Rupert Kinnard
| Rupert Kinnard | |
|---|---|
| Born | Rupert Earl Kinnard 1954 (age 70–71) Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Cartoonist |
| Pseudonym(s) | Prof. I.B. Gittendowne |
Notable works | B.B. and the Diva |
Rupert Kinnard (born 1954) also credited as Prof. I.B. Gittendowne, is an American cartoonist who created the first ongoing gay/lesbian-identified African-American comic-strip characters: the Brown Bomber (a teenage superhero) and Diva Touché Flambé (his ageless lesbian partner). Kinnard is gay and African American.