So when the last issue of the anthology comic Island was released and people saw the cover by the artist Dilraj Mann of a black woman rendered all in absolute black with red lipstick and door knocker earrings hit the internet it caused quite a stir. At the time Ronald Wimberly and I thought it would be worth a conversation. So I gathered some voices from the online debate and some others we knew to have a conversation about his cover, art, editorial practices in comics and voices of black women within the comic industry.

J. A. Micheline: https://twitter.com/elevenafter https://ko-fi.com/elevenafter

Darryl Ayo: https://twitter.com/darrylayo http://littlegardencomics.com/

Cheryl Lynn: http://digitalfemme.com/

Jonathan: https://twitter.com/elmcitytree https://elmcitytree.wordpress.com/

Ronald: https://twitter.com/raynardfaux http://d3-14.tumblr.com/

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