Join us in-store for an artist signing with Shof Coker, from the critically-acclaimed title New Masters (Image Comics). New Masters blends exciting adventure, compelling drama, and rich Nigerian mythology to present a vibrant new take on Afrofuturism.

Shof is an illustrator/art director born and raised in Lagos, Nigeria. In 2005 he moved to Memphis, Tennessee and attended the Memphis College of Art and graduated with a BFA in illustration. He began his career as a character designer and digital sculptor for the video game studios at Activision and Sony. He also worked as an art director for Jam City San Diego.

In 2014, he Kickstarted and published Outcasts of Jupiter, an African futurist comic with his brother, Shobo Coker. After which he worked on the 2017 animated documentary, Liyana, which has won several awards including Best Documentary at the LA Film Festival and Grand Prize at the New York Children’s Film Festival. 

In 2022 he released the follow up to Outcasts of Jupiter called New Masters (Image Comics). He also directed Moremi, an animated short in the Kizazi Moto series for Triggerfish and Disney.

You can visit Shof's website at shofcoker.com.