Your Black Friend

Ben Passmore’s Your Black Friend (2016–present, Shortbox) is a single-issue comic that distills a sharp, personal conversation about race and privilege into a visually inventive, humorous, and poignant narrative. Written and drawn entirely by Passmore, it uses a deceptively simple encounter between a Black protagonist and his white friend to explore the complexities of microaggressions, allyship, and the emotional labor of being the “Black friend.” This self-contained work has become a touchstone for its honest, conversational approach to race in contemporary America, earning its place as a vital, widely discussed comic.