Exclusive Preview: Incognegro: Renaissance Tackles “Passing” & Anti-Black Violence in 1920s New York
Creators Mat Johnson & Warren Pleece Return to the World of their 2008 Vertigo Graphic Novel
Main Art by Warren Pleece
While the entire initial slate of legendary editor Karen Berger’s Berger Books imprint at Dark Horse will surely reflect Berger’s long history of taste-making at Vertigo comics, Incognegro: Renaissance carries perhaps the most direct legacy from DC Comics’ mature-readers imprint. Writer Mat Johnson and artist Warren Pleece’s original Incognegro graphic novel was first published by Vertigo in 2008, and follows black reporter Zane Pinchback, whose light skin allows him to go “undercover” to investigate lynchings in the 1930s American South. Incognegro: Renaissance, which launches Feb. 7, is a prequel mini-series set before the events of the graphic novel, as Zane goes “incognegro” for the first time to determine who murdered a black writer at a “scandalous” interracial party in 1920s New York. Check out an exclusive first look at interior pages below, along with the complete solicitation text from Berger Books and Dark Horse.
