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Black Josei Press
@blackjoseipress.bsky.social
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Publisher of award-winning comics by *and* for people of color from marginalized genders and sexualities.

Founded by @JamilaRowser (Header by @SamWade)

https://linktr.ee/BlackJoseiPress
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⏰ Tomorrow is the LAST DAY to buy digital #comics from Black Josei Press. After that, we will be on hiatus. We could use the support before we pause our press. 🥲

Oh, and there's a 25% discount: blackjoseipress.com/collections/...
A graphic with a mustard yellow border and navy background. At the top is the Black Josei Press logo that includes its name and a gladiolus flower with a nib pen as the stem. Large in mustard yellow: Dec. 31st is the last day to buy comics from our shop! Smaller white text: Our indefinite hiatus begins on Jan. 1st Blackjoseipress.com
December 30, 2024 at 3:36 PM
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"Rarely, if ever, are any of us healed in isolation. Healing is an act of communion." ― bell hooks

⌛ 12/31 is the last chance to buy digital comics @ 25% off before we go on hiatus. (Quote designed by Foxee Design.)

Shop: blackjoseipress.com
Black background with white text featuring the quote, "Rarely, if ever, are any of us healed in isolation. Healing is an act of communion.” ― bell hooks
December 17, 2024 at 2:07 PM
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Tomorrow is the LAST DAY to order any print items from our shop. Everything is 25% OFF!

Digital comics will still be available until the end of the year.

blackjoseipress.com/collections/...
This graphic has two rows of three squares, for a total of six. The bottom middle square has the Black Josei Press logo. The other five squares are book covers published by Black Josei Press. At the bottom is the text: Tomorrow, Dec. 11th, is the last day to order print items! Everything is 25% off, discount applied in cart. BlackJoseiPress.com
December 10, 2024 at 1:36 PM
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“Caring for myself is not self-indulgence. It is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.” ― Audre Lorde
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As Black Josei Press approaches our indefinite hiatus, I wanted to share some of the quotes featured in Gladiolus Magazine—design by Foxee Design.
Grey background with black text featuring the quote, “Caring for myself is not self-indulgence. It is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.” ― Audre Lorde
December 8, 2024 at 12:58 PM
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Get 25% off the critically acclaimed "Arrive In My Hands: Queer Erotics Comics" by Trinidad Escobar (18+). Visit our itch.io shop to buy the digital comic for $7.25 blackjoseipress.itch.io.

@radiatorcomics.bsky.social currently has print copies of the comic.
The cover of Trinidad] Escobar's comic, Arrive In My Hands: Queer Erotic Comics. A star graphic in the corner with the text, "It illustrates two women as mountains. One embraces the other from the back, kissing her neck, while the woman in the front has her head tilted up, aroused.
December 6, 2024 at 1:31 PM
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Pero, we will have the digital magazine available for the rest of the year!

Get into it: blackjoseipress.com/products/gla...

Quote graphic art by @ashantifortson.com
Cover art by @baohaus.bsky.social
Graphic with an illustration of people surrounding a fire. Title reads “the broken heart at the center of comics by Ashanti Fortson, Shannon Wright, Sunmi, and Lillie J. Harris. It includes the quote from Ashanti, “Capitalism cannot fuel art and it cannot nurture art– it can only strangle it into conformity.” A Black girl on a blanket in a field of grass reading a comic. There are other comics and books around her.
September 15, 2024 at 6:10 PM
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The essay was first published in Gladiolus Magazine, and there's now a zine version with a dope design by @binglin.bsky.social and @ashantifortson.com!

If you’re at @smallpressexpo.bsky.social, you buy it at booths M12B, W2B, and i9. It’ll be available to buy online in Oct. (Pix via Ashanti)
Several zines on a table titled “the broken heart at the center of comics” The inside of the zine “the broken heart at the center of comics.” The zine is opened at the pages featuring the writers.
September 15, 2024 at 5:52 PM
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THE BROKEN HEART AT THE CENTER OF COMICS is an essay by @ashantifortson.com @shanfiction.bsky.social @lilliejharris.bsky.social and Sunmi that discusses burnout in comics and the struggle between capitalism and art. (Pix via Ashanti)
A hand holding a lime green zine titled “the broken heart at the center of comics” The inside of the zine “the broken heart at the center of comics.” The zine is opened to the first page that has large text, “comics will break your heart.”
September 15, 2024 at 5:45 PM
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CONGRATS TO RONYN SMITH ON WINNING THE @SPXcomics IGNATZ AWARD FOR “NIGHT FEVER” (GLADIOLUS MAGAZINE.)

Robyn is the cornerstone of Black Josei Press. She works so hard, and we’re so happy to see her get her flowers, or bricks in this situation. 🧱

Watch her speech: www.instagram.com/reel/C_8CKJz...
Black girl smiling and holding up an award in front of a podium.
September 15, 2024 at 1:47 PM
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YESSSSSS THE BIGGEST CONGRATS TO ROBYN SMITH FOR WINNING THE OUTSTANDING ARTIST IGNATZ AWARDDDDDDD *AIR HORN* #smallpressexpo #ignatzawards
September 15, 2024 at 2:36 AM
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We in the building!

BJP crew, Robyn and Wayne, are selling our work, and their work is at table W76 at @smallpressexpo.bsky.social. Come thru!
#spx2024 #smallpressexpo
A photo of two Black people standing in front of a table with comics and art.
September 14, 2024 at 5:39 PM
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TOMORROW IS THE LAST DAY TO VOTE FOR THE IGNATZ AWARDS!

We’d love your vote for THE GIFT by @samwade.bsky.social & @jamilarowser.bsky.social for Outstanding Story.

🗳️: www.smallpressexpo.com/ignatz-ballo...
🛍️: blackjoseipress.com/collections/...
#smallpressexpo #ignatzawards
September 12, 2024 at 7:51 PM
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And don’t forget to VOTE for another BJP comic, THE GIFT by @samwade.bsky.social & @jamilarowser.bsky.social, nominated for OUTSTANDING STORY. @smallpressexpo.bsky.social

🗳️ www.smallpressexpo.com/ignatz-awards/
August 29, 2024 at 3:26 PM
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VOTE for Robyn Smith’s NIGHT FEVER (from Gladiolus Magazine), nominated for the Ignatz Award for OUTSTANDING ART, presented by @smallpressexpo.bsky.social.

ANYONE CAN VOTE in the Igantz Awards. Request a ballot to vote:
www.smallpressexpo.com/ignatz-ballo...
August 29, 2024 at 3:22 PM
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GIRL we got 2 Ignatz noms! Thank you @smallpressexpo.bsky.social judges!

Robyn Smith’s comic Night Fever (from Gladiolus Magazine) is nominated for OUTSTANDING ART

The Gift by @samwade.bsky.social & @jamilarowser.bsky.social is nominated for OUTSTANDING STORY

smallpressexpo.com/ignatz-awards/
Ignatz Nominated graphic with the cover of the comic The Gift by Jamila Rowser and Sam Wade and a page from Night Fever by Robyn Smith and the cover of Gladiolus Magazine.
August 13, 2024 at 10:22 PM
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Ode to Keisha by @jamilarowser.bsky.social & Trinidad Escobar is an autobio comic about friendship, racism, and identity.

In the comic, Jamila recounts her Kindergarten friendship w/ Keisha and why this bond was fundamental in shaping her concept of sisterhood.

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June 19, 2024 at 7:05 PM
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THE GIFT by @jamilarowser.bsky.social and @samwade.bsky.social follows Kenya and her father visiting an African art museum. At the museum, Kenya meets a mysterious visitor who takes her on an unexpected journey that leaves her with a new perspective on her roots. blackjoseipress.com/products/the...
June 19, 2024 at 7:02 PM
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"The Saddest Angriest Black Girl in Town" by Robyn Smith is an autobio comic dedicated to exploring the intersection of Blackness and mental health.

Buy the multi-award-winning digital comic for $5: blackjoseipress.com/products/the...
June 19, 2024 at 6:56 PM
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"Gordita: Built Like This" by Daisy Ruiz has been translated into Japanese and will be sold in Japan by our press cousin, Twin Palace Press. SO COOL!!! 🇲🇽 🇯🇵 ✌🏾

You can buy the English and Spanish version of the award-winning comic at blackjoseipress.com
May 14, 2024 at 1:02 PM
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We mad cute! 😍 TCAF table 121!
May 12, 2024 at 4:11 PM
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Last day to catch us and Robyn Smith at TCAF. Come by table 121! 🇯🇲🇨🇦📚🎨
May 12, 2024 at 2:39 PM
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Robyn is a star! ⭐
April 27, 2024 at 2:11 PM
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We in Money Makin’ Manhattan today at
@SchomburgCenter's #SchomCom!

Stop by our table where Robyn Smith is selling her work and our comics. The event is Free99!
April 27, 2024 at 2:10 PM
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Robyn Smith will be reppin’ Black Josei Press at #SchomCom today and tomorrow at the Schomburg Center in Harlem. I won’t be there, but make sure to stop by and get some BJP and Robyn goodies!

Here’s a throwback of me and Robyn at the 2019 Black Comic Book Fest 🥹
April 26, 2024 at 12:35 PM
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You can now BUY print items in our shop, including Gladiolus Magazine and The Gift by @jamilarowser.bsky.social and @samwade.bsky.social.

We aren't restocking any books so when we sell out, we sell out! blackjoseipress.com/collections/...
April 25, 2024 at 6:50 PM