Scotland Yardie graphic novel sales to be donated to Black Lives Matter causes in the UK

The creators of Scotland Yardie, published by Knockabout as a full length graphic novel back in 2015 have announced that all proceeds from a sale of the book will be donated to raise money for #blacklivesmatter in the UK.

Scotland Yardie - Cover

Scotland Yardie, written by Bobby Joseph with art by Joseph Samuels, features the character who sprang to fame (or should that be infamy?) in the pages of the 1990s indie title Skank Magazine.

With institutionalised racism at an all-time high, the Metropolitan Police embark on their yearly drive to recruit more ethnic people in the police force. With little or, no success they bring over Jamaica’s most feared policeman – Scotland Yardie, a ganja smoking, no-nonsense bad bwoy cop who breaks all the rules to enforce his own harsh sense of justice.

Scotland Yardie by Bobby Joseph and Joseph Samuels

But what happens when cultures clash? Can the average criminal handle the street-wise Jamaican Lethal Weapon rolling through downtown Brixton? Will south London ever be the same again?

With his reluctant partner PC Ackee-Saltfish, Scotland Yardie embarks on an adventure that deals with the disappearing drug trade in Brixton, corruption, the death of innocent people at the hands of racist cops, assassinated cats, immigration fears, and the emergence of the addictive blue chicken!

Written by the voice of urban UK comic books, Bobby Joseph, Scotland Yardie is one of the creators of the cult, comic classics Skank Magazine and its controversial 2001 sequel, Black Eye. Bobby has written satirical pieces for vice.com, Loaded Magazine, The Voice newspaper, BBC1’s Lenny in Pieces and Radio 4.

He is credited on the BBC website as instrumental in featuring some of the “first comics by black creators featuring black characters.”

Scotland Yardie by Bobby Joseph and Joseph Samuels
Scotland Yardie by Bobby Joseph and Joseph Samuels

Scotland Yardie is illustrated by Joseph Samuels, credited as one of the most popular comic artists to grace the pages of Skank Magazine and Black Eye. He is the co-creator of the popular “Afro Kid” comic strip on vice.com.

Skank magazine was the first adult comic to controversially explore the Black British experience. It pushed the boundaries of taste but also explored political satire, racism and police brutality through comic strips, photo strips, joke articles, and celebrity references.

With its cutting edge humour, those behind the title say it went on to be regarded as the ‘voice of the youth’ and created a new genre in UK black publishing as it was the first black satirical magazine.

All proceeds of the Scotland Yardie graphic novel will be donated to raise money for #blacklivesmatter causes in the UK – click here to get your copy

Read a 2018 interview on downthetubes with Bobby Joseph

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