Incogenro - A Graphic Mystery
May 5th, 2008 by Mr. Miles
I’m a big nerd and I’ve been a comic book fan for years. Instead of doing the predictable thing and writing about the new Iron Man movie ( which I haven’t see yet so don’t post any spoilers ) I wanted to put ya’ll on to Incognegro by Matt Johnson.
Incognegro is the story of a light skinned black reporter who passes as a white an in order to infiltrate their world and later write about it for a newspaper based in Harlem. The story is sort of like under cover brother but with a better plot, believable characters, and better writing. The story is set during the Harlem Renaissance and is full of humor, mystery, and, commentary about the social constructs of race, the fluidity of identity, and the convoluted logic of White supremacists.
I would most definitely recommend this one to anyone with kids, students, or comic fans in general.
