Mini Comic 7 – Librarian
This is a short comic about going to the library back in the day. When I was a kid my dad would send me to the library to get books because he thought knowing how to read was important. It totally is and i’m thankful for the lesson. But, when I was starting elementary school we’d moved from Oakland and Richmond to a small city called El Cerrito where the library was NOT inviting or reflective of who I was. I only found that through magazines, music, lowrider shows, graffiti, etc. So I imagined myself becoming a librarian to offer those things to a younger version of myself.
This is why the movement to diversify the publishing industry by empowering writers, illustrators, agents, publishers, etc is so important! And why its being attacked.
Whats this? I’ve had fits and starts with comics since 2007. In 2016 I started working on an epic graphic novel and it was too much, I couldn’t finish. So I took a break and began doing mini comics in 2021 (shorter more manageable stories) so I could do the most important part; finish them. This is a continuation of that. My accountability partner is my cousin and artist; Zhanne Easter.
Dig this? Check out some of my other mini comics
- ICE out of schools – 2pgs
- Time-10 pgs
- Ride Again-10 pgs
- Screenprint – 1pg
- Space Graf- 1pg
- Trumpet- 2pgs
- New Frontiers Anthology (George Takei)- 1pg
Check out Art of Rob feat 130 pages of drawings, sketchbook pages, illustrations, etc.
