{"product_id":"black-images-in-the-comics-book-fredrik-stromberg-9781606995624","title":"Black Images In The Comics","description":"\u003cb\u003eEndlessly browsable illustrated journey through comics' history of radical portrayals both good and bad, now in softcover.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book begins with the habitually appalling images of blacks as ignorant \"coons\" in the earliest syndicated strips (\u003ci\u003eHappy Hooligan\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMoon Mullins\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Katzenjammer Kids\u003c\/i\u003e); continues with the almost-quaint colonialist images of the often-suppressed Tintin album \u003ci\u003eTintin in the Congo\u003c\/i\u003e and such ambiguous figures as Mandrake the Magician's \"noble savage\" assistant Lothar in the '30s (not to mention Torchy Brown, the first syndicated black character), moving on to such oddities as the offensive Ebony character in Will Eisner's otherwise classic The Spirit from the '40s and '50s.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWe then continue into the often earnest attempts at '60s integration in such strips as \u003ci\u003ePeanuts\u003c\/i\u003e (and comic books such as the \u003ci\u003eFantastic Four\u003c\/i\u003e), as well as the first wave of \"black strips\" like \u003ci\u003eWee Pals\u003c\/i\u003e, juxtaposed with the shocking satire of underground comics such as R. Crumb's incendiary Angefood McSpade. Also investigated is the increased use of blacks in super-hero comic books as well as syndicated strips. \u003ci\u003eBlack Images in the Comics\u003c\/i\u003e wraps up from the '80s to now, with the increased visibility of blacks, often in works actually produced by blacks, all the way to the South African strip \u003ci\u003eMadam \u0026amp; Eve\u003c\/i\u003e, Aaron McGruder's pointed daily \u003ci\u003eThe Boondocks\u003c\/i\u003e, and more -- including over a dozen new entries added to the out-of-print hardcover edition.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEach 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 \u003ci\u003eMiddle Passage\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50384948723985,"sku":"CIN1606995626G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50453624160529,"sku":"GOR010887266","price":9.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1606995626.jpg?v=1751342425","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/black-images-in-the-comics-book-fredrik-stromberg-9781606995624","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}