Now Let Me Fly: A Portrait of Eugene Bullard

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On the eve of World War I, Eugene Bullard was one of a small but growing number of African American refugees living in France. At just eleven years old, Bullard had fled the dangers of the Jim Crow South, determined to find a place where a Black man would be treated as a human being. His search took him across the Atlantic and through a myriad of lives as a horse racer, vaudeville performer, and boxer. In 1913, he settled in Paris. In 1914, the Great War began, and Bullard made history as the first African American fighter pilot. In this candid but sensitive graphic memoir, Ronald Wimberly and Brahm Revel capture moments from Eugene Bullard's life with remarkable empathy, from the muddy trenches to the open sky.

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"Wimberly's script navigates haunting scenes of racism and ultimate optimism and triumph. Revel (Guerillas) draws emotive faces and propulsive action, as fluidly rendering a boxing ring as a battlefield... [Now Let Me Fly] carries off the lift of a pulp adventure, while memorializing Bullard's warrior spirit." --Publishers Weekly, starred review

Author Bio

Ronald Wimberly is an American cartoonist, designer, and filmmaker. He's the founding editor of the art magazine LAAB. He has published several graphic novels, as well as shorter works for The New Yorker and the Nib. Brahm Revel is a Reuben Award-nominated American artist and writer best known for his comic series Guerillas, as well as his work for Marvel, Boom!, and IDW. He lives and works in Barcelona, Spain.