Book
APB : artists against police brutality
Publication Information
Greenbelt, MD : Rosarium Publishing, [2015]
Physical Description
164 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 27 cm
Summary
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.
Contents
- Pin-Up, "Family Portrait" / Shame / Innocent Bystanders / Pin-Up, "Attack of the 14 Yr. Old Black Girl" / A Spirit in New Orleans / Pin-Up, "Stop" / Two Cartoons / License to Kill / Pin-Up / The Pikesman's Patrol / "Boyz in a Hood" / Two Cartoons / "Unlawful" and "Media Shots" / No Time For Innocence / Pin-Up / The Problematic White Liberal / The Walker / For My Future Child / Pull It Up from the Roots / White Supremecy: Fergusen and a New Message to the Grassroots / Two Cartoons / Split / Scared Straight / No Black Child Left Behind: Schools Policing Students of Color / Code 288 / Violation: A Birth Story / Heroes & Monsters / Caught In The Lovers War: James Baldwin and the Legacy of Queer Art-Making in the Anti-Police Brutality Movement / Dear Brother / Broken Glass, or They're Killing Our Artists / On Mumia's Corner / Profile / Alternatives to Policing and the Superhero Model / Pin-up / Brutality / Lockup / Apathy / KickNigga / Floater / Motor City Cynthia Scott Blues / Bullet Proof Black / "Black & Blue" / Pin-Up / Rioting: As American As Apple Pie / Pin-Up / Dream / When It Gets To This