Woman King’s Thuso Mbedu Heading to Comics for a Gorgeous Afro-Fantasy

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Image: Tehani Farr/Stranger Comics

The Woman King and The Underground Railroad actor Thuso Mbedu is becoming a member of Stranger Comics to pen a brand new story within the writer’s Tales of Asunda afro-fantasy collection, and io9 has your first look.

Mbedu will co-write Niobe: She-Tribe with Stranger Comics president Sebastian A. Jones. The new one-shot will comply with Tales of Asunda’s lead character, the titular Niobe, as she finds herself thrust into an moral battle when she encounters a tribal society that selects its new chief in a combat to the loss of life—discovering herself up in opposition to generations of conventional customs or dealing with the thought of maintaining herself hidden away from the world of Asunda. Check out the complete cowl for the difficulty under, by artist Tehani Farr:

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Image: Tehani Farr/Stranger Comics

“Upon meeting Thuso I knew I had to work with her. Her honesty and modest genius hold a well spring of magical and relatable stories that need to be told,” Jones stated in a press release offered to io9. “When we started brainstorming for the She-Tribe comic, Thuso breathed new life into Niobe and the vulnerable character relationships with such thought and care. Thuso is a rare spirit who speaks of many lives lived, here and before, and I couldn’t be more excited to share with our fans what we’ve got in store for Niobe and Asunda.”

Niobe: She-Tribe is about to launch in spring 2023.


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