Joel Christian Gill

Joel Christian Gill (born 15 January 1975 in Roanoke, Virginia[1]) is an American cartoonist, educator, and author of a number of graphic novels from Fulcrum Publishing: Strange Fruit Vol I : Uncelebrated Narratives from Black History, Bass Reeves: Tales of the Talented Tenth No.1, and Bessie Stringfield: Tales of the Talented Tenth, No. 2, Strange Fruit Vol II: More Uncelebrated Narratives from Black History, and one picture book "Fast Enough: Bessie Stringfield's First Ride" from Lion Forge. He has taught art Illustration and comics for a number of years serving as Chair of the Comic Arts and Foundations programs at the New Hampshire Institute of Art. In the Fall of 2019 he accepted an appointment as Associate Professor of Illustration at Massachusetts College of Art and Design.

Gill at Dink Comics and Art Expo 2016

Early life

Gill earned a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Art from Roanoke College and a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Painting from Boston University in 2004.[2]

Career

Owing to the success of his ongoing series of graphic novels highlighting little known and uncelebrated historical African-Americans and the contributions they made to American history, Gill is frequently profiled in print[3][4] and interviewed on television and radio.[5][6] He is also asked to speak at comic arts conventions and college campuses across the U.S.[7] and in 2016 was honored with a Distinguished Alumni Award from Boston University.[8]

He has also contributed to the Huffington Post [9] advocating for the end to Black History Month and for the incorporation of the achievements of African-Americans into the larger narrative of American history. Gill is also a member of the Boston Comics Roundtable.[10]

References
  1. Sheena C. Howard, Encyclopedia of Black Comics, Fulcrum Publishing, 2017, p. 83.
  2. "Joel Gill - Linkedin Profile". Linkedin.
  3. "Joel Christian Gill's Strange Fruit Volume 1". www.nhmagazine.com. Retrieved 2017-08-09.
  4. "Forgotten African American Stories, Told in Comic Books | BU Today | Boston University". BU Today. Retrieved 2017-08-09.
  5. "'Strange Fruit' Shares Uncelebrated, Quintessentially American Stories". NPR.org. Retrieved 2017-08-09.
  6. WGBHForum (2017-03-02), Joel Christian Gill On Gender And Color In Comics, retrieved 2017-08-09
  7. "Joel Christian Gill - Convention Scene". www.conventionscene.com. Retrieved 2017-08-09.
  8. "Announcing the 2016 Distinguished Alumni Awards | College of Fine Arts". www.bu.edu. Retrieved 2017-08-09.
  9. Gill, Joel Christian (2015-02-10). "Let's Get Rid of Black History Month". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2017-08-09.
  10. CBS Boston (2017-08-02), The Secret Worlds of Boston Comic Con: Taking On Real World Issues, retrieved 2017-08-21
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