Storytime Spotlight with Author & Illustrator Shawn Martinbrough

Book: Judge Kim and the Kid’s Court: The Case of the Missing Bicycles

Authors: Shawn Martingbrough, Milo Stone, and Joseph Illidge

Illustrator: Christopher Jordan

Bio: “Shawn Martinbrough is the author of “How to Draw Noir Comics: The Art and Technique of Visual Storytelling” by Penguin Random House and an Eisner Award nominated artist whose comic book projects include; “Batman: Detective Comics”, “Luke Cage Noir”, “The Black Panther: Man Without Fear” and “Hellboy”. Shawn illustrated “Thief of Thieves”, the graphic novel series co-created with Robert Kirkman (“The Walking Dead”, “INVINCIBLE”) and the Eisner nominated “Prométhée 13:13”, published by Éditions Delcourt-Soleil and ABLAZE. He is also a Vanity Fair contributor.
Shawn is a co-author of “Judge Kim and the Kids’ Court” by Simon & Schuster and the artist of “Like Lava in My Veins”, the 2024 NAACP Image Award nominated, best-selling kid’s book written by Derrick D. Barnes and published by Nancy Paulsen Books/ Penguin Kids. Shawn is the writer of “Red Hood: The Hill” for DC Comics and is currently illustrating an adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s “Anansi Boys” for Dark Horse Comics, with screenwriter Marc Bernardin.”

Storytime Spotlight is an educational series presented by the August Wilson African American Cultural Center that introduces young children to books that features stories, songs, rhymes, and fingerplays. This series highlights Black and Brown children’s book authors and will feature conversations and a live reading with the author.

Storytime Spotlight Series is moderated by the Education and Community Engagement Department at AWAACC.