Bitter Root Volume 1
Family Business
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Once known as the greatest monster hunters of all time, the Sangerye family specialized in curing the souls of those infected by hate, but those days are fading. A terrible tragedy has claimed most of the family, leaving the surviving cousins split between curing monsters and killing them. Now, with a new breed of monster loose on the streets of Harlem, the Sangerye family must come together, or watch the human race fall to untold evil.
Collects BITTER ROOT #1-5
About this Author
David F. Walker is an award-winning journalist, filmmaker comic book writer, and creator of pop culture 'zine BadAzz MoFo. He is the co-writer and co-creator of NAOMI (DC Comics) and the Eisner Award-winning BITTER ROOT (Image Comics). He is the author of the graphic novels THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY: A GRAPHIC NOVEL HISTORY and THE LIFE OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS (Ten Speed). His other comic book credits include POWER MAN & IRON FIST, NIGHTHAWK, and OCCUPY AVENGERS (Marvel), CYBORG (DC), SHAFT (DYNAMITE), PLANET OF THE APES (Boom), THE ARMY OF DR. MOREAU (IDW/Monkeybrain), and NUMBER 13 (Dark Horse Comics). He is the author of SHAFT'S REVENGE, the first new novel starring John Shaft in over 40 years.
Chuck Brown is the Eisner and Ringo award winning writer and co-creator of such books as The Punisher and Black Panther for Marvel, Rotten Apple for Dark Horse Comics, and BITTER ROOT and ON THE STUMP for Image Comics.
He has been self-publishing for more than 18 years and has also written comics for Zenescope Entertainment, 12-Gauge Comics, and Line Webtoon.
Sanford Greene has worked professionally in comic illustration and related industries for over 15 years, including work for mainline publishers such as Marvel, DC, Dark Horse, and Image Comics. Recent work includes the hit Marvel series Power Man and Iron Fist as well as covers for Black Panther and Luke Cage. He currently works on his creator-owned online comic series for Line Webtoon, 1000, and the anticipated Bitter Root, a dark fantasy/action ongoing series published by Image Comics and set during the Harlem Renaissance.
Reviews
"Has become a conversation starter in the comic book industry, which continues to awaken to more diverse ways of creating characters both on the page and behind the scenes. The comic is by an all-black creative team and features a predominantly black cast of characters in the 1920s-embracing the black artistic creativity of the Harlem Renaissance but also recognizing the racism of the time." -The Washington Post
"The tragedy and family drama at the heart of IMAGE COMICS' new series BITTER ROOT may be the most traditional thing about a comic that is, at heart, anything but traditional." -The Hollywood Reporter
"Puts a monstrous face on bigotry and a beautiful new spin on the Harlem Renaissance." -The Onion's AV Club
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