| Incognegro | |
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| Publisher | Vertigo |
| Date | February 2008 |
| Creative team | |
| Writer(s) | Mat Johnson |
| Artist(s) | Warren Pleece |
| Letterer(s) | Clem Robins |
| Editor(s) | Mark Doyle Jonathan Vankin |
| ISBN | 1-4012-1097-X |
Incognegro is a black-and-white graphic novel written by Mat Johnson with art by Warren Pleece.[1] It was published by DC Comics imprint Vertigo
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The book was published by Vertigo in February 2008 as a hardcover (ISBN 1-4012-1097-X) and in June 2009 as a softcover volume (ISBN 1-4420-0200-X). Titan Books also released British versions, the softcover in June 2009 (ISBN 1848560974) and the hardcover in August of the same year (ISBN 1848560710).
Zane Pinchback is a reporter for a black newspaper in the early 1930s New York City. He has built his career investigating the lynchings while undercover as a white person, as he has fairer skin. He is about to retire, but then fate intervenes as his brother is charged with the brutal murder of a white woman in Mississippi. Fearing that his brother will be lynched before given a chance to clear his name, Zane decides to go on one final investigation to free him, and brings along a friend who hopes to assume his job after he retires.