Johnson Charles - It's Life As I See It Black Cartoonists In Chicago 1940 - 1980 - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: Originally published by Chicago's Black press long neglected by mainstream publishing and now included in a Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago exhibition these comics showcase some of the finest Black cartoonists. Between the 1940s and 1980s Chicago's Black press from The Chicago Defender to the Negro Digest to self - published pamphlets was home to some of the best cartoonists in America. Kept out of the pages of white - owned newspapers Black cartoonists found space to address the joys the horrors and the everyday realities of Black life in America. From Jay Jackson's anti - racist time travel adventure serial Bungleton Green to Morrie Turner's radical mixed - race strip Dinky Fellas to the Afrofuturist comics of Yaound Olu and Turtel Onli to National Book Award winning novelist Charles Johnson's blistering and deeply funny gag cartoons this is work that has for far too long been excluded and overlooked. Also featuring the work of Tom Floyd Seitu Hayden Jackie Ormes and Grass Green this anthology accompanies the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago's exhibition Chicago Comics: 1960 to Now and is an essential addition to the history of American comics. The book's cover is designed by Kerry James Marshall. Published in conjunction with the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago on the occasion of Chicago Comics: 1960s to Now June 19 October 3, 2021. Curated by Dan Nadel.
Title: It's Life As I See It Black Cartoonists In Chicago 1940 - 1980
Author(s): Johnson Charles
Publisher: The New York Review Of Books Inc
Barcode: 9781681375618
Pages: 144 Pages, Black And White Illustrations
Publication Date: 6/1/2021
Category: Graphic Novels