Black Cotton #1

Creators Patrick Foreman, Brian Hawkins, and Marco Perugini serve up a healthy dose of real-world reality by creating an alternate world where the social order of black and white is switched. Read Full Review

This issue does not cover any new ground on policing the police. Or Whose lives matters over whom. It did make me aware of my own Implicit Bias, and that is a good thing. I see this as having the potential of being the next Bitter Root, so I as speculator I'm going to pick up a copy and keep an eye on this story. Read Full Review

Patrick Foreman and Brian Hawkins' Black Cotton flips our entire world on its head in a simple way, delivering a biting alternate history where racial dynamics in America are reversed and the killing of a white woman by a black police officer sparks "White Lives Matter" protests and worries from a decades old family about protecting what's theirs. Read Full Review

This comic makes you think. It isn't designed to be an easy read or fun and enjoyable. Instead, we are taken into a different perspective of recent events that we may not have thought of. This makes it a great read because it reflects modern events. Read Full Review

Overall, Black Cotton #1 is a satisfying start that looks to say a lot. Hopefully, it gets its footing in the second issue. The story by Patrick Foreman and Brian Hawkins is bold and revolutionary. The art by Marco Perugini is adequate. Altogether, Black Cotton is a story that shows promise but is hard to say right now if it can fulfill it. Read Full Review

Black Cotton #1 has potential. It could be a hell of an exploration of race relations. But, the first issue delivers a familiar story with the only difference being the color of the skin. It doesn't provide anything new or interesting to chew on. In fact, it feels like it distills our real world ills to economic disparity and that's it. It's simplistic in its approach. Hopefully future issues deliver a bit more to chew on and contemplate as the story progresses. Read Full Review

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Mar 02, 2021

Black Cotton Issue: 1 “Chapter One: Shot Fired” Publisher: @scoutcomics Writers: @patrickdforeman & @brianhawkinswrites Artist: Marco Perugini Letterer: @franciscozamoracomics Editor: Andrea Lorenzo Molinari Scout Comics brings us a new intriguing story that takes place in an alternate reality where the social order of black and white are switched. Zion Cotton, a black Virginia police officer, encounters a white woman walking the streets at night wearing a hoodie. As he approaches the woman, he is spooked and guns down the unarmed woman. This sends an uproar across the country and riots and protests spread across America like wildfire. Additionally, bringing bad press to the Cottons, an elitist family. Now the Cottons are desperate to make this bad publicity go away by any means necessary. Wow this was a great ambitious and bold debut issue. Scout Comics continues to put out great reads that correlates with what has gone on in America this past year. It’s easy to look at social injustices in America and turn a blind eye. It’s even easier to do when you don’t look like the individuals that are constantly battling things like police brutality, racial discrimination and other social injustices. What happens if the status quo was actually reversed? This book draws you in to experience that possibility. The black and white artwork absolutely makes sense for what they are trying to convey here and it was well done. This is definitely for mature readers and I’m sure this book will have mixed reviews. I personally enjoyed it and I look forward to seeing where this goes. Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (4/5) Reviewed by: @mcruz2189 of The Comic Book Club of Instagram Follow: @the_comic_book_club on Instagram for more reviews! more