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The
World
Needs
More
Sheroes
Publishing and
promoting a
graphic novel
BY JENNIFER MCCARTNEY
Launching a superhero fran- chise is a lot of work. The author Shequeta Smith not
only created the black female
superhero Rayven Choi but also
self-published two graphic novels
featuring Choi under her Shero
Comics imprint, directed a trailer
for the series, and launched the
second book at Los Angeles Comic
Smith’s superhero
Rayven Choi, from the
cover of the first issue of
the eponymous series
