Qiana Whitted

Jul 28, 2023 | downthetubes.net | John Freeman |Mora Beauchamp-Byrd |Qiana Whitted |Ian Gordon

Recently published by Rutgers University Press is Desegregating Comics – Debating Blackness in the Golden Age of American Comics, edited by Qiana Whitted. Some comics fans view the American comic industry’s Golden Age (1930s-1950s) as a challenging time when it comes to representations of race, an era when the few Black characters appeared as brutal savages, devious witch doctors, or unintelligible minstrels.

May 12, 2023 | rutgersuniversitypress.org | Qiana Whitted

Description Contents Praise Awards Some comics fans view the industry’s Golden Age (1930s-1950s) as a challenging time when it comes to representations of race, an era when the few Black characters appeared as brutal savages, devious witch doctors, or unintelligible minstrels. Yet the true portrait is more complex and reveals that even as caricatures predominated, some Golden Age comics creators offered more progressive and nuanced depictions of Black people.