Incognegro : a graphic mystery

Author

Mat Johnson

Call Numbers

• GRAPHIC NOVEL JOHN TEEN (OSH)
• GRAPHIC NOVEL JOHN (OSH)

Edition

10th anniversary edition.

Publication Information

[Milwaukie, Oregon] : Berger Books, an imprint of Dark Horse Comics, 2018.

Physical Description

131 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 24 cm

Summary

"This tenth anniversary edition of the acclaimed and fearless graphic novel features enhanced toned art, an afterword by Mat Johnson, character sketches, and other additional material. In the early 20th Century, when lynchings were commonplace throughout the American South, a few courageous reporters from the North risked their lives to expose these atrocities. They were African-American men who, due to their light skin color, could "pass" among the white folks. They called this dangerous assignment going "incognegro." Zane Pinchback, a reporter for the New York-based New Holland Herald, is sent to investigate the arrest of his own brother, charged with the brutal murder of a white woman in Mississippi. With a lynch mob already swarming, Zane must stay "incognegro" long enough to uncover the truth behind the murder in order to save his brother-- and himself. Suspenseful, unsettling and relevant, [this book] is a tense graphic novel of shifting identities, forbidden passions, and secrets that run far deeper than skin color"--

"Black reporter Zane Pinchback goes undercover as a white man to investigate the arrest of his brother and save him from a lynch mob."--

Notes

Includes reading group guide/Questions & topics for discussion.

Contents

• Author's note
• Chapter one
• Chapter two
• Chapter three
• Afterword
• Warren's sketchbook
• Reading group guide/questions & topics for discussion.