Título: Black Images in the Comics
Autor: Fredrik Stromberg
Sinopse: 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 “coons” 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 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.We then continue into the often earnest attempts at ’60s integration in such strips as Peanuts (and comic books such as the Fantastic Four), as well as the first wave of black strips like Wee Pals, 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. Black Images in the Comics 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 Madam & Eve, Aaron McGruder’s pointed daily The Boondocks, and more, 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. Joh Acabamento: Paperback. Peso: 330g. Dimensões: 23 x 16 x 1.
Contexto da obra
Dentro do catálogo, este livro pode ser situado a partir do tema, da autoria e da proposta editorial. “Black Images in the Comics”, de Fredrik Stromberg, publicado pela editora Fantagraphics Books, em 2012 e com 296 páginas, integra a categoria Quadrinhos Adultos. Esse enquadramento pode tornar mais clara a proposta do livro e o tipo de interesse que ele costuma despertar.
Editora: Fantagraphics Books
Páginas: 296
Ano: 2012
Edição: 1ª EDIÇÃO
Linguagem: Inglês
ISBN:
ISBN13: 9781606995624
Sobre a editora
Os livros da editora Fantagraphics Books convidam o leitor a explorar universos gráficos que transitam entre o humor nonsense, a aventura clássica e o comentário social embutido em narrativas visuais densas. O catálogo apresenta desde histórias em quadrinhos restauradas com cuidado, que preservam detalhes artísticos originais, até obras que misturam fantasia e realismo mágico em enredos ambientados em cenários históricos ou contemporâneos. A experiência de leitura frequentemente combina traços meticulosos com um ritmo que varia entre o suspense atmosférico e a leveza do humor escrachado, contemplando desde personagens icônicos da cultura pop até crônicas autobiográficas e sátiras políticas. Fantagraphics Books parece valorizar tanto a preservação de clássicos quanto a inovação em formatos e temas, oferecendo um panorama que pode ser tanto narrativo quanto informativo, com uma atenção especial à qualidade gráfica e à profundidade das histórias.
