From what I’ve seen, last week’s stunt by a group of black comic strip creators was pulled off very well indeed. The stunt, as you’re aware of by now, was to render the same story over and over again in each of their respective strips as a means to protest the belief that black-themed comic [...]
“I’m drawing about my life; about a black couple because I’m black… Nearly every married couple I know is like Joe and Marcy. The image of young blacks is so skewed, so false. Joe and Marcy and the characters I’ve developed are deep and based on real life.
“Words cannot express my gratitude for JumpStart… I [...]
“…According to the Associated Press, NAACP president Benjamin Jealous called Delonas’ cartoon ‘an invitation to assassination [of President Barack Obama]‘ and called for ’serious disciplinary action’ against the Post, including the firing of the cartoonist and editor Col Allen. While many in our profession have questioned the efficacy of Delonas’ cartoon and the judgment of [...]
“…I had to come up with something that would fit the existing art and I had about ten minutes in which to do that. It still works. In fact, all I did was replace the offending last two panels with an earlier draft of the strip, so this is still something I wanted to say. [...]
“It’s been a long, sometimes daunting road to Obama’s presidential victory. Artistic mistakes were made along the way, and occasionally, some cartoonists did not display the necessary vision. But those mistakes are in the past — it’s a brand new day, and a time for a fresh aesthetic beginning.
“So with that in mind, consider this [...]
Remember that chimp cartoon from the New York Post that got everybody upset because they thought the artist was comparing the chimp to President Obama? Well, it looks like the Post’s parent company is gonna attempt to be more sensitive to racial matters in the future by forming this council. While it’s not a bad [...]
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.
Okay, no more damn haikus. I’m not entirely sure why I thought that was a funny idea to begin with…
Amazons Attack #6 (of 6). Art by Pete Woods.
Bomb Queen IV #1 (of 4). Yet another damn miniseries. Story and art by Jimmie Robinson (you’d think he’d at least put a little breathing room between series).
Black [...]
