BROTHERMAN RETURNS!! (Indiegogo Project!)
In spring of 1990, at my Alma mata, Howard University, (the African-American university mecca) the talk was everywhere... "Yo, did you hear? Did you hear?? There is a new black comic book coming out made and drawn by black artists!" "What's the title?" "BROTHERMAN" Bear in mind despite being around the same time as the first Tim Burton Batman film, comic books had not quite caught on as a viable mainstream commercial entertainment -- much less, successful independent comic publishing (ie. Image Comics) was still just on the horizon. The interest and curiosity was real and electric and not just around the university but also around the nation. Even Arsenio Hall (late night king for American TV at the time) even gave Brotherman a plug. The only problem was HOW to get it. Finding a copy of Brotherman was extremely difficult in comparison the monster distribution that companies like Marvel had at the time. The brainchild of artist Dawu...