Frederick L. Jones

American entrepreneur and creator of the first award-winning black female lead shonen manga series, CLOCK STRIKER, Frederick L. Jones was born in Durham, North Carolina, and graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a BA in Communication Studies. 

He developed a passion for promoting diversity at a young age, including participating in the fight for a Black Student Union on UNC’s campus and attending the original Million Man March in 1995. He spent a decade in the video game industry as an executive. Having worked on nearly every part of product creation, including product marketing, product development, and brand management, Frederick combined his experience with his lifelong love of anime to create the firm MyFutprint Entertainment, LLC and its diverse manga brand, Saturday AM, in 2013. 

Saturday AM is the largest black owned manga brand globally with books in over 30 countries, 14 digital platforms, distributed into comic stores, libraries, bookstores, retail giants and over 10 major e-commerce platforms. With top diverse manga from countries ranging from Nigeria to New Zealand, USA to Brazil - Saturday AM manga has been translated into 5 languages and has over 10 wins in award circuits including Japan and the USA.

Frederick Jones resides in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina, with his family and dog, Allie.