Orrin C. Evans

Orrin Cromwell Evans (1902–1971) he also published All-Negro Comics, the first known comics magazine written and drawn solely by African-American writers and artists.

Biography

Early life Evans' father was light-skinned and could "pass" for white, but his dark-skinned mother sometimes had to pretend to be the family maid when strangers came to visit. Young Orrin was forced to confront racism at an early age due to his parents' difficult juggling act. Evans dropped out of school in eighth grade.

In the early 1930, Evans became the only African-American on staff at The Philadelphia Record, In mid-1947, the company published the only known issue of All-Negro Comics, a 48-page, The comic's press run and distribution are unknown,

As writer Tom Christopher described, Evans ...co-created the features in the comic along with the artists, who included his brother, George J. Evans Jr.; two other Philadelphia cartoonists, one of whom was John Terrell, the other named Cooper; and a Baltimore artist who signed his work Cravat. The cartoonists probably wrote their own scripts, and there was further editorial input by Bill Driscoll.

Later career Orrin later worked art the Chester Times,