The Girl who Married a Skull and Other African Stories EK Weaver “The Arab of the Future

“The Arab of the Future is a beautifully cartooned story that is both modern and timeless

satisfyingly creepy

Johnson’s first in nearly fifty years

An apocalyptic work in which non-entity JasperNotochord becomes inadvertently involved in a surreal war between armored angelsand mutated demons

"A sense of effervescent improvisation pervades the tale

The Girl who Married a Skull and Other African Stories EK Weaver “The Arab of the FutureEdited by C. Spike Trotman, Kate Ashwin, Kel McDonald, Taneka Stotts. Published by Iron Circus Comics. Softcover, 208 pages, B&W, 2014. This first volume of the Cautionary Fables & Fairytales graphic novel series! In this vibrant comics treasury, some of storytelling's finest talents reimagine classic African folktales with a modern twist! Funny, warm, and wildly inventive, these timeless tales are brand new all over again. Have you heard the one