Years ago, I read "Rising Out of Hatred: The Awakening of a Former White Nationalist", which was about a guy who'd been raised to be the next great voice of white supremacy. It's about how he slowly moved out of that movement, but in the early parts of his life, thought he was doing something noble. He also claims to have coined the phrase "white genocide" when he was a teenager, and as an adult, he regrets how the term has been used to justify racism.
Back in 1971, writer Gary Friedrich (creator of Ghost-Rider) & comics artist Rich Buckler created a comic starring Butterfly, the 1st Black superheroine to ever appear in comics!
She was a soul singer, Marian Michaels, who fought crime in costume with a jet-pack and wings. (You can read that original story here.)
Unfortunately, Butterfly's publisher, Skywald, went out of business the next month, and never copyrighted the character.
Decades later, around 2018, I was recruited to write a Butterfly story for a new publisher that would focus on Silver Age-style comics. I decided to focus on her being a musician, and contrast that against the rhythm of a rooftop brawl.
That new publisher ultimately failed to launch, but not before I wrote the story, and writer Frank Fosco illustrated it.
So the completed Butterfly story sat in limbo for years, until the legendary Erik Larsen printed it as a backup story in his Savage Dragon comic in 2023.
So, now, I'm sharing my Butterfly comic here. Enjoy!
