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Two panels from ORION (2026) which show Orion discovering the astro harness in a deep dark cave.
A wideshot of The Galaxy Museum with Lightray flying into it. It's a large blue dome.
Orion holds a golden surfboard as Lightray pleads with him in the background.
Two comic pages colored by K Czap with vibrant colors. This one has lots of purples and fuschias and glowing oranges—the last panel especially has fun and vibrant lighting.
screencap of the script of ORION. It says "The first page of this graphic novel is a single panel with beveled edges, a panel border style which we'll use for flashbacks. We see a boy's hand holding a knife. The lighting here is red, under lit, like a fire is off-panel. Panels with this lighting should be indicated with this red font in the script. Orion: (voice over) Rage. Rage. Then page two says before it gets cut off "The reader may not know it yet, and that's okay, but"
A photo I just took from OLD GODS & NEW by John Morrow. The important quote here is "Orion is a fearful god because he wasn't born on New Genesis."
The cover of OLD GODS & NEW by John Morrow
Three books laid out on a rug. They overlap each other. The first is an omnibus of New Gods by Jack Kirby with Orion on the cover in the heat of battle, the second is Old Gods & New by John Morrow which has a CMYK color palette and features a heroic figure stretching their arms, and third ORION by Ngozi Ukazu, a YA graphic novel which shows Orion walking toward the viewer taking off his helmet.
A graphic showing The Harvey Awards logo (a cartoonish man smoking a pipe with the words The Harvey Awards) the cover of the graphic novel FLIP (a girl holding a mask and looking at the viewer), and the words "Nominated! Best Young Adult Book".
The cover of the graphic novel ORION, which is the sequel to BARDA, by New York Times bestselling creator of Check, Please! Ngozi Ukazu. It's a yellow cover and white cover and in the center, wearing a red jacket, is ORION the titular character. He walks toward the viewer while putting on a silver helmet and has an intense focused expression. The title ORION is hand-written across his torso, and colored with a blue-teal gradient. Yellow and white Kirby dots appear around the edge of the cover and flow toward Orion.
A screencap from the Austin Chronicle website showing that Ngozi won best Graphic Novelist or Comic Creator in the Best of Austin® 2026 Readers poll. A photo of Ngozi Ukazu by Zig Metzler Finalists: Drew Edwards, Kat Fajardo, Ashley Robin Franklin, Austin Hambrick, Evan Narcisse A quote from a reader includes: “Ngozi does a great job telling heartfelt stories with humor, sincerity, and gorgeous art.” – Criswell Lavery
Two hands holding together two pieces of a broken Garfield bowl.
The cover of ORION a graphic novel by Ngozi Ukazu which depicts the eponymous hero removing his silver helmet while walking through yellow and white Kirby dots.
An IG story showing both a close-up of Ngozi Ukazu and another image of Ngozi Ukazu sitting next to Heated Rivalry author Rachel Reid.
A graphic showing Ngozi Ukazu's BookCon schedule for the weekend. It uses the BookCon color scheme and logo has the dates, April 18th and 19th, at the top. Queerly Written: Creating the Great (Graphic) Novel Sat, Apr 18, 20266:30 PM - 7:30 PM Pride Lounge - Room 409 You Had Me at Hockey: A Look at One of Sports Romance's Hottest Genres Sun, Apr 19, 202611:00 AM - 12:00 PM Room 405 And finally, the panel she's referring to in the tweet: You Had Me at Hockey - Post-Panel Book Signing Sun, Apr 19, 202612:15 PM - 1:15 PM Author Autographing Table 15 (Hall1A-B)
a black and white sketch of connor whisk from Check, Please! on the bench. he is in profile and has taken off his helmet, is holding his helmet, and is panting. the sketch is black and white but his eyes are red.
A zoomed-in profile shot of John with a blue crayon tucked behind his ear.
The cover of the DC Comics Young Reader graphic novel BARDA, the first in a Fourth World series. It shows the superhero Big Barda walking toward the camera while a background depicts fire, motherbox lines and kirby krackle. She holds the mega rod and looks determined.
The cover of ORION by Ngozi Ukazu. The character Orion walks towards the camera while taking off his helmet while a Kirby dot-filled yellow background surrounds him! DC comics logo in the corner!
A graphic describing my schedule at BookCon—check out the BookCon link on my website for a non-image, readable version!
A cell phone and rolling pin on a table surface. The cell phone screen shows a text exchange between an unknown person and ERIC BITTLE. The unknown person is sending Bitty a picture of a pie going into Betsy 2.0, an oven.
The cover of FLIP by Ngozi Ukazu. It features the main character, Chi-Chi, holding a mask of the titular character Flip over her head while she looks at the viewer.
Ngozi guest lectures and provides portfolio reviews to Danish students in Viborg, Denmark at the Animation Workshop in 2023.
A simple squiggly doodle of a man looking at an abstract painting in an art gallery
The summary for John Rich & The Big Picture At 28, John Rich is the youngest cover artist in the illustrious history of The New York Review. This means, every week, he draws a portrait of some notable person and this portrait becomes the cover of this very prestigious magazine. But when John is tasked with drawing the supposedly vapid (and obviously gorgeous) action movie star, Tyler Hughes, he discovers that Tyler is the one person he cannot draw.
the cover of john rich and the big picture, a white background, and a man holding a briefcase with sheets of paper falling out of it. the sheets of paper all have hearts on them
I'm giving a presentation and I'm in the foreground gesticulating while holding a pencil, and in the background, is the drawing I'm working on projected onto a screen