SPOTLIGHT: Where I’m Coming From Comic by Barbara Brandon-Croft
Where I’m Coming from by Barbara Brandon-Croft
Trailblazing cartoonist, Barbara Brandon-Croft is the first Black woman to be nationally syndicated in the mainstream press. Her latest book, “Where I’m Coming From” was published by Drawn and Quarterly in 2023.
A few of Ms. Brandon-Croft’s released panels are below. Original Where I’m Coming From strips are in collections at the Library of Congress in Washington D.C., and the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum in Columbus, Ohio.
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One of our favorite panels that captures the essence of Ms. Brandon-Croft’s work.
Interviews of Barbara Brandon-Croft by Sandra Bookman on “Here and Now”
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About the Creator
Barbara Brandon-Croft
Ms. Brandon-Croft is best known for creating the comic strip, Where I'm Coming From, and for being the first nationally syndicated African American female cartoonist.
Brandon is an alumna of Syracuse University's College of Visual and Performing Arts. She has previously worked as a fashion and beauty writer for Essence magazine. Her illustrations have appeared in Essence, The Village Voice, The Crisis, and MCA Records.
About the Creator’s Dad
Brumsic Brandon Jr.
“[C]artoonist, columnist, painter, sculptor, civil rights activist, educator and humanitarian. [A]mong the first to have Black characters drawn by Black hands in the white press. Luther.” (1960s-1980s). View Mr. B’s work.
