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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

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 194-195)

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It's life as I see it

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essay by Charles Johnson ; afterword by Ronald Wimberly ; compiled and edited by Dan Nadel ; cover designed by Kerry James Marshall

New York Review comics

Black cartoonists in Chicago, 1940-1980

"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"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 a space to address the joys, the horrors, and the everyday realities of Black life in America. From anti-racist time travel adventure serials, to Klan-skewering gag cartoons, to racially mixed daily strips, to underground Afrofuturist comics, this is work that has for far too long been excluded and overlooked. This anthology is a companion to the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago's exhibition 'Chicago Comics: 1960 to Now', and is an essential addition to the history of American comics."--, Page 4 of printed paper wrapper

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