Next Guest Announcement: Afua Richardson Joins the Back To Pop Family

Back To Pop is beyond excited to welcome Afua Richardson into the family today, November 19, 2025.

Afua is a force of nature—an Eisner Award–winning comic book artist, musician, and storyteller whose work has helped reshape modern mythology. From Black Panther: World of Wakanda and Genius to covers across Marvel, DC, and Image, her pages pulse with rhythm, culture, and a fierce sense of identity.

In today’s recording, we’ll dive into the music before the line art, her journey from performing with Parliament-Funkadelic to redefining what a comic book heroine can look like, and how she weaves ancestry, activism, and feminine power into every panel. We’ll also explore the stories behind some of her most iconic pieces and what legacy means to an artist who refuses to fit inside any box.

Afua’s episode will drop soon on the Back To Pop Podcast feed—so stay tuned, subscribe on your favorite platform, and get ready for an hour of myth, magic, and memory with one of the most visionary creators working today.