It's life as I see it : Black cartoonists in Chicago, 1940-1980 / essay by Charles Johnson ; afterword by Ronald Wimberly ; compiled and edited by Dan Nadel ; cover designed by Kerry James Marshall.
"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 Yaoundé 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 selected and edited by Dan Nadel, and is an essential addition to the history of American comics"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781681375618 (paperback)
- ISBN: 1681375613 (paperback)
- Physical Description: 200 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
- Publisher: New York : New York Review Books, 2021.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Works by Tom Floyd, Grass Green, Seitu Hayden, Jay Jackson, Charles Johnson, Yaoundé Olu, Turtel Onli, Jackie Ormes, Morrie Turner ; essays by Charles Johnson, Dan Nadel, Ronald Wimberly. "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 page verso. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 194-195). |
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Genre: | Cartoons (Humor) Graphic novels. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Covington Branch | 741.5973 I89 2021 (Text) | 33126024818027 | Adult Graphic Novel | Available | - |
Erlanger Branch | 741.5973 I89 2021 (Text) | 33126025165733 | Adult Graphic Novel | Available | - |