Incognegro - Hardcover

"A riveting meditation on racism and self-reliance. The beautiful chiaroscuro pen-and-ink illustrations provided by veteran artist Pleece bring to vivid life one of the darkest chapters in America's racial history."

In the early 20th century, when lynchings were commonplace in the American South, a few courageous reporters - light-skinned African-Americans - risked their lives to expose the truth. They called their undercover work "going incognegro."After Zane Pinchback, a reporter for the New York-based "New Holland Herald", barely escapes with his life after his latest "incognegro" assignment goes wrong, he returns to Harlem - only to discover that his new assignment is to report on the arrest of his own brother, charged with the brutal murder of a white woman in Mississippi...Author Mat Johnston ("Hunting in Harlem") is joined by artist Warren Pleece (Hellblazer) to tell this gripping, disturbing story of race in America. This title is suitable for adults only!