May 24, 2017
Shequeta L. Smith, is an award-winning writer and filmmaker based in Los Angeles, California. Smith is set to appear to meet fans and autograph copies of the first two books of her graphic novel series Rayven Choi on May 26, 2017 at Graham Crackers Comics, located at 77 East Madison Street. The six book,
graphic novel series is based on an African American woman, who witnessed a hitman murder her parents at the tender age of five. Although Choi grows up in Seoul Korea, she still longs to find out why her parents were actually murdered by the hitman. Photo Courtesy of Shequeta L. Smith
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AWARD-WINNING WRITER PRESENTS GRAPHIC NOVEL SERIES, RAYVEN CHOI
“I want little Black girls to have someone to look up to because Choi was an African American character,” Smith said. “We don’t have a lot of those in the comic book industry. That was kind of what brought me in doing this story in the comic book medium because I would go visit comic shops and couldn’t find any Black women on the covers at all.”