Support THE TURNERS, an animated short by Frank Abney
@Kickstarter! It hit its funding goal and has 7 hours left. You can still board the train!
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Along the way, they picked up some Wolof, listened to plenty of Tama drums and afro jazz, and heard several Coumba stories (Senegalese Mami Watas).
The mural is by the Mexican artist Katherina Rupit in the new fishing harbor of N'gor.
Photos by @shofcoker.bsky.social
Jere-Jef Senegal!
Yup, this feels surreal, but amazing. We'll be talking more about Bronze Faces soon!
The trade is the format Bronze Faces was made for. Alex, Lee and Hass' gorgeous artwork stuns. Pick it up if you can, and enjoy the heist!
Wanna know how Bronze Faces came to be what it is? The mythology behind Sango Timi and Gbonka? Shof and I sat down with @brittlepaper.bsky.social for a deep-dive interview about the making of the comic.
brittlepaper.com/2026/06/stea...
Been a busy month! Storyboards, story, and the art book are taking shape!
#BookTwitter, #indieanimation, #africananimation
www.cokercoop.com/blog/2026/4/30/story-boards-and-art-book-updates
Nadia and Shof have completed research trip number 2!
From Dakar to Lac Rose to St. Louis to Loumpoul and back to Dakar, they spent two weeks meeting with writers, modern-day griots, and musicians. Here are some highlights from the journey in photos.
BRONZE FACES -a story @shofcoker.bsky.social and I have been building for years- drops on trade paperback. 3 childhood friends plot the heist at the century at the British Museum. Illustrated by Alex Tefenkgi, colors by Lee Loughridge, letters by Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou; www.cokercoop.com/bronze-faces
The Turners are taking their lives back, but in order to do it they have to revisit the one they left behind.
To what length would you go to recover a family―and by extension cultural and national―patrimony?
In Bronze Faces, Sango, Timi, and Gbonka embark on an audacious mission: to steal back the Benin Bron...
brittlepaper.com
Not long ago, the team returned from Cairo after a research trip. Over the last couple of summer months in Cape Town, Shof and Nadia have focused on an update to the boards and story for the feature (...
Big congratulations to @jamesthefourth.bsky.social on his Eisner nominations for Best Writer and Best One-Shot/Single Issue with artist @wertherdelledera.bsky.social!
A hearty congratulations to @cokercoop.bsky.social and Alexandre Tefengki for their Best Limited Series nomination for 𝗕𝗥𝗢𝗡𝗭𝗘 𝗙𝗔𝗖𝗘𝗦!
BOOM! Studios
Experience the thrill of the heist of a lifetime, as estranged childhood friends Timi, Sango, and Gbonka plot to reclaim their heritage’s stolen treasure!
Writers Shobo & Shof draw from their Nigerian roots, alongside artist Alexandre Tefenkgi, to deliver 𝗕𝗥𝗢𝗡𝗭𝗘 𝗙𝗔𝗖𝗘𝗦—out now! boomstud.io/FindAShop
