There’s a new digital comic dropping today on Amazon Kindle – The Urban Legend is available now, check out the details and preview pages below.
MAR. 9, 2022, (SEATTLE, WA) — There are lessons to be learned from the internationally celebrated Eritrean-Norwegian comic series, The Urban Legend, written by award-winning creator Josef Tzegai Yohannes, with art and letters by Newtasty, colors by Sara Machajewski and Juan Moraga Gonzalez.
By day Malcolm T. Madiba is a schoolteacher who lives by a code of justice and honor. After the murder of his brother, he adopts the alter-ego of The Urban Legend, a crime-fighting superhero committed to justice and protecting the innocent, putting bad guys in their place to help to keep the streets of recession-ravaged Capital City safe. A superhero with and without a mask, Malcolm’s compassion and inspiration move further than all the others to truly make a difference in the world.
The Urban Legendhas forged partnerships and collaborated with organizations dedicated to social and societal change, including The Nobel Peace Center, The Nelson Mandela Foundation, and The Malala Fund. The comic is used in school curriculum on three continents including Norway, Brazil, and South Africa, teaching powerful messages that include topics such as bullying, climate change, social injustice, empowerment, and racism through special themed issues.
The US release of The Urban Legend#1drops today on Amazon Kindle! Edited by Sajid Malik
