About Us
In recognition of the importance of positive images to positive identity formation, Asani Entertainment reimagines the genre for a new audience and millennium.
Asani Entertainment is a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based Sole Member, Limited Liability Company founded in 2016 by Owner, CEO, President, and Publisher David Chaucer La Forest, MBA, an African-American, disabled veteran, award-winning, published poet and author.
Asani Entertainment's first products will be digital and print comic books, primarily centered on a new shared fantasy universe - The Asaniverse, created and written by Mr. La Forest and visualized by his freelance creative partners, artist Ren McKinzie, an African-American, disabled combat veteran, Didi Bazzarini, Livia Pastore and Sara Manca, Italian illustrators and character designers, and Raja Nandepu, Indian concept artist.
The primary genre for The Asaniverse is Mr. La Forest's creation, AsaniSurreal, derived from the male Swahili name, Asani (pronounced aa-SAA-nee), meaning rebellious.
AsaniSurreal is an Afrocentric, postmodern synthesis of alternate history, epic fantasy, horror, mythology, science fiction, superhero, and urban fantasy.
AsaniSurreal will interrogate the past, critique the present, speculate on the future, and revise, reinvigorate, and reimagine the genre. AsaniSurreal will appeal to fans of Afrofuturism, Black Panther, Blade, Blade Runner, Blaxploitation Movies, Lovecraft Country, The Matrix, and The Watchmen TV series.
A Rebellious Mix of Fact and Fantasy
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