Drawing the YouNeek YouNiverse: April 1 Live Stream with YouNeek Creators

03/30/2021 6:00am
Dark Horse Comics and YouNeek Studios Present Live Art and Q&A with Creators Roye Okupe and Sunkanmi Akinboye

YouNeek Live Stream

Are you interested in learning more about the YouNeek YouNiverse of African superheroes, coming to Dark Horse in 2021? Would you like to see how to draw YouNeek characters like Malika, E.X.O., and more?

Join us Thursday, April 1 at 12 pm Pacific time (UTC -7), for a live chat with YouNeek Studios CEO and writer Roye Okupe and artist Sunkanmi Akinboye. The live stream will be presented on the Dark Horse Comics Twitch channel, twitch.tv/darkhorsecomics.

We'll discuss the new publishing partnership between Dark Horse and YouNeek Studios, explore the YouNeek YouNiverse and the creators behind it, and showcase how the artists draw their original superhero characters. Join in the live chat to participate in the Q&A and ask more questions of the team.

If you can't catch us live, the recording will be available on the Dark Horse YouTube channel afterwards to watch on demand.

About YouNeek Studios and Dark Horse Comics

Since 2012, Roye Okupe has been building a universe of superheroes that spans centuries centered around African stories, crafted by African creators. Now, Okupe and his YouNeek Studios graphic novels are welcomed into the Dark Horse publishing line.

Beginning in 2021, Dark Horse will publish the entire line of previously self-published stories, along with never-before-seen bonus material starting with Malika: Warrior Queen, Iyanu: Child of Wonder, and E.X.O: The Legend of Wale Williams, and continue onward into new and never-before-seen stories.

Learn more about the partnership and upcoming graphic novels here >>

Pre-order Malika: Warrior Queen, Iyanu: Child of Wonder, and E.X.O.: The Legend of Wale Williams from bookstores and comics retailers now.

Pin-up art of Malika, shown above, by Morby.



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