Written by jeremy love art and cover by jeremy love having read volume one, im impatient to know how it ends, and frightened, too. Throughout reading the book i felt as though my heart was being squeezed. Description lee wagstaff is the daughter of a black sharecropper in the depressionera town of charon, mississippi. Love wrote this book because he has always been interested in the mythology of america. My first thought was bayou by jeremy love, but i cant find any biographical information about him. The heroine of the story is lee, a young black girl living in mississippi in the 1930s.
Making his debut over a decade ago, love has also worked on creatorowned projects for dark horse fierce, shadow rock, on established. About gettosake jeremy loves art, animation, writings. When he is accused of raping and murdering lees young white friend lily who actually got eaten by an enormous monster in the bayou, and carted off. Unleashed on cyberspace in 2007, zuda comics makes its first jump to print in may with the release of a trade paperback edition of the first four chapters of jeremy loves bayou. Deserving of all the praise and awards its received, jeremy loves magical story is a pitchperfect tale of hope amid oppression. Lee wagstaff is the daughter of a black sharecropper in the depressionera town of charon, mississippi. Cbr news spoke with the writerartist about the project. Together, lee and bayou trek across a hauntingly familiar southern neverland, confronting creatures both benign and malevolent, in an effort to rescue lily. Together, lee and bayou trek across a hauntingly familiar southern neverland, confronting creatures both benign and malevolent, in an effort to rescue lily and save lees father from beinglynched. And its here that jeremy love takes us away to, back to a time when folktales and monsters lived as real as anything else.
Tillie walden, who moved from new jersey to texas as a child, has written some fantastic stuff, like the autobiographical spinning and the sci fi comic. Bayou v12 by jeremy love love, laughter, and a touch of. Be warned, though, that the story hasnt been completed yet, and youll be left suffering when you get to the end. The second volume of jeremy loves fantastic series bayou continues the story of young lee wagstaff, her friendlymonster bodyguard and guide bayou, and a host of characters plucked from southern american and african american folk tales. Aug 04, 2009 bayou began as a webcomic, and the first five chapters which is to say, volume 1 plus one extra chapter can still be read online. She lives with her father a sharecropper until the day when lees white playmate disappears in the bayou. Love, who not only writes bayou but draws the web sensation with colors by patrick morgan and chapter break illustrations by jill allyn stafford, was handpicked by dc comics to participate in its pet web project. Some of the imprints series won awards and nominations from comic industrys glyph comics awards and harvey awards. Jun 02, 2009 together, lee and bayou trek across a hauntingly familiar southern neverland, confronting creatures both benign and malevolent, in an effort to rescue lily and save lees father from being lynched.
Whether its better to read jeremy loves awardwinning webcomic series, bayou, for free as it initially appears at, or to pick up the new printed edition, bayou vol. Best comic book graphic novel writers from the american. Bayou v12 by jeremy love love, laughter, and a touch. Ive glanced at webcomics over the past few years and ive been amused and even delighted by some particularly scott mclouds brilliant work. And he needs lee strong enough to make it to that fight. Deserving of all the praise and awards its received, jeremy love s magical story is a pitchperfect tale of hope amid oppression. Extremely beautiful, scary and wonderful, this web comic takes readers to a pair of almost familiar, frequently threatening worlds. Launched in october 2007 by dc comics to solicit and introduce original comics material online, is releasing a print version of jeremy loves bayou with color by patrick morganin june. While it is not exclusive to black creators, it does strive to honor those who have made the greatest contributions to the comics medium in terms of both critical and commercial impact. The first instant winner webcomic is jeremy loves depressionera bayou. Critically acclaimed and worthy of acclamations, jeremy loves bayou is collected from its online form into a hardcopy format that allows a little more portability. Its kind of what i had hoped and expected to feel after reading swamp thing, to be honest.
Bayou is a dark bit of graphica, filled with racism, murder, kidnapping, golliwogs, faeries, and all other sorts of magic from the bayou region. Until you earn points all your submissions need to be vetted by other comic vine users. Bayou volume one collects the first four chapters of the criticallyacclaimed webcomic by jeremy love. Jeremy love was born in north carolina and grew up in philadelphia, pennsylvania, and sacramento, california. Written and drawn by jeremy love, bayou differs from the other entries here in that its not a free online series, though it is hosted online and the first issue is available for free at the. Aug 27, 2009 jeremy loves bayou, evidently the first physical book to be created from dc comics webcomic imprint zuda, is about a little girl named lee who lives in 1930s mississippi with her father. When talking about the inspiration for bayou, love says ive always been interested in the mythology of america. Bayou is a classic, old school comic strip, and i emphasize the word. Aug 26, 2009 jeremy loves bayou, evidently the first physical book to be created from dc comics webcomic imprint zuda, is about a little girl named lee who lives in 1930s mississippi with her father. Jeremy loves online comic strip bayou was chosen as the first zuda feature, announced when dc comics first rolled out their web comics. Jul 26, 2019 my first thought was bayou by jeremy love, but i cant find any biographical information about him. South of the masondixon line lies a strange land of gods and monsters. The second volume of jeremy love s fantastic series bayou continues the story of young lee wagstaff, her friendlymonster bodyguard and guide bayou, and a host of characters plucked from southern american and african american folk tales.
Feb 19, 2009 jeremy love talks bayou trade paperback. When lily westmoreland, her white playmate, is snatched by agents of an evil creature known as bog, lees father is accused of kidnapping. Zuda comics was dc comics webcomics imprint from 2007 until 2010. Jun 11, 2009 bayou volume one collects the first four chapters of the criticallyacclaimed webcomic by jeremy love. Together, lee and bayou trek across a hauntingly familiar southern neverland, confronting creatures both benign and malevolent, in an effort to rescue lily and save lees father from being lynched. Zuda comics makes its first jump to print in may with the release of a trade paperback edition of the first four chapters of jeremy loves acclaimed bayou. Love certainly does not shy away from the horrors that people faced. Bayou was originally published as a webcomic by zuda, but when zuda was incorporated into dc comics, they published the first two volumes in print. Lee wagstaff is a young africanamerican girl living in the. Bayou v12 by jeremy love love, laughter, and a touch of insanity. Bayou, which tackles racism and violence in 1930s mississippi, is as hypnotic as it is unsettling. The onion av clubat last, a second helping of dcs hit webcomic series. His critically acclaimed serialized graphic novel bayou, from dczuda, was nominated for an eisner award for best digital comic and won five glyph awards. He grew up as and still is a film, art and comic book junkie and feels he is lucky enough to make a living pursuing what interests him.
I decided it would be a great fit for me to read during a more diverse universe because it is just the sort of fantasy i want to read. The first title from the original webcomics imprint of dc comics. Bayou volume 1 collects the first four chapters of the. Bayou has gotten so much commercial and critical praise that dc is releasing it in print form the first trade paperback is due in june. Lees best friend is a girl named lily, whose mother disapproves of her daughter being friends with a black child. Dc takes jeremy loves bayou from web to print publishers weekly. He got started in comics ten years ago when him and his brothers selfpublished a comic, chocolate thunder, together. But i cant say as i have been wowed by any and my loyalty to the crisp, new stillgotthesmelloffreshink comic book has remained strong and intact. And while bayou is the first zuda webcomic to make it to print, it wont be the. Jeremy loves bayou, evidently the first physical book to be created from dc comics webcomic imprint zuda, is about a little girl named lee who lives in 1930s mississippi with her father. The initial announced lineup of talent included no prominent webcomics creators, prompting todd allen at comic book resources to opine, the vast majority of the initial creators here have already done print comics. Zuda, however, is not merely publishing any format of webcomic. Jeremy love is an awardwinning writer, illustrator, and animator.
Jeremy love curently owns and operates gettosake entertainment, an animation and illustration studio, with his two brothers. This process takes no more than a few hours and well send you an email once approved. When he is accused of raping and murdering lees young white friend lily who actually got eaten by an enormous monster in the bayou, and carted off to jail, lee sets out fearlessly to find lily and. Bayou by jeremy love, 9781401223823, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. She lives with her father a sharecropper until the day. Tillie walden, who moved from new jersey to texas as a child, has written some fantastic stuff, like the autobiographical spinning and the sci fi comic on a sunbeam. Bayou began as a webcomic under dcs zuma imprint and is now being published in paperback form, hopefully where it will reach an even wider audience. The ongoing webcomic is hosted and free to view, along with many others, at zuda comics, the online branch of dc. The onion av club the second collection of the acclaimed webcomic from zuda, dcs online imprint. Brer rabbit, stagguh lee, the golliwog, the doodang, and uncle remus. The glyph comics awards recognize the best in comics made by, for, and about people of color from the preceding calendar year. Lees mother died when she was very young, and so she lives alone with her father, a sharecropper. Sep 19, 2011 written and drawn by jeremy love, bayou differs from the other entries here in that its not a free online series, though it is hosted online and the first issue is available for free at the.
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