Ben Passmore
Praise for Black Arms to Hold You Up
Ben Passmore has entered a realm where personal creative brilliance intersects the historically profound, and in doing so he's created a masterpiece.
David F. Walker, author of THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY: A GRAPHIC NOVEL HISTORY
A mordant and highly original graphic novel that has readers reconsider Black resistance.
Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
In the western cannon, the political cartoons that came before merely interpreted the world in various ways; it is clear that with Black Arms to Hold You Up, Ben intends to change it.
Ronald Wimberly
Ben Passmore has entered a realm where personal creative brilliance intersects the historically profound, and in doing so he's created a masterpiece.
David F. Walker, author of THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY: A GRAPHIC NOVEL HISTORY
A mordant and highly original graphic novel that has readers reconsider Black resistance.
Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
In the western cannon, the political cartoons that came before merely interpreted the world in various ways; it is clear that with Black Arms to Hold You Up, Ben intends to change it.
Ronald Wimberly
Ben Passmore has entered a realm where personal creative brilliance intersects the historically profound, and in doing so he's created a masterpiece.
David F. Walker, author of THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY: A GRAPHIC NOVEL HISTORY
A mordant and highly original graphic novel that has readers reconsider Black resistance.
Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
In the western cannon, the political cartoons that came before merely interpreted the world in various ways; it is clear that with Black Arms to Hold You Up, Ben intends to change it.
Ronald Wimberly