Efan said:

Flo6 said:

Hoping you are right, Efan... and I agree that it's more complex than that, with yes, the demographics, history, and then hopefully (!) of course talent itself.

I'm not familiar enough with English-language comics to know about Milestone... sadly [I was raised on French comics].

But about 6 months ago I bought this gem of a book for an essay I was writing for college:

http://www.amazon.com/Black-Comix-African-American-Independent/dp/0984190651/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1304571542&sr=1-1

Black Comix: African American Independent Comics, Art and Culture [Hardcover]; Damian Duffy (Author), John Jennings (Author), Keith Knight (Introduction)

Gorgeous graphics, colors and designs. Even if I hadn't been studying the subject, I would have bought it just as a beautiful art book for a coffee table.

All the artists profiled seem professional, but are I guess little known in the mainstream market... which is the point of the book.

That book looks interesting. Thanks for the tip.