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Blacker the Ink: Constructions of Black Identity in Comics and Sequential Art [Minkštas viršelis]

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  • Formatas: Paperback / softback, 356 pages, aukštis x plotis x storis: 235x156x25 mm, weight: 567 g, 59 illustrations
  • Išleidimo metai: 16-Jul-2015
  • Leidėjas: Rutgers University Press
  • ISBN-10: 0813572339
  • ISBN-13: 9780813572338
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  • Formatas: Paperback / softback, 356 pages, aukštis x plotis x storis: 235x156x25 mm, weight: 567 g, 59 illustrations
  • Išleidimo metai: 16-Jul-2015
  • Leidėjas: Rutgers University Press
  • ISBN-10: 0813572339
  • ISBN-13: 9780813572338
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The Blacker the Ink is the first collection to explore not only the diverse range of black characters in comics, but also the multitude of ways that black artists, writers, and publishers have made a mark on the industry. The book’s fifteen original essays take us on a journey that includes familiar milestones like Luke Cage andThe Boondocks, while spanning everything from African American newspaper comics of the 1930s to Francophone graphic novels of the 2000s.


When many think of comic books the first thing that comes to mind are caped crusaders and spandex-wearing super-heroes. Perhaps, inevitably, these images are of white men (and more rarely, women). It was not until the 1970s that African American superheroes such as Luke Cage, Blade, and others emerged. But as this exciting new collection reveals, these superhero comics are only one small component in a wealth of representations of black characters within comic strips, comic books, and graphic novels over the past century.
The Blacker the Ink is the first book to explore not only the diverse range of black characters in comics, but also the multitude of ways that black artists, writers, and publishers have made a mark on the industry. Organized thematically into “panels” in tribute to sequential art published in the funny pages of newspapers, the fifteen original essays take us on a journey that reaches from the African American newspaper comics of the 1930s to the Francophone graphic novels of the 2000s. Even as it demonstrates the wide spectrum of images of African Americans in comics and sequential art, the collection also identifies common character types and themes running through everything from the stripThe Boondocks to the graphic novel Nat Turner.
Though it does not shy away from examining the legacy of racial stereotypes in comics and racial biases in the industry,The Blacker the Ink also offers inspiring stories of trailblazing African American artists and writers. Whether you are a diehard comic book fan or a casual reader of the funny pages, these essays will give you a new appreciation for how black characters and creators have brought a vibrant splash of color to the world of comics.

Recenzijos

"Like the comics selected for analysis, this collection of essays works to expand our understanding of the mediums of Blackness and comics. Through observant and meticulous close readings of comic books, newspaper comic strips, digital comics, and graphic novels, alongside the respective sociohistorical and cultural contexts of their production, dissemination, and consumption, the contributors shed light on overlooked and perhaps unknown cartoonists and stories from the past, provide new insight on well-known comics and histories, and challenge our understanding of what constitutes black comics." (Cinema Journal) "This volume provides what has been lacking in some previous work-variety of content, precision of approach and execution, and depth of analyses The Blacker the Ink advances the study of black comics significantly by offering new insights and a wealth of information free of gobbledygook ... Highly recommended." (Choice) "A fascinating look at the growing complexity and diversity in representations of Blackness in comics, graphic novels and sequential art." - Bambi Haggins (author of Laughing Mad: The Black Comic Persona in Post-Soul America) "An essential guide for anyone interested in the intersections between race and comics, this volume is full of startling and original insights about the creators, comics, and graphic novels that represent people of African descent from the 1930s to the present." - Jonathan W. Gray (author of Civil Rights in the White Literary Imagination) "An important collection for academics and fan communities as we continue to expand scholarship on Black comics, their histories and their creators." (Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics) "The Blacker the Ink features an emerging methodology that may be characteristic of, and useful for, the continued development of black comics studies." (Studies in 20th & 21st Century Literature)

Acknowledgments ix
Introduction: The Sweeter the Christmas 1(18)
Frances Gateward
John Jennings
Panel I Black Is a Dangerous Color
1 "No Sweat!": EC Comics, Cold War Censorship, and the Troublesome Colors of "Judgment Day!"
19(26)
Daniel F. Yezbick
2 Sex in Yop City: Ivorian Femininity and Masculinity in Abouet and Oubrerie's Aya
45(18)
Sally Mcwilliams
3 A Postcolony in Pieces: Black Faces, White Masks, and Queer Potentials in Unknown Soldier
63(32)
Patrick F. Walter
Panel II Black in Black-and-White and Color
4 Fashion in the Funny Papers: Cartoonist Jackie Ormes's American Look
95(22)
Nancy Goldstein
5 Graphic Remix: The Lateral Appropriation of Black Nationalism in Aaron McGruder's The Boondocks
117(20)
Robin R. Means Coleman
William Lafi Youmans
Panel III Black Tights
6 American Truths: Blackness and the American Superhero
137(16)
Conseula Francis
7 Drawn into Dialogue: Comic Book Culture and the Scene of Controversy in Milestone Media's Icon
153(18)
Andre Carrington
8 Critical Afrofuturism: A Case Study in Visual Rhetoric, Sequential Art, and Postapocalyptic Black Identity
171(22)
Reynaldo Anderson
9 Bare Chests, Silver Tiaras, and Removable Afros: The Visual Design of Black Comic Book Superheroes
193(22)
Blair Davis
Panel IV Graphic Blackness
10 Daddy Cool: Donald Goines's "Visual Novel"
215(20)
Kinohi Nishikawa
11 The Blues Tragicomic: Constructing the Black Folk Subject in Stagger Lee
235(120)
Qiana Whitted
12 Provocation through Polyphony: Kyle Baker's Nat Turner
255(19)
Craig Fischer
13 Performance Geography: Making Space in Jeremy Love's Bayou, Volume 1
274(18)
Hershini Bhana Young
14 A Secret History of Miscegenation: Jimmy Corrigan and the Columbian Exposition of 1893
292(22)
James J. Ziegler
15 It's a Hero? Black Comics and Satirizing Subjection
314(19)
Rebecca Wanzo
Contributors 333(4)
Index 337
FRANCES GATEWARD is an associate professor in the department of cinema and television arts at California State University-Northridge. She is the editor of Seoul Searching: Cultural Identity and Cinema in South Korea. JOHN JENNINGS is a professor of media and cultural studies, University of California Riverside where he is Nasir Jones Hiphop Fellow. He is the author of Black Comix: African American Independent Comics, the award-winning graphic novel The Hole: Consumer Culture, and the national bestseller, Kindred, a graphic adaption of Octavia Butler's classic novel.