Comics and Black America
Comic Art and African Americans
Summer 2021
Black Comics
Add race to the story of comics, and things get very interesting indeed.
The Black Picture Show
Two new books, in many ways vastly different, take on the history of Blacks in American comics—one discussing the work of more celebrated cartoonists of the last century or so, the other focusing on previously hidden figures.
Hardboiled! Oversexed! And Shoddily Written!
Sticking it to The Man does not consider just any pulp fiction books; these are the stories of folks who have had enough of their designation as low and choose to rise up and challenge “the man” whose standards cast them down.
From Criminal to Artist, From Father to Son
Hands Up, Herbie! delves into the lower depths, where criminality is anything but abnormal. At the same time, it is a portrait of the artist as a young man.
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