Afro Samurai

About this work

This 2022 Afro Samurai illustration shows Andrew Robinson channeling the anime and manga character’s cool, lethal presence into a single, high‑impact image, emphasizing the massive afro, intense gaze, and blood‑streaked katana in mid‑swing. Robinson, known for his cover work and painterly approach to comics characters, uses heavy black brushwork, splatter, and expressive line to create a hybrid of comics, concept art, and fine‑art drawing, with the figure emerging from a storm of marks at the lower edge of the sheet. As an original illustration rather than a published interior page, the piece sits at the intersection of fandom portraiture and character design, extending your Black Mural / superhero narrative into Japanese‑created Black characters who have become central figures in global pop culture. Within The Askia Jones Collection, it speaks directly to the circulation of Black images across anime, comics, and illustration, positioning Afro Samurai as a contemporary, trans‑Pacific figure within your broader Black Mural / superhero narrative.