Description: "In the stories gathered in Yellow Negroes and Other Imaginary Creatures--and never before available in English--Alagbâe uses stark, ... black-and-white brushwork to explore love and race, oppression and escape. It is both an ... experiment in visual storytelling and an essential, deeply personal political statement"--
Review Quotes: "Alagbé's sharp, mesmerizing images catch the eye, and they compel you to continue reading. These difficult stories stick with you, continuing to turn over and over in your head." --Shea Hennum, The AV Club's '25 Best Comics of the 2010s'
"With poetic, elliptical text and stark, impressionistic black-and-white art, French cartoonist Alagbé reveals the toxic legacy of European colonialism upon individuals and families." --Library Journal"A timely collection about race and immigration in Paris by one of France's most revered cult comic book artists. Alagbé uses stark, endlessly inventive black-and-white brushwork to explore love and race, oppression and escape." --Publishers Weekly "One of the most arresting comics works to hit stands in a good long while." --Abraham Riesman, Vulture
"Nègres is one of those works that becomes emblematic not just of its publisher, but of a particular moment in comics. Where the individual parts just click, where every creative decision feels right and supports the author's intent, while retaining the spark of youthful ambition. . . . The book . . . deserves attention. It is a bold and nakedly intense effort to represent the way bereavement may trigger memories, dreams, and rationalization, as well as to describe how, like it or not, family dictates our lives." --The Comics Journal