She feels completely out of her time but essentially of her time too a hardened journalist that’s had to play the misogynistic game that goes on around her, in a world that prejudges her based on the color of her skin, and yet she persisted.
Saladin Ahmed has created such a deep and fascinating character in Elena. There are the occult elements that rear their mysterious heads throughout the narrative, but what’s more palpable and pervasive is the portrayal of racism and sexism that hits you like a heatwave: a dense fog of bigotry that surrounds the main protagonist Elena Abbott as she navigates a world that’s designed to work against her. There’s a dark atmosphere to “Abbott” #1, one that thickens every interaction and practically drips off the page. Crimes she knows to be the work of dark occult forces. Hard-nosed, chain-smoking tabloid reporter Elena Abbott investigates a series of grisly crimes that the police have ignored. He is currently writing Black Bolt and Exiles for Marvel Comics and Abbott for BOOM! Studios.Hugo Award-nominated novelist Saladin Ahmed (Black Bolt) and artist Sami Kivelä (Beautiful Canvas) present one woman’s search for the truth that destroyed her family. Saladin Ahmed is the author of the Hugo and Nebula-nominated Throne of the Crescent Moon, praised by George RR Martin as 'a rollicking swashbuckler.' His essays, poetry, and fiction have appeared in The New York Times, Salon, the Boston Globe, Slate, NPR, and BuzzFeed. Saladin Ahmed joins Graphic Policy Radio this Monday to discuss this series and more! Published by BOOM! Studios, Abbott is written by Saladin Ahmed with art by Sami Kivelä. As she looks for clues, Abbott puts herself in the crosshairs of a mysterious power out for more blood, all the while navigating a harsh social environment that’s structured to protect the powerful, and prevent access to change.
Abbott is about a female journalist of color in 1970s Detroit named Elena Abbott who investigates a series of grisly crimes the police have ignored-crimes she recognizes to be the work of a dark magical force-the same force that murdered her husband 10 years ago.
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