this is actually really cool, the whole reason this exists is just because Mignola wanted to do a comic with an artist he liked a lot. Love to see stuff like that
What I find particularly disturbing is that as a Black man, this 'hood code gets applied even to those of us who might have grown up in the 'hood, yet were raised to stay far, FAR away from these types.
This is how you end up with working class guys heading home from work getting murdered on public transit by animals engaged in anti-social behavior, like the unfortunate case of Jonathan Pettigrew in the Bronx this week.
This is the end result of fatherlessness being normalized, and healthy masculinity being all but abolished amongst the majority of the Black population.
This is the end result of Black kids being teased for "talking white" by their cousins and other peers.
It's disgusting.