Our assassinistas are shown on a hit in flashbacks while octavia tries to console her son in the present after he shoots someone for the first time on a mission is it a good read. Assassinistas and abbott challenge the history of blaxploitation in comics the two take on tropes made popular by mainstream comics such as luke cage hero for hire and black lightning by adding feminism and critical social commentary to create more nuanced representations. To kick your ass assassinistas eisner hall of fame artist gilbert hernandez teams up with rising star writer tini howard the skeptics magdelena . Assassinistas 1 with words by tini howard and evocative art by gilbert hernandez tells the story of a hitwoman her son and college tuition. Action stories dont usually traffic in complicated nuanced family dynamics but assassinistas is aiming to do something different with the genre announced today at san diego comic con assassinistas is debuting as part of black crown the new creator owned idw imprint from former vertigo editor shelly bond and takes a deeply personal