Check out this Green Lama story from the 1940s in which the Golden Age superhero confronts racial prejudice within the US military and consider it within the context of the time it was created.
Anyone wanna take a guess on how much it’ll go for?
(Thanks to Christopher Chambers for the link.)
Related: Comics historian Scott Shaw on All-Negro Comics.
“Folks in Steubenville, Ohio, were excited to learn that their own hometown hero Frank McGee won not only the Silver Star for his bravery during the Korean War, but that he would be immortalized in a comic book dedicated to war heroes.
“The excitement soured when ‘Heroic Comics’ #81 came out early in 1953, containing the [...]
Keith Knight’s cartoon
The paper’s reaction
I thought it was funny, but I can see why people would get a little bent out of shape about it. Maybe they should ask themselves why it gets them upset.
Also: Here’s a report on the recent lecture about the Sam Milai exhibit at the Cartoon Research Library here in Columbus.
Welcome to Tranquility V1 TP
Wonder Woman: Amazons Attack HC. Art by Pete Woods.
Spawn #173
Fantastic Four #552. Written by Dwayne McDuffie.
New Warriors #6. Written by Kevin Grevioux.
Gold Digger Christmas. By Fred Perry & various.
Papyrus: The Revenge of Ramses GN
Advance reviews for Will Smith’s I Am Legend look quite favorable – 75% as of this posting – [...]
The American Way TP
Amazon list of novels and comics by John Ridley
Ridley’s Esquire short story
recent Ridley essay at the Huffington Post blog
Georges Jeanty’s website
The trade paperback of the Wildstorm mini-series from ‘06.
Civil War: Black Panther – War Crimes
Reprinting Black Panther #21-23.
Also this week:
Astro City: The Dark Age Book 2 #2 (of 4)
Welcome to Tranquility #3
Squadron [...]
Gunplay #1
CBR interview w/Christopher Priest about Gunplay
Facebook page for Gunplay
Buffalo Soldiers website
Christopher Priest writes prose backup stories for this new supernatural western comic centered around a Buffalo Soldier.
Hunter’s Moon #5 (of 5)
Boom! Studios website
The final issue of this Story of the Year GCA nominee comes out this week.
Also this week:
Spawn #176
Black Panther #35. Written by [...]
… and we’re back. Sorry for the gap, but I had some trouble posting last week. Things should be okay now. I’m taking precautions this time.
DC Special: Cyborg #1 (of 5)
Ken Lashley’s Draxhall studio
Wikipedia entry on Cyborg
The long-time Titan gets his own mini-series at last, with pencils by Ken Lashley.
Also this week:
Batman and the Outsiders [...]
Cleburne GN
two-part interview with writer/artist Justin Murphy
The Patrick Cleburne Society
an overview on black soldiers in the Civil War (including links to books on the subject)
Xeric Award winner Justin Murphy presents this graphic novel about the Civil War Confederate general and the black soldiers who fought for him.
Sista Samurai #0
Writer Kevin Grevioux’ mini-series about a supermodel [...]
