First Black woman to open a comic book shop on the East Coast shares her reading recs | 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 […]