Art

comic: storm with an afropunk twist – created by shawn alleyne and inspired by hip-hop and the #blacklivesmatter movement

May 5, 2015

Take a look at this badass Storm, depicted by Philadelphia based artist Shawn Alleyne (one of the artists from the Street Team comic). Inspired by hip-hop, black culture, and police brutality, Alleyne’s version of the comic icon is a direct response to the current civil rights issues and #BlackLivesMatter movement. Alleyne, who’s upcoming comic features a young Nubian female afropunk-ish/hip-hop activist superhero, states: “I believe that one way for me to honor wrongful acts of injustice to Nubians is to make sure I put out images that don’t perpetuate racial stereotypes. I feel we (indy artists and creators) can manifest images and works that don’t fall back on the coward’s disguise of “satire”. 

By Alexander Aplerku, AFROPUNK Contributor

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