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Invisible men : the trailblazing Black artists of comic books
Quattro, Ken, author.
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YOE Books, IDW Publishing, |
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2020. |
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248 pages : |
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9781684055869 |
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1 copy available at University of Alberta - Rutherford Library.
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Invisible men : the trailblazing Black artists of comic books
Quattro, Ken, author.
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Invisible men : the trailblazing Black artists of comic books
Quattro, Ken, author.
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Quattro, Ken, author.
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Invisible men : the trailblazing Black artists of comic books / Ken Quattro.
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San Diego, CA : YOE Books, IDW Publishing, 2020.
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©2020
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Physical description:
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248 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
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text txt
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still image sti
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unmediated n
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Subject term:
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Artists, Black--Race identity--United States--History--20th century.
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Comic books, strips, etc.--United States--History--20th century.
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African American cartoonists--History--20th century.
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Racism and the arts--United States.
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Art criticism.
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Biographies.
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General Note:
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Includes index.
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Contents:
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Introduction / by Stanford W. Carpenter -- Seeing the unseen / by Ken Quattro -- Adolphus Barreaux Gripon: Visible man, invisible pioneer -- Elmer Cecil Stoner: Harlem Renaissance man -- Robert Savon Pious: The Afrocentric historian -- Jay Paul Jackson: An artist apart -- Owen Charles Middleton: Resilient idealist -- Elton Clay Fax & George Dewey Lipcomb: The progressive and the professor -- Clarence Matthew Baker: The natural -- Alvin Carl Hollingsworth: The young professional -- Ezra Clyde Jackson, Alfonso Greene: A tale of two students -- Eugene Bilbrew: A different talent -- Orrin C. Evans, George J. Evans Jr., John H. Terrell, William H. Smith, Leonard Cooper: At last, the first -- Calvin Levi Massey: Vanguard of the next generation -- Afterword / by Ken Quattro.
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Summary:
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Stories of Black artists who drew -- mostly covertly behind the scenes -- superhero, horror, and romance comics in the early years of the industry. The life stories of each man's personal struggles and triumphs are represented as they broke through into a world formerly occupied only by whites. Using primary source material from World War II-era Black newspapers and magazines, this book profiles pioneers like E.C. Stoner, a descendant of a person enslaved by George Washington, who became a renowned fine artist of the Harlem Renaissance and the first Black artist to draw comic books; Owen Middleton, who was sentenced to life in Sing Sing; and Matt Baker, the most revered of the Black artists, whose art spotlights stunning women and men, and who drew the first groundbreaking Black comic book hero, Vooda! Includes examples of each artist's work, with full stories from mainstream comic books with rare titles like All-Negro Comics and Negro Heroes, plus unpublished artist's photos.
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ISBN:
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9781684055869
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1684055865
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9713950
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