In honor of Black History Month, News 12 is hearing from a Westchester comic book artist who wants to get the word out that there are Black comic book artists.

Rob Taylor says he knew from a young age what he wanted to be.

"A lot of kids wanted to be firemen and policemen. That really wasn't my thing," he says. "I just fell in love with comics."

Taylor is a comic artist and writer based in White Plains. He's been living there for two years, but his career has taken him across the country to Arizona to work with well-known comic creator Todd McVarlane. He's also worked for Marvel Comics, Valiant Comics and DC Comics. "Working for 'Spiderman' was really cool," he says.

Now, he has his own company, Superhuman Works Studios, and he creates his own characters and stories. All of his characters are African American.

"I wanted to create characters just because they look like me. Kids can look at them and say 'hey, we can be characters, too,'" says Taylor.

Taylor says it has meant a lot to him to see the impact his comics are having. "We don't really have that many black characters in comics," he says. "When I create these characters, they really just gravitate towards them because they've never seen so many."

He says he's worked hard to create not only their image but also their backstory.

"One of my characters is called Jet Black. He's one of my favorites," says Taylor.

His characters and their stories mean the world to him.

"These are characters that I create that I will always remember," says Taylor.