Black Excellence: Ben Passmore
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Passmore
Ben Passmore (born 1983)[1] is an American comics artist and political cartoonist.
His book Your Black Friend was originally self-published in 2016 and then reissued by Silver Sprocket in 2018. The book is a collection of short vignettes offering the experiences of a black man in a world of white people. Your Black Friend was inspired by Black Skin, White Masks, Frantz Fanon’s 1952 book about the impacts of racism.[5] The book has been compared to the Jimbo comic strip by Gary Panter.[6] Passmore’s book won the 2017 Ignatz Award for Outstanding Comic,[7] received an Eisner Award nomination that year for Best Single-Issue,[8] and was featured on NPR’s list of 100 favorite comics and graphic novels.[9] The work has been adapted into a short animated film.[10]