Activists! (1995 Stabur Press) comic books 1970 or later

Add to cart VF 8.0 $319.00 View scans Signed by writer Joyce Brabner and artist Wayne Van Sant. Does not include certificate of authenticity. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Copyright Fellowship of Reconciliation. Meant to be sold in comic shops and given away in urban youth centers as an educational comic, the sponsor disapproved of the contents and seized all copies to destroy them before they were distributed. Less than 200 copies are believed to exist. "What If...?" - Written by Joyce Brabner, art by Wayne Vansant - The true story of how the members of an underground rock band grew up to form the backbone of the Velvet Revolution resistance movement to Soviet occupation in the former nation of Czechoslovakia. "Reflections of a Rock Lobster" - Written by Joyce Brabner and Aaron Fricke, art by Mark Badger - Based on the account in his autobiography, the true story of Aaron Fricke's successful lawsuit to be allowed to take another man to his high school prom. "Firebrand" - Written by Joyce Brabner, art by Wayne Vansant and Mark Badger - How Barbara Johns almost singlehandedly led a desegregation drive at her high school and became part of the famous Brown v. Board of Education ruling. "Survivin-N-Da-Hood" - Written by Joyce Brabner, art by Mark Badger - How an inner-city organization, run by and for the youth of New Haven, Connecticut, works to mediate disputes. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $3.00.