The Artist's Experience: From Brotherman to Batman

Here are installation photos of outstanding work by Black artists on view at the Society of Illustrators (NY) in their 3rd-floor gallery from June 15 to October 29, 2022, co-curated by Karama Horne and Shawn Martinbrough. Included in the exhibition are drawings from Martinbrough, Dawud Anyabwile (co-founder of Brotherman Comics), Denys Cowan (co-founder of Milestone Media), Afua Richardson (Black Panther World of Wakanda, HBO’s Lovecraft Country), Alitha Martinez (Batgirl, World of Wakanda), John Jennings (Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower), Robyn Smith (Nubia: Real One), Larry Stroman (Alien Legion, X-Factor), Darryl Banks (Green Lantern), Ronald Wimberly (founder of THE LAAB), Khary Randolph, Jamal Igle, Micheline Hess, Sanford Greene (Bitter Root), Eric Battle, Marcus Williams, Chuck Collins, and Damion Scott. These photos were taken by me on October 11 and sorted in the order they are seen in the gallery.

Tangentially related, here are a few photos of the Afrofuturist installation at the Met designed by Archibong.