JUPITER INVINCIBLE is an augmented reality comic book series about an African-American enslaved person, Jupiter, who is suddenly given the power of immortality. The story takes place on a Southern plantation near Baltimore before the U.S. Civil War. The project is a mixture of pop-culture, history, innovative technology, and dynamic storytelling written by Pulitzer Prize winning poet Yusef Komunyakaa, illustrated by Ashley A. Woods, Syd Fini and Neda Kazemifar and augmented reality by Ram Devineni. Jupiter continues his perilous journey to Philadelphia using the Underground Railroad while being pursued by slave catchers. There he is recruited by free Black abolitionist and conductor William Still to transport a recently escaped family to Canada. Jupiter becomes the “Midnight Rider” into American history.
