First Black woman to open a comic book shop on the East Coast shares her reading recs | The Daily Dot

Ariell Johnson is making her comics dreams come true—and inspiring an entire community in the process. Illustration via Max Fleishman, The Daily Dot.

By Deron Dalton Advocates of diversity in comics kicked off 2016 with a big milestone when Ariell Johnson opened the first Black woman-owned comic book store on the East Coast: Amalgam Comics & Coffeehouse, Inc. Johnson, 33, embraced her identity as a geek in college and became known as an advocate for diversity in geek culture and better representation in comics. “Representation is […]

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