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Organizes chapters into thematic panels that analyze representations of blackness across censorship, gender and sexuality, national identity, visual rhetoric, and superhero iconography. Studies specific works and creators, drawing connections to Cold War cultural controls, postcolonial and queer possibilities, black nationalism remix, afrofuturist imagery, and satire of social subjection. Includes introduction, contributor essays, index, and bibliographical references.","The Blacker the Ink  \nThe Blacker the Ink  \nConstructions of Black Identity in Comics and Sequential Art  \nEDITED BY FRANCES GATEWARD AND JOHN JENNINGS  \nRutgers University Press New Brunswick, New Jersey, and London  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data  \nThe blacker the ink : constructions of black identity in comics and sequential art / edited by Frances Gateward and John Jennings.  \npages cm  \nIncludes bibliographical references and index.  \nISBN 978–0-8135–7234–5 (hardcover : alk. paper)—ISBN 978–0-8135–7233–8 (pbk. : alk. paper)—ISBN 978–0-8135–7235–2 (epub)—ISBN (invalid) 978–0-8135–7236–9 (web pdf )  \n1. Comic books, strips, etc.—Social aspects—United States. 2. African Americans in literature. 3. African American cartoonists. I. Gateward, Frances K., editor. II. Jennings, John, 1970-editor.  \nPN6725.B57 2015  \n741. 5'973—dc23 2014035926 A British Cataloging-in-Publication record for this book is available from the British Library.  \nThis collection copyright © 2015 by Rutgers, The State University Individual chapters copyright © 2015 in the names of their authors  \nAll rights reserved  \nNo part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without written permission from the publisher. Please contact Rutgers University Press, 106 Somerset Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901. The only exception to this prohibition is “fair use” as defined by U.S. copyright law.  \nVisit our website: [http://rutgerspress.rutgers.edu](http://rutgerspress.rutgers.edu)  \nManufactured in the United States of America  \nThis book is dedicated to the memory of Albert and Churie Thompson, Franklin Gateward, and Lee and Roz Desser.  \nContents  \nAcknowledgments ix  \nIntroduction: The Sweeter the Christmas 1  \nFRANCES GATEWARD AND JOHN JENNINGS  \nPanel I: Black Is a Dangerous Color  \n1 “No Sweat!”: EC Comics, Cold War Censorship, and the Troublesome Colors of“Judgment Day!” 19 DANIEL F. YEZBICK  \n2 Sex in Yop City: Ivorian Femininity and  \nMasculinity in Abouet and Oubrerie’sAya 45  \nSALLY MCWILLIAMS  \n3 A Postcolony in Pieces: Black Faces, White Masks,  \nand Queer Potentials in Unknown Soldier 63  \nPATRICK F. WALTER  \nPanel II: Black in Black-and-White and Color  \n4 Fashion in the Funny Papers: Cartoonist  \nJackie Ormes’s American Look 95  \nNANCY GOLDSTEIN  \n5 Graphic Remix: The Lateral Appropriation of  \nBlack Nationalism in Aaron McGruder’s The Boondocks 117  \nROBIN R. MEANS COLEMAN AND WILLIAM LAFI YOUMANS  \nviii • Contents  \nPanel III: Black Tights  \n6 American Truths: Blackness and the American Superhero 137 CONSEULA FRANCIS  \n7 Drawn into Dialogue: Comic Book Culture and the  \nScene of Controversy in Milestone Media’s Icon 153  \nANDRE CARRINGTON  \n8 Critical Afrofuturism: A Case Study in Visual Rhetoric, Sequential Art, and Postapocalyptic Black Identity 171 REYNALDO ANDERSON  \n9 Bare Chests, Silver Tiaras, and Removable Afros:  \nThe Visual Design of Black Comic Book Superheroes 193  \nBLAIR DAVIS  \nPanel IV: Graphic Blackness  \n10 Daddy Cool: Donald Goines’s “Visual Novel” 215 KINOHI NISHIKAWA  \n11 The Blues Tragicomic: Constructing  \nthe Black Folk Subject in Stagger Lee 235  \nQIANA WHITTED  \n12 Provocation through Polyphony: Kyle Baker’s Nat Turner 255 CRAIG FISCHER  \n13 Performance Geography: Making Space in  \nJeremy Love’s Bayou, Volume 1 274  \nHERSHINI BHANA YOUNG  \n14 A Secret History of Miscegenation: Jimmy Corrigan  \nand the Columbian Exposition of 1893 292  \nJAMES J. ZIEGLER  \n15 It’s a Hero? Black Comics and Satirizing Subjection 314 REBECCA WANZO  \nContributors 333  \nIndex 337  \nAcknowledgments  \nAn anthology is, by its very nature, a collaborative project. The editors would therefore first like to thank our contributors, whose patience matched their exemplary research. We feel very privileged to have had the opportunity to work with you.  \nA very special shout-out goes to Damian Duffy and David Desser, our supporters","cbCaibYvtVvfDeuQ","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaibYvtVvfDeuQ","pdf",956175,47,"English","en",105,"# Introduction: The Sweeter the Christmas\n# Panel I: Black Is a Dangerous Color\n## 1 “No Sweat!”: EC Comics, Cold War Censorship, and the Troublesome Colors of “Judgment Day!”\n## 2 Sex in Yop City: Ivorian Femininity and Masculinity in Abouet and Oubrerie’s Aya\n## 3 A Postcolony in Pieces: Black Faces, White Masks, and Queer Potentials in Unknown Soldier\n# Panel II: Black in Black-and-White and Color\n## 4 Fashion in the Funny Papers: Cartoonist Jackie Ormes’s American Look\n## 5 Graphic Remix: The Lateral Appropriation of Black Nationalism in Aaron McGruder’s The Boondocks\n# Panel III: Black Tights\n## 6 American Truths: Blackness and the American Superhero\n## 7 Drawn into Dialogue: Comic Book Culture and the Scene of Controversy in Milestone Media’s Icon\n# Panel IV: Graphic Blackness\n## 10 Daddy Cool: Donald Goines’s “Visual Novel”\n## 12 Provocation through Polyphony: Kyle Baker’s Nat Turner","[{\"question\":\"What is the central focus of The Blacker the Ink anthology?\",\"answer\":\"It explores how black identity is constructed through comics and sequential art, using case studies that connect visual form to social and cultural meanings.\"},{\"question\":\"How is the book organized?\",\"answer\":\"The book is structured into thematic panels (e.g., “Black Is a Dangerous Color,” “Black in Black-and-White and Color,” “Black Tights,” and “Graphic Blackness”) with multiple chapters under each panel.\"},{\"question\":\"What kinds of themes do the chapters cover?\",\"answer\":\"Chapters address issues such as censorship and political control, gender and sexuality, postcolonial representation, black nationalism, afrofuturism, superhero imagery, and satirical critique.\"}]","The Blacker the Ink - 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