Harlem Heroes

Author : Dave Gibbons
Publisher : Dark Horse Comics
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2023-03-14
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781506729053

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Confabulation: An Anecdotal Autobiography by Dave Gibbons by Dave Gibbons Pdf

This comprehensive, in-depth, and personal journey through the eyes of one of the world’s most famous comics creators, Dave Gibbons, spans his earliest years copying Superman and Batman comics as a kid, to co-creating the bestselling graphic novel of all-time, Watchmen, and beyond. Presented alphabetically, with informally written anecdotes that can be read from cover-to-cover or simply dipped into, Gibbons reveals unseen comics’ pitches, life as the first Comics Laureate, and going from being a fanzine artist to infiltrating DC Comics in the 1970s. The book covers everything from working on Doctor Who and meeting Tom Baker to being inducted into the Eisner Hall of Fame. Gibbons also discusses, for the first time anywhere, the reasons why he and fellow Watchmen co-creator Alan Moore no longer speak. Packed with over 300 iconic, rarely seen, and unpublished art pieces and photographs, Confabulation: An Anecdotal Autobiography not only entertains, but peels back the layers of a fascinating career in comics.

Author : Lloyd A. Williams,Voza Rivers
Publisher : Sports Publishing LLC
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Community life
ISBN : 9781596702066

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Forever Harlem by Lloyd A. Williams,Voza Rivers Pdf

New York's hometown newspaper combines its vast archives with the resources of the Uptown Chamber of Commerce to provide an informative and rich visual history of Harlem.

Author : James B. Martin
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2014-05-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9798216043157

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African American War Heroes by James B. Martin Pdf

Detailed profiles bring stories of African American heroism in the U.S. armed forces to life, from the American Revolution through the conflict in Afghanistan. African American war heroes remain largely unsung, their courage and valor relegated to the less traveled corners of history. This work seeks out those heroes—soldiers, sailors, flyers, and marines—who earned their nation's highest medals in defense of freedom and equality. Some of these men and women died on the battlefield. Others returned to civilian life in a segregated country. What they share across time and circumstance is devotion to duty and to the country they defended, even in the face of personal and racial prejudice. Entries profile decorated African Americans from all of the U.S. conflicts since the Revolutionary War. In addition to providing basic biographical data, each profile offers a detailed account of the individual's heroic actions. The book also offers sidebars on events and topics relevant to African Americans in the U.S. armed forces, such as histories of the 54th Massachusetts and the Tuskegee Airmen.

Author : Karen Taborn
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2018-05-21
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780813594583

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Walking Harlem by Karen Taborn Pdf

With its rich cultural history and many landmark buildings, Harlem is not just one of New York’s most distinctive neighborhoods; it’s also one of the most walkable. This illustrated guide takes readers on five separate walking tours of Harlem, covering ninety-one different historical sites. Alongside major tourist destinations like the Apollo Theater and the Abyssinian Baptist Church, longtime Harlem resident Karen Taborn includes little-known local secrets like Jazz Age speakeasies, literati, political and arts community locales. Drawing from rare historical archives, she also provides plenty of interesting background information on each location. This guide was designed with the needs of walkers in mind. Each tour consists of eight to twenty-nine nearby sites, and at the start of each section, readers will find detailed maps of the tour sites, as well as an estimated time for each walk. In case individuals would like to take a more leisurely tour, it provides recommendations for restaurants and cafes where they can stop along the way. Walking Harlem gives readers all the tools they need to thoroughly explore over a century’s worth of this vital neighborhood’s cultural, political, religious, and artistic heritage. With its informative text and nearly seventy stunning photographs, this is the most comprehensive, engaging, and educational walking tour guidebook on one of New York’s historic neighborhoods.

Author : Rebecca Bratspies
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2023-01-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781467151405

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Naming Gotham: The Villains, Rogues & Heroes Behind New York’s Place Names by Rebecca Bratspies Pdf

The Van Wyck, the Major Deegan, the Jackie Robinson, the Hutch, the Merritt, FDR Drive, or the Henry Hudson...you might drive them regularly, without really noticing that those road names are, well, names. But, who were these people? New York City's many roads, bridges, neighborhoods and institutions bear the names of a colorful assortment of people from key periods in the city's history. Learning about the people iconic Gotham landmarks are named for is a unique window into the history of the greatest city in the world. Author Rebecca Bratspies takes readers on a place-based, intimate, historical journey on a human scale.

Author : Theda Palmer Saxton Ph.D.
Publisher : Balboa Press
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2013-05-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781452573762

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Heirs to Dirty Linen and Harlem Ghosts by Theda Palmer Saxton Ph.D. Pdf

Successful entrepreneur and author Dr. Theda Palmer Saxton uncovers the Heirs to Dirty Linen and Harlem Ghosts as she weaves together the most unlikely events and people into a neat package filled with salacious political corruption and organized crime. Theda threads racism, newly empowered white women, greedy white men, and self-serving politicians into the eye of a needle deeply embedded in the garments which clothe the players of speakeasies on Swing Street. The emerging new Northern black population collided with white, New York, high society, which was thirsty for a quasi-relationship with the exotic new Negro writers and musicians. Harlem vicariously became the cutting edge leader in interracial relationships, trendy clothing fads, raucous clubs with scantily clad chorus girls, and evolving jazz giants. Dr. Theda lays out a substantive pictorial format of Bill Saxtons rich past, which places him at the right place at the right time as the quintessential music steward of the legendary Bills Place on Swing Street. Heirs to Dirty Linen and Harlem Ghosts is a must-read for the curious minds wanting a peek into familiar tales of American culture connected from a black womans perspective. She breathes fresh air into the musicians unsettled spirit, which haunts Harlem. Thanks to her business acumen and Bills talent, Swing Street via Bills Place still perpetuates jazz music, which remains Americas sole original artistic cultural contribution to the world. It swings.

Author : DeAnn Herringshaw
Publisher : ABDO
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2011-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781617876509

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Harlem Renaissance by DeAnn Herringshaw Pdf

This title examines an important historic event - the Harlem Renaissance in New York City. Easy-to-read, compelling text explores the history of the Harlem neighborhood and issues around racism, Harlem's African-American community, cultural identity, and creative spirit - from jazz to dance to poetry, key influential figures such as W.E.B. Du Bois, Zora Neale Hurston, Duke Ellington, and Alain Locke, and the effects of this event on society. Features include a table of contents, a timeline, facts, additional resources, Web sites, a glossary, a bibliography, and an index. Essential Events is a series in Essential Library, an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.

Author : Carl Van Vechten,John P. Jacob
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2016-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0937311847

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Harlem Heroes by Carl Van Vechten,John P. Jacob Pdf

Author : Tamra B. Orr
Publisher : Greenhaven Publishing LLC
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2018-07-15
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781534564213

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The Harlem Renaissance by Tamra B. Orr Pdf

The Harlem Renaissance was an exciting period in American history, and readers are placed in the middle of this vibrant African American cultural movement through engaging main text, annotated quotations from historical figures and scholars, and carefully selected primary sources. Eye-catching sidebars and a comprehensive timeline highlight important artists, writers, and works from the Harlem Renaissance to give readers a strong sense of this essential social studies curriculum topic. The influence of the Harlem Renaissance can still be seen in the cultural contributions of African Americans today, making this a topic that is sure to resonate with readers.

Author : James Chapman
Publisher : Reaktion Books
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2011-12-01
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781861899620

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British Comics by James Chapman Pdf

In this entertaining cultural history of British comic papers and magazines, James Chapman shows how comics were transformed in the early twentieth century from adult amusement to imaginative reading matter for children. Beginning with the first British comic, Ally Sloper—known as “A Selection, Side-splitting, Sentimental, and Serious, for the Benefit of Old Boys, Young Boys, Odd Boys generally, and even Girls”—British Comics goes on to describe the heyday of comics in the 1950s and ’60s, when titles such as School Friend and Eagle sold a million copies a week. Chapman also analyzes the major genres, including schoolgirl fantasies and sports and war stories for boys; the development of a new breed of violent comics in the 1970s, including the controversial Action and 2000AD; and the attempt by American publisher, Marvel, to launch a new hero for the British market in the form of Captain Britain. Considering the work of important contemporary comic writers such as Alan Moore, Grant Morrison, Ian Edginton, Warren Ellis, and Garth Ennis, Chapman’s history comes right up to the present and takes in adult-oriented comics such as Warrior, Crisis, Deadline,and Revolver, and alternative comics such as Viz. Through a look at the changing structure of the comic publishing industry and how comic publishers, writers, and artists have responded to the tastes of their consumers, Chapman ultimately argues that British comics are distinctive and different from American, French, and Japanese comics. An invaluable reference for all comic collectors and fans in Britain and beyond, British Comics showcases the major role comics have played in the imaginative lives of readers young and old.

Author : Karl Stock
Publisher : Rebellion Publishing Ltd
Page : 494 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2023-11-21
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781786189837

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Comic Book Punks: How a Generation of Brits Reinvented Pop Culture by Karl Stock Pdf

The influence of the comic book has never been greater, from movies to streaming and beyond, but the journey comics took from disposable kids' magazines to literary prize-winning books and global franchises turned on a highly unusual group of writers and artists. Few would have expected a small gathering of British comic book fans and creators in the early '70s to spark a cultural revolution, but this was the start of a disparate movement of punks, dropouts and disaffected youths who reinvented a medium and became the imaginative heart of a global success story. Based on years of interviews with a generation of leading writers, artists and editors, Karl Stock reveals the true story of the wild times, passion and determination that helped, hindered and saw the reinvention of comics. Stock brilliantly tells the story of the triumphs and disasters that rewrote the rulebook on what comics could be and who they should be for.

Author : John Joe Schlichtman,Jason Patch,Marc Lamont Hill
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2017-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781442650459

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Gentrifier by John Joe Schlichtman,Jason Patch,Marc Lamont Hill Pdf

Tools -- Dispatches -- Invasions -- Columbus -- Collisions

Author : Michael Molcher
Publisher : 2000 AD Books
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2015-11-18
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781849979856

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2000 AD: The Creator Interviews - Volume 03 by Michael Molcher Pdf

Exclusive interviews and career overviews of key comics creators taken from the pages of the Judge Dredd Megazine. In this third collection Dave Gibbons, Simon Fraser, Kevin O'Neill, Jesus Redondo, David Roach, John Hicklenton, John Cooper and Dave Taylor discuss their work in comics, 2000 AD and many other titles in great detail.

Author : William J. Maxwell
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Education
ISBN : 0231114257

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New Negro, Old Left by William J. Maxwell Pdf

Maxwell uncovers both black literature's debt to Communism and Communism's debt to black literature, reciprocal obligations first incurred during the Harlem Renaissance.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 908 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1982-05
Category : African Americans
ISBN : UVA:X000463892

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Ebony by Anonim Pdf