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Endlessly browsable illustrated journey through comics' history of radical portrayals both good and bad, now in softcover.
This book spotlights over 100 comic strips, comic books, and graphic novels to feature black characters from all over the world over the last century, and the result is a fascinating journey to, if not enlightenment, then at least away from the horrendous caricatures of yore.
The book begins with the habitually appalling images of blacks as ignorant âcoonsâ in the earliest syndicated strips (Happy Hooligan, Moon Mullins, and The Katzenjammer Kids); continues with the almost-quaint colonialist images of the often-suppressed Tintin album Tintin in the Congo and such ambiguous figures as Mandrake the Magicianâs ânoble savageâ assistant Lothar in the â30s (not to mention Torchy Brown, the first syndicated black character), moving on to such oddities as the offensive Ebony character in Will Eisnerâs otherwise classic The Spirit from the â40s and â50s.
We then continue into the often earnest attempts at â60s integration in such strips as Peanuts (and comic books such as the Fantastic Four), as well as the first wave of âblack stripsâ like Wee Pals, juxtaposed with the shocking satire of underground comics such as R. Crumbâs incendiary Angefood McSpade. Also investigated is the increased use of blacks in super-hero comic books as well as syndicated strips. Black Images in the Comics wraps up from the â80s to now, with the increased visibility of blacks, often in works actually produced by blacks, all the way to the South African strip Madam & Eve, Aaron McGruderâs pointed daily The Boondocks, and more â including over a dozen new entries added to the out-of-print hardcover edition.
Each strip, comic, or graphic novel is spotlighted via a compact but instructive 200-word essay and a representative illustration. The book is augmented by a context-setting introduction, an extensive source list and bibliography, and a foreword by Charles R. Johnson, the recipient of a MacArthur Foundation fellowship and winner of the National Book Award for his 1990 novel Middle Passage.
Black & white throughoutAbout: Provides a chronological survey of the image of blacks in comic strips from the antebellum period to the present, looking at American and European respresentations of black people, as well as works from Africa, Japan, and the United Arab Emirates.
About: Endlessly browsable illustrated journey through comics' history of radical portrayals both good and bad, now in softcover.
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