Why I Love Black Superheroes

By Toren Chenault — Black History Month is a time to celebrate. I love being Black, and I love everything about my culture. And I think it’s important to celebrate culture, no matter who you are. I also love comic books and am in the process of writing my first comic. As a future comic creator and as a Black male, I think it’s important to acknowledge the strides we’ve made in the comic book industry when it comes to diversity. See, we still have a long way to go, though. In fact, it saddens me the low number of Black writers and artists I see in mainstream comics today.

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