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.
(Image: File)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.