Overview

An incredibly unique comic book benefit project featuring comic shorts, pin-ups, short essays, and flash fiction, the proceeds of which will be going to the Innocence Project We've all seen the pictures: a six-year-old Ruby Bridges being escorted by U.S. marshals on her first day at an all-white, New Orleans school in 1960; a police dog attacking a demonstrator in Birmingham; fire hoses turned on protesters; Martin Luther King Jr. addressing a crowd on the National Mall. These pictures were printed in papers, flashed across television screens, and helped to change the laws of this nation, but not necessarily all of the attitudes. Similarly, we've seen the pictures of Michael Brown lying face down in a pool of his own blood for hours; protesters with their hands up, facing down militarized policemen. There are videos of Eric Garner choked to death, John Crawford III shot down in Walmart for carrying a toy gun, and 12-year-old Tamir Rice gunned down in broad daylight for the same reason. APB: Artists Against Police Brutality is a benefit comic book anthology that focuses on hot-button issues including police brutality, the justice system, and civil rights, with one primary goal: show pictures and tell stories that get people talking. The proceeds will go to the Innocence Project, an organization dedicated to exonerating wrongfully convicted people.

Full Product Details

Author:   Campbell Bill ,  Jason Rodriguez ,  John Jennings
Publisher:   Mountain Lake Press
Imprint:   Mountain Lake Press
Dimensions:   Width: 17.10cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 24.70cm
Weight:   0.370kg
ISBN:  

9781495607523

ISBN 10:   1495607526
Pages:   200
Publication Date:   12 November 2015
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock  
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Table of Contents

Introduction - Bill Campbell Pin-Up, Family Portrait - Ashley Woods Shame - David Brame Innocent Bystanders - Jennifer Marie Brissett Pin-Up, Attack of the 14 Yr. Old Black Girl - Lalo Alcaraz A Spirit in New Orleans - Ytasha L. Womack Pin-Up, Stop - Dean Haspiel Two Cartoons - Keith Knight License to Kill - MGRivas and Phill R. Williams Jr. Pin-Up - Christa Cassano The Pikesman's Patrol - Gary Phillips, Illustration by Rafael Desquitado, Jr. Boyz in a Hood - Jerry Craft Two Cartoons - Tak Toyoshima and Steve Artley Unlawful and Media Shots - Barbara Brandon-Croft No Time For Innocence - Andaiye Reeves, Illustration by Darius Reeves Pin-Up - Gregory Garay The Problematic White Liberal - Aaron Rand Freeman and J. Andrew World The Walker - Melanie Stevens For My Future Child - Takeia Marie Pull It Up from the Roots - Avy Jetter \White Supremecy: Fergusen and a New Message to the Grassroots - Reynaldo Anderson Two Cartoons - Steve Artley Split - Brandon L. Hankins Scared Straight - Jerome Walford No Black Child Left Behind: Schools Policing Students of Color - Bettina L. Love Code 288 - Jason A. Quest Violation: A Birth Story - Jason Harris and Seshat's Brush Heroes & Monsters - Sean Smack! Mack Caught In The Lover's War: James Baldwin and the Legacy of Queer Art-Making in the Anti-Police Brutality Movement - Joshua Plencner Dear Brother - Ka Yan Cheung Broken Glass, or They're Killing Our Artists - Sofia Samatar On Mumia's Corner - Lance Tooks Profile - Damian Duffy, Robert Love, and John Jennings Alternatives to Policing and the Superhero Model - Walida Imarisha, Illustation by Stacey Robinson Pin-up - Tommy Nguyensmith Brutality - David White Lockup - Matthew Fisher and Bizhan Khodabandeh Apathy - T. Fox Dunham KickNigga - Gallo Fino Floater - Keith A. Miller and Chuck Collins Motor City - Cynthia Scott Blues Joel Hilliard, Kevin Nieves, and Andrew Nieves Bullet Proof Black - Jason Scott Jones Black & Blue - Jerry Craft Pin-Up - KEEF CROSS Rioting: As American As Apple Pie - P. Djeli Clark Pin-Up - Charles Fetherolf Dream - Shomari Harrington When It Gets To This - Mondo we Langa Biographies

Reviews

The bodies and violence on display in the book are a visceral attempt at showing you the impact of this violence on individuals and communities, but again, if you look deeper, you will see that APB is also a love letter--to the victims of said violence, of course, but it's also a direct attempt at convincing oppressive systems that victims and potential victims are worthy of love, respect, and compassion. Troy Wiggins, panels.net

Author Information

John Jennings is a retired associate professor in the Department of History at Trent University, former member of the Canadian Equestrian Team, and former member for Ontario on the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada. He has written extensively on the North West Mounted Police, Aboriginal-European relations in the Canadian and American wests, and the role of the canoe in Canadian history and culture.

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