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Heartstopper meets pop-punk as four Black teenagers form a band to slay the music industry and smash its exclusionist rules. A YA graphic novel about finding your tribe and figuring out your identity in a world that tries to define you. Jada, has always dreamed of tearing up the tired rulebook of the music industry. When Clash of the Bands is announced, she grabs the chance to creahte Black Dolls: Influencer Sassy on lead vocals Silvee, shy but a killer bassist Dana, guitarist and ex-child star with insider knowledge on the industry And Jada herself, rhythm legend on drums and vocals But with competing leads and rivalries, band life is continual drama. The Black Dolls are also battling overbearing families, identity questions, paternity tests, and media exploitation as they try to keep their dreams alive. Can Black Dolls work together to overcome their differences and take over the music industry? Or will they crash and burn before they skyrocket ...
About the author
Rachel Faturoti is a YA and children's fiction writer, editor, and poet with a passion for broadening the scope of authentic Black representation in YA and children's fiction. She believes it's important for readers to see themselves represented well in stories. Rachel's favourite books are Skellig, Coraline and A Monster Calls.Flo Woolley is a freelance comic artist and illustrator based in Leeds, UK. They grew up in Glossop, Derbyshire, and studied Comic and Concept Art at Leeds Arts University. After graduating, they published their university final year comic 'Skin Deep' (a short queer horror/romance) with US indie publisher, Silver Sprocket.
Flo enjoys bouldering and cooking. They also have a longstanding passion for anime and manga which influences both their art and stories to form a style somewhere between western comic/cartoon styles and more Japanese influences.
Flo is part of the Leeds Comics Collective as well as The Biscuit Tin Comics Collective (https://biscuittincomics.wixsite.com/biscuittincomics)
