Black Images In The Comics

 

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25 februari 2019
EAN
9781606995624

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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 &#147;coons&#148; in the earliest syndicated strips (<em>Happy Hooligan</em>, <em>Moon Mullins</em>, and <em>The Katzenjammer Kids</em>); continues with the almost-quaint colonialist images of the often-suppressed Tintin album <em>Tintin in the Congo</em> and such ambiguous figures as Mandrake the Magician&#146;s &#147;noble savage&#148; assistant Lothar in the &#146;30s (not to mention Torchy Brown, the first syndicated black character), moving on to such oddities as the offensive Ebony character in Will Eisner&#146;s otherwise classic The Spirit from the &#146;40s and &#146;50s.We then continue into the often earnest attempts at &#146;60s integration in such strips as <em>Peanuts</em> (and comic books such as the <em>Fantastic Four</em>), as well as the first wave of &#147;black strips&#148; like <em>Wee Pals</em>, juxtaposed with the shocking satire of underground comics such as R. Crumb&#146;s incendiary Angefood McSpade. Also investigated is the increased use of blacks in super-hero comic books as well as syndicated strips. <em>Black Images in the Comics</em> wraps up from the &#146;80s to now, with the increased visibility of blacks, often in works actually produced by blacks, all the way to the South African strip <em>Madam &amp; Eve</em>, Aaron McGruder&#146;s pointed daily <em>The Boondocks</em>, and more &#151; 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 <em>Middle Passage</em>.

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Artikelnummer
11887372
Online sinds
25 februari 2019
EAN
9781606995624