Republic of the CongoRepublic of the Congo.

A short history you can leaf through. Click a page, use the arrow keys, or press Turn the page to read on.

1. 1956

   to 1985

   Chapter 01

   Kizito and a long gap

   Kizito was a teaching bulletin of the Catholic church of the Uganda Martyrs that retold the Bible in comics, with the painter Michel Hengo among its artists. It stopped in the early 1970s, and a long gap followed until the mid 1980s.

2. 1985

   to 2001

   Chapter 02

   Petit Piment and Ngouvou

   Jeremie Bindika created Petit Piment, the first Congolese comic hero, in the mid 1980s and sold his self-published albums for 600 CFA francs. The youth journal Ngouvou, created by Ferdinand Kibinza in the late 1980s, printed up to 7,500 copies and was used by teachers in class. Willy Zekid, Djobiss and Cyriaque Goma began drawing for it in the early to mid 1990s.

3. 2002

   to 2014

   Chapter 03

   Collectives and fanzines

   Djobiss and Teddy Lokoka founded the comics association ACPBD in 2002, and its fanzine Super Mokoua appeared in November 2003. The Graphik'Noir group published the satirical fanzine Yi wiri ! from 2004 to 2006, and the Ponton BD collective formed in Pointe-Noire after a 2007 workshop, but printing costs and weak distribution kept most pages unpublished.

4. 2015

   to today

   Chapter 04

   Festival and new voices

   KHP moved to France in 2015, and his album Les dessous de Pointe-Noire won the Prix de la Presse panafricaine in 2019. The Bilili BD Festival, founded by the Cameroonian author Joelle Epee Mandengue, now shows Congolese and African comics in Brazzaville and Pointe-Noire. Younger authors such as Sayane Kid and Jussie Nsana publish by themselves and run local workshops.

• Kizito1956 · comics magazineCatholic church of the Uganda Martyrs. Mission bulletin that told Bible stories in comics until the early 1970s.
• Les Aventures de Petit pimentcomic book seriesJeremie Bindika. First Congolese comic hero, published by the author in the mid 1980s.
• Ngouvou1988 · comics magazineFerdinand Kibinza (editor). Youth journal from the late 1980s to 2004 that gave comics a place in schools.
• Super Mokoua2003 · comics magazineDjobiss. First fanzine of the comics association ACPBD.
• Yi wiri !2004 · comics magazineFranck N'Zila and Graphik'Noir. Satirical black-and-white fanzine with three issues from 2004 to 2006.
• Takafcomic book seriesWilly Zekid. Series for the magazine Planete jeunes, collected in two albums in 2010 and 2012.
• Chroniques de Brazzaville2012 · graphic novelKHP, Lionnel Boussi and Jussie Lamathd. Collective album on the civil war, a good seller for L'Harmattan BD.
• Les dessous de Pointe-Noiregraphic novelKHP. Album on young women who sell sex to emigrate; it won the Prix de la Presse panafricaine in 2019.

• Jeremie BindikaDied 1995Called the true father of Congolese comics; creator of Petit Piment. Died in 1995.
• Willy ZekidBorn 1979Pioneer of comics in the country; drew for Ngouvou, then Gbich! in Ivory Coast, then Planete jeunes in France.
• Fortuné KomboKnown as Djobiss; caricaturist and co-founder of the ACPBD comics association in 2002.
• Bring de BangIllustrator and press cartoonist, a model for the younger generation in Brazzaville.
• KHPBorn 1979Pointe-Noire based album author known for ballpoint-pen drawings of war and society.
• Bob KanzaBorn 1977Creator of Sergent Deutogo for the Ivorian magazine Gbich!.
• Sayane KidBorn 1997Young author of self-published comics and co-founder of an authors' community in Pointe-Noire.
• Jussie NsanaBorn 1984Visual artist and comics author who runs a youth art space in Pointe-Noire.

• Franck N'ZilaBorn 1977 · graphic designer
• Cyriaque Gomacomics author
• Adolphe Cissé Mayambipress cartoonist

• Totem Tournoicomic book series
• Sergent Deutogo2000 · comic strip
• Zoba Moke1993 · comic strip
• Papoucomic strip
• Le Redoutablecomic strip
• Mantsina sur scène, l'histoire2007 · comic strip
• InFlames Métamorphwebcomic
• Raconte-moi le Congocomic book series
• La descente aux Enfers1998 · graphic novel
• M'tekolo2020 · comic book series
• Image2006 · comics magazine
• Le chemin de Si je savais2010 · graphic novel