Black Cotton is an ongoing comic book series set in an alternate
reality that revolves around an exorbitantly wealthy black family, the
Cottons, created by Brian Hawkins and Patrick Foreman, Illustrated by
Marco Perugini, and published by Scout Comics.
Set in an alternate reality where the social order of "white" and
"black" is reversed, when it comes to social standing and class, the
Cottons are at the top of the food chain, part of the One Percent, and
are seemingly untouchable. However, that all changes when Zion, their
police officer son, who decided to not follow in the footsteps of his
father and matriculate towards running the family business, is involved
in the shooting of a minority white woman. In a reality similar to our
own, social tensions are already high, race is a hot topic, and the call
for equality between white and black is aggressively being pursued.
Thus, Zion Cotton shooting Elizabeth Nightingale, a twenty-something
college student on scholarship for track, ignites their city in a fury
of protests and a call for action against racial injustice. Led by the
family's patriarch, Elijah Cotton, and matriarch, Jaleesa Cotton, the
Cottons are thrusted into the middle of a highly controversial
predicament and immediately attempt to use their wealth, prestige, and
power to remedy the problem. However, while the youngest Cotton, Xavier,
a teenager, actively protests the social injustices with his friends,
the middle child, Qia Cotton, the acting CCO of Black Cotton Ventures,
a multi-billion dollar manufacturing conglomerate, does damage control
for her wayward brother. Ultimately, more division is created between
both families as the Nightingales, unwilling to be assuaged, seek
justice for Elizabeth, their daughter, who survived.
"Black Cotton is a comic, but it's also a mindset that's being explored
in a comic."
