Nat Cummings is a talented computer hacker using his skills to pay his college tuition. A covert operative, he is well-versed in hacking, hand-to-hand combat, blade combat, and stealth.
All is well with Nat until he is listed as an International Terror Threat, Code Red. The newly formed government/paramilitary organization called The Establishment gives him a simple choice, either work with them to become a highly trained assassin or be terminated.
Nat is the protagonist of a new science fiction comic book series, P.B. Soldier. The series not only promises an exciting story of an African American antihero, but it is designed to teach STEM skills.
P.B. Soldier is the brainchild of PBS Media, an independent comic book publisher founded by Naseed Gifted.
Gifted is not only the comic’s writer and creator he is a long-time math teacher, was an engineer, and is currently an administrator for the Pre-Academy division of the New Jersey Public Schools system.
Today, PBS Media is launching a Kickstarter campaign to raise $8,500 for the production of episode 3.0, the sixth installment of a 13 book arc. Funds will go toward payment to line artist and colorist Abel Garcia, and the actual production of the book, including printing and distribution. A portion of proceeds will go to the Central High School PreÂEngineering Academy in Newark, New Jersey, where Gifted has taught and led for the past 13 years.
Gifted is also a two-time Glyph Comic Awards and Urban Action Showcase nominee. He is also the founder of New Jersey’s Black Comic Book Festival “Khem Comic Festâ€Â and travels across the country as a panelist for Full Spectrum: Why Color in Comics Matters and Using Comics to teach STEM.
His published works include Short stories: Occupy Renaissance City; Terrorist Act of 2011; and as director/writer of P.B. Soldier “The Awakening†Short Film and P.B. Soldier Animated Short.