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History Comics: Hip-Hop – The Beat of America is a nice introduction to the greats

How did a bunch of young people from the inner city create a genre of music that became a global phenomenon? From its humble origins at house parties in the Bronx, where DJs mixed old records to create new sounds, charismatic MCs let their clever lyrics flow, and B-boys and B-girls pioneered inventive dance moves, hip-hop quickly became a musical and cultural revolution.

Story: Jarrett Williams
Art: Jarrett Williams

Get your copy in comic shops! To find a comic shop near you, visit http://www.comicshoplocator.com or call 1-888-comicbook or digitally and online with the links below.

Bookshop
Amazon
Kindle


First Second provided Graphic Policy with a FREE copy for review
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History Comics: Hip-Hop – The Beat of America is a nice introduction to the greats

How did a bunch of young people from the inner city create a genre of music that became a global phenomenon? From its humble origins at house parties in the Bronx, where DJs mixed old records to create new sounds, charismatic MCs let their clever lyrics flow, and B-boys and B-girls pioneered inventive dance moves, hip-hop quickly became a musical and cultural revolution.

Story: Jarrett Williams
Art: Jarrett Williams

Get your copy in comic shops! To find a comic shop near you, visit http://www.comicshoplocator.com or call 1-888-comicbook or digitally and online with the links below.

Bookshop
Amazon
Kindle


First Second provided Graphic Policy with a FREE copy for review
This post contains affiliate links, which means that if you click on one of the product links and make a purchase, we’ll receive a percentage of the sale. Graphic Policy does purchase items from this site. Making purchases through these links helps support the site

Graphic novel sneak peek! See what’s coming to GPTV in the coming months!

We get some graphic novels well ahead of their release! See some of what’s coming through April 2024! Let us know what you’re excited for and what you want us to review early!

December 2023:

  • Bad Kitty Makes a Movie (Roaring Brook Press)

January 2024:

  • History Comics Hip-Hop (First Second)
  • Lunar New Year Love Story (First Second)
  • The Girl Who Sang (Roaring Brook Press)

February 2024:

  • Call Me Iggy (First Second)
  • Bunt! (First Second)
  • Eowulf (First Second)
  • A Firehose of Falsehood (First Second)
  • Agents of Suit: From Badger to Worse (First Second)
  • DnDoggos: Get the Party Started (Feiwel and Friends)

April 2024:

  • Shiny Misfits (Scholastic)

Roaring Brook Press, Feiwel and Friends, Scholastic, and First Second provided Graphic Policy with FREE copies for review