Joel Christian Gill

Joel Christian Gill (born 15 January 1975 in Roanoke, Virginia) is an American cartoonist, educator, and author of a number of graphic novels from Fulcrum Publishing: ''Strange Fruit Vol I : Uncelebrated Narratives from Black History'', ''Bass Reeves: Tales of the Talented Tenth No.1'', and ''Bessie Stringfield: Tales of the Talented Tenth, No. 2'', ''Strange Fruit Vol II: More Uncelebrated Narratives from Black History'', a picture book "Fast Enough: Bessie Stringfield's First Ride" from Lion Forge and ''Fights: One Boys Triumph Over Violence'' a memoir about how children deal with trauma and abuse from Oni Press. He has taught studio art, Illustration and comics while serving as Chair of the Comic Arts and Foundations programs at the New Hampshire Institute of Art. In the Fall of 2019 he accepted an appointment as Associate Professor of Illustration at Massachusetts College of Art and Design. In 2020 he began work on an adaptation of Dr. Ibram X Kendi's ''Stamped from the Beginning a Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America'' for Ten Speed Press. Provided by Wikipedia