Black Cotton
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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."
Patrick D Foreman
Multi-talented, Patrick D. Foreman, Co-Creator and writer of Black Cotton, is a 25 year retired Marine Corps Master Sergeant. Hails from a small town, Hamburg AR, but raised in Virginia Beach VA. He is Chief Operations Officer for the nationally known magazines, Returning Citizens & Positude, and an Award-winning Gospel Songwriter; recipient of the 2020 Independent Music Awards CCM/Gospel Song Winner for his song, "He's Able" featuring legendary vocalist David Scott. Patrick believes in order for Change to truly occur that people have to be apart of the Change that they Seek. This is clearly seen in his style of writing and the societal relevant topics he chooses to address.
Brian Hawkins
Brian Hawkins is an educator and freelance writer of comic books, novels, and scripts. In education, Brian has taught English in the public school setting for 19 years and he was an adjunct professor of World Religion at NOVA for three years. Additionally, he’s a former editor for Mad Cave Studios and presently, an editor for Battle Quest Comics. Some of his writing credits include Devil’s Dominion, Doctor Wilder, and Empath from BlackBox Comics, Darkwatchers: Featuring Gretel, Van Helsing: Black Annis, and Van Helsing: Beast of Exmoor from Zenescope Entertainment, and a two book children series, Code Name Danger: Unmasking a Villain and Double Agent: The Search for Spymaster Z from Jolly Fish Press. Additionally, Brian Hawkins’ first YA Graphic Novel, Block’d, from Maverick Graphic Novels/Mad Cave Studios is in stores now. Subsequently, his second graphic novel, tentatively titled Listen, is scheduled for release in November 2026 from the same publishing house. Brian Hawkins is also the co-creator and co-writer of Black Cotton, a comic book series published by Scout Comics, and the creator and writer of the mythical horror comic book series, The Vineyard, published by AfterShock Comics. In addition to creator-owned comic book titles with direct market publishers, Brian is also the owner of his own comic book studio, BlaX Trauma Productions, where he focuses on telling horror stories with an emphasis on BIPOC characters. Brian is married and has three children, so when he’s not trying to figure out date night with the wifey, playing air hockey with his oldest daughter, doing basketball training with his son, or watching his youngest daughter’s dance performances, he tries to get some reading done and binge watch movies in his free time, if that’s even a thing.
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