Afrofuturist Comics Collection

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: SPC-2019-011

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This Afrofuturist Comics Collection (circa 1984) contains three albums featuring mostly Afrofuturist comics created and illustrated by David L. Devilleres. The albums contain six short originial superhero comic stories featuring characters such as: Wattz, Fire Woman, Major Soul, Captain Freeman, and others. One of the short comics included is an origin story about Major Soul; another is entitled "Captain Freeman Battles the Destroyer!"; and a comic titled "Wattz Heros" which follows Wattz, Black Man, Black Boy, and Fire Woman as they fight crime. Also included are character descriptions, and nine portrait style photographs of David L. Devilleres including an image of him in an U.S. Marine Corps uniform.

Dates

circa 1984

Creator

Devilleres, David L. (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

There are no access restrictions on this collection.

Conditions Governing Use

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Director of Archives and Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical materials and not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

Extent

1 box (3 albums.)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

This collection contains three albums featuring mostly Afrofuturist comics created and illustrated by David L. Devilleres. The albums contain six short originial comic stories featuring characters such as: Wattz, Fire Woman, Major Soul, and others. Also included are character descriptions, and nine photographs of David L. Devilleres including an image of him in an U.S. Marine Corps uniform.