Darrin Bell plays with three of his young children as the family heads to the dinner table. As they sit to eat, though, Bell’s 6-year-old son looks up and asks out of curiosity: “Who’s ...

’The Talk’ by Darrin Bell. (Henry Holt & Co.) In the prologue to Darrin Bell’s expansive debut graphic memoir, The Talk, he illustrates, in comics, his memory of being six years old and coming face to ...

A lot of what you know has thoughtfully come from someone with years — which might make you wonder, as in the new book, “The Talk” by Darrin Bell, why weren’t you taught the most important ...

Darrin Bell/Henry Holt & Co. In the prologue to Darrin Bell's expansive debut graphic memoir, The Talk , he illustrates, in comics, his memory of being six years old and coming face to face with a ...

“The Talk” by Darrin Bell (Henry Holt & Company) Seeing the other children at the park playing with water guns, Darrin asks his mom for one. Her immediate response: No. Pulitzer Prize-winning ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial Darrin Bell about his graphic memoir, "The Talk." The title refers to talks about racism Black parents often give their kids.

When Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Darrin Bell was six years old, he had an encounter with a police officer. That event, which he kept secret for much of his life, reaffirmed "the talk" he'd ...

Darrin Bell’s graphic memoir, The Talk, explores the painful childhood memory of being confronted by a police officer with a toy water gun.

“The Talk” by Darrin Bell (Henry Holt & Company)Seeing the other children at the park playing with water guns, Darrin asks his mom for one. Her immediate response: No.Pulitzer Prize-winning ...

The Talk, by Darrin Bell. At age 6, Bell’s mother bought him a green water gun instead of a realistic one, explaining that she feared for his safety as a Black child in Los Angeles.

THE TALK. By Darrin Bell. Henry Holt & Company. 352 pages. $29.99. Seeing the other children at the park playing with water guns, Darrin asks his mom for one.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial Darrin Bell about his graphic memoir, "The Talk." The title refers to talks about racism Black parents often give their kids.