Happily Ever After: Romantic Graphic Novels With Black Leads

For Black History Month, I’ve tended towards more serious content, like last year’s timeline about Black characters and creators in superhero comics. But it’s just as important to celebrate stories that show Black characters having fun adventures and achieving the happy endings they deserve.

If you’re reading this the day it publishes, Valentine’s Day is tomorrow. The celebration seems especially appropriate for highlighting five graphic novels where the Black character ends up getting the girl, the guy, multiple guys, or whoever else their heart desires!

Bingo Love by Tee Franklin, Jenn St-Onge, and Joy San Hazel and Mari adore each other, but as teenagers growing up in the 1960s, their love isn’t given a chance to thrive. After their homophobic families force them to separate, the two spend decades apart leading their own lives, only for a lucky encounter to give them an unexpected second chance.

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