Tales from the Heart

Tales from the Heart is the title of a series of comic books and graphic novels, written by Cindy Goff and Rafael Nieves and illustrated by Seitu Hayden. Told through the eyes of protagonist Cathy Grant, the comics detail the adventures of a Peace Corps volunteer in the Central African Republic in the mid-1980s.[1] The work explores why so much effort by so many volunteers wrought so little change. Later stories delve into the reign of the mad dictator Jean-Bédel Bokassa.[2]

Tales from the Heart
The cover of A Tale From the Heart of Africa: Bloodlines (Epic Comics, 1992). Artwork by Brian Stelfreeze.
Publication information
PublisherEntropy Enterprises
Slave Labor Graphics
Epic Comics
Scheduleirregular
FormatOngoing series
Publication date1987–May 1994
No. of issues11
Creative team
Written byCindy Goff, Rafael Nieves
Penciller(s)Seitu Hayden
Collected editions
A Tale from the Heart: Temporary NativesISBN 0-87135-651-1
Bloodlines: Tales from the Heart of AfricaISBN 0871358638

Publication history

The first two issues of the ongoing series were published by Entropy Enterprises in 1987, with nine later issues published by Slave Labor Graphics (from 1988 to 1994). Slave Labor published Tales from the Heart: Hearts of Africa in 1994, which collected issues #1-3 and featured an introduction by Neil Gaiman.

Two color graphic novels, Tales from the Heart of Africa: The Temporary Natives (1990) and A Tale From the Heart of Africa: Bloodlines (1992)[3] were published by the Marvel Comics imprint Epic Comics.

Awards

A Tale From the Heart of Africa: Bloodlines (Epic, 1992) was nominated for two Eisner Awards in 1993, for Best Single Issue, Self-Contained Story; and Best Graphic Album — New.

Notes
  1. "Cindy Goff published Tales From The Heart Of Africa about Peace Corps Volunteers in the Central African Republic," Peace Corps Online, April 12, 2003. Retrieved July 10, 2008.
  2. "A Tale from the Heart of Africa: Bloodlines," Malaysian Comics Fan, August 29, 2004. Retrieved July 10, 2008.
  3. The Grand Comics Database Project

References


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