Description
The highly anticipated sequel to NUBIA: REAL ONE highlights the importance of self-acceptance and the enduring power of true friendship! After a turbulent school year, Nubia is both thrilled and anxious as she embarks on a transformative summer training with the Amazons on Themyscira! Amid the mounting pressure of expectations, she grapples with feeling like an outsider, letting the weight of her self-doubt strain her most important relationships. Just when she thought her life couldn t get more complicated, her biggest fear threatens the safety of everyone on Paradise Island. Will Nubia rise above the chaos and embrace her true self as the hero she was destined to be? From critically acclaimed author L.L McKinney and brought to life with delightful, vivid art by Robyn Smith and Manou Azumi,?NUBIA: TOO REAL follows Nubia as she explores her Amazonian identity, navigates her friendships, and learns how to love herself.
About the Author
Named one of The Root s and BET s 100 most influential African Americans, LL McKinney, is an advocate for equality and inclusion in publishing, and the creator of the hashtags #PublishingPaidMe and #WhatWoCWritersHear. Her works include the Nightmare-Verse books, Nubia graphic novels through DC, Marvel s Black Widow: Bad Blood, and more. Robyn Smith is a Jamaican cartoonist known for her mini-comic The Saddest Angriest Black Girl in Town, illustrating Nubia: Real One (written by LL McKinney) and Wash Day Diaries (written by Jamila Rowser) which won the 2022 LA times Book Prize for Best Graphic Novel. She has an MFA from the Center for Cartoon Studies and has also worked on comics for College Humor, Nike, and The Nib. She loves cake and her cat, Benson, and holds onto dreams of returning home to the ocean.
Reviews
Praise for Nubia: Real One
"Witty, powerful, and revolutionary..." --Dhonielle Clayton, New York Times bestselling author of the Belles series
"An essential superhero story for this moment." --Kirkus, starred review
"Nubia's humorous awkwardness will resonate as readers marvel at her strength and sense of duty in a world that fails to protect her." --Publisher's Weekly starred review
"A thrilling, timely, and thoroughly engaging full-length debut for a classic comic hero. No superhero collection is complete without Nubia." --School Library Journal starred review
Book Information
ISBN 9781799500179
Author L.L. McKinney
Format Paperback
Page Count 208
Imprint DC Comics
Publisher DC Comics
About the Author
Named one of The Root s and BET s 100 most influential African Americans, LL McKinney, is an advocate for equality and inclusion in publishing, and the creator of the hashtags #PublishingPaidMe and #WhatWoCWritersHear. Her works include the Nightmare-Verse books, Nubia graphic novels through DC, Marvel s Black Widow: Bad Blood, and more. Robyn Smith is a Jamaican cartoonist known for her mini-comic The Saddest Angriest Black Girl in Town, illustrating Nubia: Real One (written by LL McKinney) and Wash Day Diaries (written by Jamila Rowser) which won the 2022 LA times Book Prize for Best Graphic Novel. She has an MFA from the Center for Cartoon Studies and has also worked on comics for College Humor, Nike, and The Nib. She loves cake and her cat, Benson, and holds onto dreams of returning home to the ocean.
Reviews
Praise for Nubia: Real One
"Witty, powerful, and revolutionary..." --Dhonielle Clayton, New York Times bestselling author of the Belles series
"An essential superhero story for this moment." --Kirkus, starred review
"Nubia's humorous awkwardness will resonate as readers marvel at her strength and sense of duty in a world that fails to protect her." --Publisher's Weekly starred review
"A thrilling, timely, and thoroughly engaging full-length debut for a classic comic hero. No superhero collection is complete without Nubia." --School Library Journal starred review
Book Information
ISBN 9781799500179
Author L.L. McKinney
Format Paperback
Page Count 208
Imprint DC Comics
Publisher DC Comics
