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Leti Arts<\/a>, an interactive media studio with offices in Ghana and Kenya releases the pilot issue of the comic Ananse: The Origin <\/strong>on comiXology<\/a>, catapulting the African superhero, Ananse to the ranks of comic legends including Batman, Spiderman and Superman.<\/p>\n

Ananse: The Origin is one of the first African published comics to be featured on comiXology, an Amazon.com, Inc. subsidiary that has revolutionized the comic book and graphic novel industry by delivering a cloud-based digital comics platform that simplifies discovering, buying, and reading comics. With offices in New York, Los Angeles and Paris, comiXology offers one of the broadest library of comic book content from over 75 publishers and independent creators.<\/p>\n

Ananse: The Origin <\/strong>is the pilot issue from Leti Arts\u2019 The True Ananse<\/em> series which features Kweku Ananse, the African folklore character from Ghana known for his skill of trickery and cunning. Leti Arts reimagines the story of Ananse as a superhero fighting crime in present day Africa. In the pilot issue, Ananse, the spider god, seeks prominence in the Sky Kingdom to ultimately become the God of Wisdom.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe goal of merging the past with the present in a format that is exciting and compelling is to encourage audiences to be genuinely excited about African history and culture. To have Ananse: The Origin available on comiXology is a major accomplishment for us and will provide a platform for one of the first true African superheroes \u00a0to be introduced to comic fans around the world,\u201d says Eyram Tawia<\/strong>, CEO of Leti Arts and winner of the British Council Young Creative Entrepreneurs Media Awards<\/em>, MTV Africa Transform Today Nominee<\/em>, Google\u2019s Innovation Heroes in Ghana Winner<\/em>, and listed as #5 on Fast Company magazine\u2019s 2015 Top 10 Most Innovative Companies in Africa.<\/em><\/p>\n

The True Ananse<\/em><\/strong> is part of the Leti Arts’ Africa’s Legends<\/em><\/strong> franchise which intersperses popular African folklore and historical legends with fictional characters, as an elite group of superheroes and is available as digital comics and video games.<\/p>\n

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Source: Leti Arts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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