores the Harlem Renaissance through fantasy, monsters, and commentary on the world then and now.

From Image Comics, Bitter Root Vol 1, written by David F. So, it only makes sense to use the distinctly American art form of comic books to explore that period. In one New York City neighborhood, the greatest artists of a generation gathered, created, and despite the perils of segregated America, these visionaries set the course for what we know now as American Culture.

There are few moments in American History that shine quite as brightly as the Harlem Renaissance.

Bitter Root Hardcover Omnibus by David F. Walker