Charlamagne tha God to create new original comics to "amplify Black and brown narratives"

gamesradar.com:

Throughout his career as a bestselling author, radio personality, and talk show host, Larry "Charlamagne Tha God" McKelvey has always maintained his love for comic books. Now, Charlamagne has decided to publish comics of his own, as a "strategic expansion of his media empire."

Charlamagne plans to create new lines of comic books and graphic novels, "filled with Black and Brown GOD Level superheroes," according to a press release.

Charlamagne is taking a two-pronged approach to publishing original comics. The first is through his own publishing house, Black Privilege Publishing [BPP], an offshoot of Simon & Schuster. BPP will publish the original graphic novel Darkstorm, co-created by comic book writer and screenwriter Kevin Grevioux.

Grevioux, who has worked with DC, Marvel, Valiant, and more is perhaps best known for creating the original story for the Underworld horror/action franchise and co-writing the original's screenplay. He also acted in the original film.

A "signature superhero epic," Charlamagne and Grevioux's first original IP to be published as graphic novels and comics Darkstorm is about a reluctant superhero of the same name who struggles with PTSD that is "projected as an anti-hero except to those that know him best."

Charlamagne and Grevioux's projects will reflect Black Privilege Publishing's mission to "amplify Black and brown narratives."

Darkstorm is illustrated by artist Ken Lashley.

"When you get the opportunity to work on some great characters you jump at the chance," says Lashley. "l am drawn to strong characters of color, and there are not many in mainstream comics, but Darkstorm is just that. It's also created by Kevin Grevioux who is a very talented writer and created another powerful character