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Author : Josef Benson,William Singsen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2022-03-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1496838343
A chronological wrestling with whiteness and white supremacy throughout the history of comics creation
Author : Josef Benson,Doug Singsen
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2022-03-08
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781496838377
American comics from the start have reflected the white supremacist culture out of which they arose. Superheroes and comic books in general are products of whiteness, and both signal and hide its presence. Even when comics creators and publishers sought to advance an antiracist agenda, their attempts were often undermined by a lack of awareness of their own whiteness and the ideological baggage that goes along with it. Even the most celebrated figures of the industry, such as Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, Jack Jackson, William Gaines, Stan Lee, Robert Crumb, Will Eisner, and Frank Miller, have not been able to distance themselves from the problematic racism embedded in their narratives despite their intentions or explanations. Bandits, Misfits, and Superheroes: Whiteness and Its Borderlands in American Comics and Graphic Novels provides a sober assessment of these creators and their role in perpetuating racism throughout the history of comics. Josef Benson and Doug Singsen identify how whiteness has been defined, transformed, and occasionally undermined over the course of eighty years in comics and in many genres, including westerns, horror, crime, funny animal, underground comix, autobiography, literary fiction, and historical fiction. This exciting and groundbreaking book assesses industry giants, highlights some of the most important episodes in American comic book history, and demonstrates how they relate to one another and form a larger pattern, in unexpected and surprising ways.
Author : Josef Benson,Doug Singsen
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2022-03-08
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781496838353
Shortlisted Finalist for the 2023 Eisner Award for Best Academic/Scholarly Work American comics from the start have reflected the white supremacist culture out of which they arose. Superheroes and comic books in general are products of whiteness, and both signal and hide its presence. Even when comics creators and publishers sought to advance an antiracist agenda, their attempts were often undermined by a lack of awareness of their own whiteness and the ideological baggage that goes along with it. Even the most celebrated figures of the industry, such as Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, Jack Jackson, William Gaines, Stan Lee, Robert Crumb, Will Eisner, and Frank Miller, have not been able to distance themselves from the problematic racism embedded in their narratives despite their intentions or explanations. Bandits, Misfits, and Superheroes: Whiteness and Its Borderlands in American Comics and Graphic Novels provides a sober assessment of these creators and their role in perpetuating racism throughout the history of comics. Josef Benson and Doug Singsen identify how whiteness has been defined, transformed, and occasionally undermined over the course of eighty years in comics and in many genres, including westerns, horror, crime, funny animal, underground comix, autobiography, literary fiction, and historical fiction. This exciting and groundbreaking book assesses industry giants, highlights some of the most important episodes in American comic book history, and demonstrates how they relate to one another and form a larger pattern, in unexpected and surprising ways.
Author : Troy D. Smith
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-17
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781496851697
Shaolin Brew: Race, Comics, and the Evolution of the Superhero looks at how the comic book industry developed from a white perspective and how minority characters were and are viewed through a stereotypical white gaze. Further, the book explores how voices of color have launched a shift in the industry, taking nonwhite characters who were originally viewed through a white lens and situating them outside the framework of whiteness. The financial success of Blaxploitation and Kung Fu films in the early 1970s led to major comics publishers creating, for the first time, Black and Asian superhero characters who headlined their own comics. The introduction of Black and Asian main characters, who previously only served as guest stars or sidekicks, launched a new kind of engagement between comics companies and minority characters and readers. However, scripted as they were by white writers, these characters were mired in stereotypes. Author Troy D. Smith focuses on Asian, Black, and Latinx representation in the comic industry and how it has evolved over the years. Smith explores topics that include Orientalism, whitewashing, Black respectability politics, the model minority myth, and political controversies facing fandoms. In particular, Smith examines how fans take the superheroes they grew up with—such as Luke Cage, Black Lightning, and Shang Chi—and turn them into the characters they wished they had as children. Shaolin Brew delves into the efforts of fans of color who urged creators to make these characters more realistic. This refining process increased as more writers and artists of color broke into the industry, bringing their own perspectives to the characters. As many of these characters transitioned from page to screen, a new generation of writers, artists, and readers have cooperated to evolve one-dimensional stereotypes into multifaceted, dynamic heroes.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2024-05-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781434261007
Author : Peter Admirand
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2022-12-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000750331
Destruction, Ethics, and Intergalactic Love: Exploring Y: The Last Man and Saga offers a creative and accessible exploration of the two comic book series, examining themes like nonviolence; issues of gender and war; heroes and moral failures; forgiveness and seeking justice; and the importance of diversity and religious pluralism. Through close interdisciplinary reading and personal narratives, the author delves into the complex worlds of Y and Saga in search of an ethics, meaning, and a path resonant with real-world struggles. Reading these works side by side, the analysis draws parallels and seeks common themes around the four central ideas of seeking and making meaning in a meaningless world; love and parenting through oppression and grief; peacefulness when surrounded by violence; and the perils and hopes of diversity and communion. This timely and thoughtful study will resonate with scholars and students of comic studies, media and cultural studies, philosophy, theology, literature, psychology, and popular culture studies.
Author : Noah Thornton,Treandos Thornton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2020-12-28
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1736266705
Adventure, literacy and bow ties all come together in this modern tale of 2 brothers! Treandos and Noah are superhero kids determined to save books everywhere. This fun story takes all readers on a journey of family friendly excitement, suspense and rescue. All grown-ups are encouraged to read along with the kids and share their passion for literacy. The book's co-authors are award-winning kid business owners Treandos and Noah Thornton of T&N Bow Ties and Apparel. Join them as they share a message of encouragement and unity. Everyone is welcomed to join the movement of positivity at www.tnbowties.com.
Author : Mark Delaney
Publisher : Peachtree
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1999-04-06
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1561451789
Meet Misfits, Inc. Investigations: Peter, the genius; Jake, the athlete; Byte, the computer whiz; Mattie, the "magician." These four teenage super-sleuths have a knack for uncovering and solving unsolvable crimes. In their second case, the team is mysteriously summoned to a comic book convention, where they anticipate the premiere of the exclusive new Hyperman superhero movie. At the convention, the Jester (a comic book villain come-to-life) terrorizes the audience and commits a daring crime. When the Misfits attempt to solve the Jester's riddle, they discover that someone close to them may be involved in the heist. As they draw dangerously close to unmasking the villain, the Misfits uncover a longtime wrong that only they can right. Featuring an engaging group of outcasts with varied interests, each book in the Misfits series offers an intriguing mystery, supported by Delaney's well-paced plot and believable dialogue, that will keep readers captivated to the very end.
Author : Brandon Rhiness,Adam Storoschuk,Luca Cicchitti,Nick O'Gorman,Eugen Betivu
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2013-11-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1492988499
MISFITS is the story of a ragtag, disorganized superhero team trying to get its act together. This is proving to be difficult when they spend more time at the bar than they do fighting crime.Things get even worse for the Misfits when their most powerful member, Demonman, leaves the team to pursue a regular life.Meanwhile, Demonman has troubles of his own. This whole "regular life" thing is more difficult than he anticipated. Every day things like dating, paying the rent and getting a job are a lot harder than he thought.Misfits was produced by an international team of comic book creators.Writer/Creator Brandon Rhiness and fellow Misfits creator Adam Storoschuk live in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.Penciller and inker Luca Cicchitti is from Italy.Colorist Eugen Betivu resides in Moldova.Letterer Nick O'Gorman is from Ottawa, Ontario, in western Canada.
Author : Mark Millar
Publisher : Image Comics
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2020-02-12
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781534316836
Thena Khole and Cody Blue are among the universe's most-wanted felons. Each the leader of their own criminal ops, they run heists across the galaxies hopping from ship to ship to fleece everyone inside. But when both women are betrayed by their crews, the bandits only have one thing on their minds: REVENGE. Collects SPACE BANDITS #1-5
Author : Jon Morris
Publisher : Quirk Books
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2018-10-23
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781683690771
Nominated for the 2019 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award for Best Comics-Related Book More than one hundred of the strangest sidekicks in comics history, complete with backstories, vintage art, and colorful commentary. This collection affectionately spotlights forgotten helpers like Thunderfoot (explosive-soled assistant to the Human Bomb), super-pets like Frosting (polar bear pal of space hero Norge Benson), fan favorites like Rick Jones (sidekick to half of the Marvel Universe), and obscure partners of iconic heroes (Superman Junior's career barely got off the ground). Included are pernicious profiles of henchmen and minions, the sidekicks of the supervillain world. Casual comics readers and diehard enthusiasts alike will relish the hilarious commentary and vintage art from obscure old comics.
Author : Gavin Aung Than
Publisher : Random House Graphic
Page : 83 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2022-04-19
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780593175156
"Everyone loves an underdog. Super Sidekicks is a WINNER!" --Lincoln Peirce, New York Times bestselling author of the BIG NATE series Calling fans of Captain Underpants and Hilo! Sidekicks are SUPER in this humor- and action-packed graphic novel series. Expect bugs, well-read dinosaurs, and lots of goo! The Super Sidekicks just saved the world! And now they've been invited to join HERO: The Heroic Earth Righteousness Organization. It's the most exclusive club for the planet's most famous superheroes. (No big deal!) But before they can become members, they must pass the hardest challenge in the universe--a test so scary only the truly heroic can survive. "A super side-splitting good time!" --Andrew McDonald and Ben Wood, creators of the REAL PIGEONS series
Author : Mark Delaney
Publisher : Turtleback Books
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1999-04-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0613852931
While the Misfits are attending a comic book convention and waiting for a sneak preview of the new Hyperman movie, they see the film stolen by someone dressed as Hyperman's nemesis, the Jester.
Author : Mark Delaney
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1424211360
When the Misfits are mysteriously summoned to a comic book convention, they see a daring crime committed by a comic book character come-to-life. As they try to solve the Jester¿s riddle and unmask the villain, they uncover a longtime wrong that only they can right.
Author : Shawn Pryor
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 41 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781666348064
Criminal mastermind Cynthia Cyber recruits a videogame super-villain named Bandora Bandit to battle The Gamer. When the Bandit tracks down The Gamer, she transports him to her own videogame world for a Wild West showdown! Will The Gamer defeat the super-powered villain and find his way back home?