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Inspired by West African folklore and stories handed over centuries. On this week’s “Polybagged,” (video episode here) covering some new comics in shops this week (June 30, 2021), we talk about: Juni Ba’s Djeliya is a graphic novel retelling, recontextualization, and remix of the West African Sundiata epic of Mandé origin.

Paul unpacks some of why this book has jumped to the tops of his list, and Juni Ba to the group of creators Paul’s most excited about. Ba’s work artfully mixes Cartoon Network stylistics with folk narratives from Ba’s Senegal/West Africa, as he mentions in this great interview with the Comic Book Couples Counseling podcast. Juni Ba’s new graphic novel is “A West African Fantasy Epic” and follows djeli (storyteller and advisor) Awa as she fights for (and with!) Monsour, heir to a throne, against gods and beasts for the rightful throne. New issues of “Crossover,” “Monstress,” “Usagi Yojimbo,” and “Made in Korea.”įirst, we review “Djeliya” by Juni Ba from TKO Studios (video episode here).

Djeliya by Juni Ba