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Freedom High School Roll ★ Call

Freedom High School Roll Call Freedom High School, an educational, nostalgic super hero comic book from Gennewwine written, drawn, and created by Allan Angel. These are the characters that make up an elite group of super powered teens at Freedom High School. It consists of six gifted students who unwittingly become the defenders of the planet and are taught by an instructor named Mr. Bear. The book is available at  FHS: Freedom High School | Etsy . Jackson Age 17 Hobbies: dance, magic, and going out with friends on the weekend . Roberta Montenegro Age 17 Hobbies:  sewing, fashion, and martial arts. Tamiya Hartley Age 17 Hobbies:  collecting comic books, drawing, and going to the movies Eileen Swift Age ? Hobbies:  track and field, going to concerts, and Reading mystery novels. Henry Chu Age 17 Hobbies:  mathematics, journalism, and photography. Joe Rucker Age 11 Hobbies:  quantum physics, science, and mathematics. Mr. Bear Age ? Afterschool instructor at Freedom High School ⓒ 2022 All
     Madonna made me realize the style of fashion. Through her, I became acquainted with designers like Gaultier (I can’t pronounce the word), Versace, and Dolce and Gabbana. Her music videos from Like a Virgin to Into the Groove, the way she presented herself exuded fashion that I could relate to. It was costumey without being costumey, a comic book character come to life.       A cousin whom I grew up with, also heavily inspired by Madonna, started collecting designer vintage fashion from the likes of Versace, Pucci, Coco Chanel, Marc Jacobs, Donna Karan, Stella McCartney, Vivienne Westwood, Michael Kors, Marchessa Notte, and Betsey Johnson just to name a few. Joji, my cousin, opened me up to a woman’s perspective regarding fashion. Although she concedes I have a natural eye for good fashion, she also made me understand that upon looking at a Michael Kors dress at Nordstrom in all its banality that I too conceded that he had good fashion sense albeit relegated to a demogra
         Lost Legends grew out of my need to make a statement about racism, bullying, in the guise of 8 year old kids who gain powers from a comet set in 1978 much like Netflix’s Stranger Things, except written in 2006 and released in 2008 in glorious glossy format. If I remember correctly Roseanne Barr once said that television was where the population learned about moral values or something to that effect, a tool to educate the masses about life.       I have done so many genres in this field that I wanted to put out an educational comic book meant for kids. I grew up on socially conscious tv shows since the 70s like Maude, Facts of Life, The Jeffersons, Good Times, Roseanne, Life Goes On, etc. so it was inevitable. I grew up on comic book artist George Perez’s artwork in titles like The New Teen Titans, The Avengers, The Incredible Hulk, Wonder Woman, and numerous cameos in Superman and Batman that set the stage for movies starring Gal Gadot, Henry Cavill, Ben Affleck, A