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This comic book was created by illustrator and designer loyiso mkize, who. Eastern color printing was incorporated in 1928, and soon became successful by printing color newspaper sections for several new england and new york. Its worth mentioning that kwezi means star in zulu and xhosa. He starts out as a bit of an antihero torn between the temptations of the big city life and staying true to his cultural roots. Kwezi is south africas very own homegrown superhero, selling out in print with every edition. Rockets powerful plan, combine marvels iconic super heroes with visas financial literacy expertise to introduce young readers to. All comic books for sale are listed alphabetically by the first letter of the comic books name. Loyiso mkize is making his own mark on the local comic book industry, and sharing his insights and reflections. I was thrilled when i heard that he had a comic out and it was the first id ever heard coming out of south africa. Kwezi is the worlds most powerful superhero, but does he have the will to discover his greatness.
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The team of the kwezi comic is complied by an all african team and founded by the multitalented artist loyiso mkize, whos work spans from being a contributor to the world renowned south african comic supa strikas to creating incredible portraits from charcoal on paper to oil on canvas. Eastern color printing was incorporated in 1928, and soon became successful by printing color newspaper sections for several new england and new york papers. Kwezi comic book took three years of trials and tribulations to finally have available to the public, after local publishers showed no faith in the. The eastern color printing company was a company that published comic books, beginning in 1933.
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Its a gathering of art, movie, music, games, comic, digital art and creative enthusiasts. Set in contemporary south africa, the series now on its third issue captures the life of a selfinvolved teenager whos life is developing in the fictional gold city. Comic is a flip book with one side being marvelstyle adventures and the other being animatedstyle adventures as done by the fictional bob mckay. Loyiso mkizes kwezi culture blog the way of us superbalist. Comic based on characters in the bob bob newhart television sitcom. This edit will also create new pages on comic vine for. Readers can see themselvesbeing kwezi fighting for justice from within the thirdworld, crimefilled streets of south africa. Starting out as a coillustrator for supa strikas, loyiso has branched out with a new initiative and has founded his own visual arts and communication company, loyiso mkize art which is publishing south africas first homegrown superhero comic book, kwezi. Forget black panther africas homegrown superheroes. The comics, avengers saving the day and guardians of the galaxy. African comic book writers to watch the reading list. Set on a contemporary south african backdrop, kwezi a 19 year old boy that discovers he has superpowers, and so the journey towards his purpose begins. Some people suggest storing comics upright will cause unnecessary stress on staples and the spine, but if proper precautions are taken, upright storage is the way to go. Loyiso mkize is the mastermind behind south africas first homegrown superhero comic book, kwezi.
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