Chronicles of the Revolutionary Nerd 1

A discussion with Andre Batts about the changing complexions in Comics, Sci Fi and the New trend known as Afrofuturism and His own Brand Urban Style Comics which features his characters Dreadlocks, Lucas a.d.2166,BlackWatch and Mizraiim.

Andre L. Batts born May 4, 1966, grew up on the west side of Detroit. Andre had a close knit family with his Mom, Dad, Brother and his many Cousins and of course Aunts and Uncles. They were all like Brothers and Sisters, but there was one difference, Andre was the only one that had a love for comic books. Growing up during the 70’s other kids would say to him, Man why are you always reading comic books. Andre had a love for comic books such as Dr. Strange, the X-men and the Avengers. He was a self taught artist, who learned to draw by looking at the images that were in the comics that he had been reading. Through time Andre stopped drawing due to becoming a teenager and discovering girls, at this time period Andre still occasionally picked up comics that he generally read as a child. He no longer bought his comics at the neighborhood store, but now Andre had to buy his comics at comic book specialty shops outside the urban Detroit area. It seemed to Andre that they were trying to keep African Americasn from having access to these comics, unless they had the means to go into the suburbs. STAY TUNED!!!!!

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