FLORENCE & NORMANDIE Hardcover...
by Rodney Barnes, Xzibit & Jonath...
Down on his luck, Malik—an intelligent, young black man—doubts his life could get any worse… until he’s mistaken for a suspected criminal by Officer Brown, a cop with a chip on his shoulder who’s looking for any excuse to escalate the situation.
One slip-up, and Florence and Normandie could be the last thing Malik sees. But little does he know, this infamous flashpoint of the 1992 LA riots finds itself at the center of another seminal moment of American history: an alien invasion.
Trudging across the war torn streets, the two men search desperately for a way to save their city. That is, if they can survive their interstellar invaders—and each other.
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When multi-platinum rapper and actor Xzibit sat down with Eisner Award-nominated writer Rodney Barnes (Killadelphia, Blacula: Return of the King), his pitch was simple:
“I want to see my homies on a spaceship.”
Rodney raised an eyebrow. “We got something here.”
Combining the duo’s vision and storytelling prowess with Jonathan Wayshak’s gritty, breathtaking visuals of Southern California, FLORENCE & NORMANDIE was born.
