Shobo is a Nigerian-American storyteller dedicated to crafting grounded, emotionally rich characters and stories that resonate across cultures and mediums.
In 2014, he co-created and Kickstarted Outcasts of Jupiter, an African futurist graphic novel developed with his brother, artist Shof Coker. Its critical and commercial success helped launch his career as a writer.
Shobo has since co-created several acclaimed comic series, including New Masters (Image Comics), a sci-fi epic set in a future Lagos under alien colonization; Buckhead (BOOM! Studios), a supernatural techno-thriller rooted in Yoruba mythology; and Bronze Faces, a Nigerian revenge-heist story about reclaiming stolen heritage from Museums across the globe. In 2019, he was awarded the Creators for Creators Grant, a $30,000 prize selected by top comics professionals.
From 2020 to 2023, Shobo worked as a narrative designer at Harebrained Schemes, where he contributed to The Lamplighters League, a pulp adventure RPG praised for its dynamic dialogue system and richly developed characters.
In 2023, he was tapped by Jordan Weisman to serve as Creative Director at Endless Adventures Inc., building a new indie game studio in the Asia-Pacific region from the ground up, and overseeing new projects.
In 2025, he worked on Electronic Arts and Cliffhanger Games’ Untitled Black Panther Project, developing culturally grounded dialogue, lore, and world-building for Wakanda’s open world.
Shobo tells stories about belief, identity, and power through characters shaped by history, myth, and the worlds they inherit. He lives in Prague and spends his free time reading comics, playing games, and researching Yoruba mythology, cosmology, and history.
Shof is an Emmy and Annie nominated illustrator and director born and raised in Lagos, Nigeria. In 2005 he attended the Memphis College of Art, and graduated with a BFA in illustration. He began his career as a character designer and digital sculptor for video game studios at Activision and Sony. He worked as an art director for Jam City San Diego.
As a freelancer, his clients have included Disney, Netflix, West Studio, Oddbot, Titmouse and Triggerfish Studios.
In 2014, he illustrated, Kickstarted and published Outcasts of Jupiter, an Africanfuturist comic with his brother, Shobo Coker. He then worked on the 2017 animated documentary, Liyana, which has won several awards including Best Documentary at the LA Film Festival and Grand Prize at the New York Children’s Film Festival.
In 2022, he co-created and illustrated New Masters (Image Comics), a science-fiction adventure graphic novel set in Eko, Nigeria. He also directed Moremi, an animated short in the Kizazi Moto series for Triggerfish and Disney. Moremi was nominated for 3 Annie Awards and 1 Emmy Award, including Best Direction for both awards.
In 2025, he co-created and wrote Bronze Faces (Boom! Studios), a surreal heist drama about 3 Nigerian friends who try to steal back the Benin Bronzes from the British Museum.
He is influenced by Nigerian mythology and literary fiction. Most of his films and practice involve exploring Nigerian identity and Africanfuturism. He has a deep appreciation for stillness in nature in all its splendor and stories that express poetic truths about humanity's shared experience.
He currently lives in Atlanta, USA, but still harbors hopes to one day play for the Nigerian football team at the olympics.
Alexandre Tefenkgi is an international comic book artist of Vietnamese-Djiboutian descent. He’s the visual creator of the Eisner and Harvey Award–winning comics The Good Asian with Pornsak Pichetshote, as well as the postapocalyptic love story Once Upon a Time at the End of the World with Jason Aaron. He specializes in character-driven stories and emotional poetry. His craft is devoted to expressing the complexity of human relationships.
