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If this be sin

Title
If this be sin / by Hazel Newlevant.
Author
Newlevant, Hazel
Publication
  • [Brooklyn] : Hazel Newlevant, [2014]
  • ©2014

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Additional Authors
Prism Comics Queer Press, sponsoring body.
Description
42 pages : color illustrations; 28 cm
Summary
Winner of the 2013 Prism Comics Queer Press Grant! 'If This Be Sin' is a collection of comics about queer women expressing themselves through music. It tells the stories of Gladys Bentley, the Harlem Renaissance blues singer and drag king, and Wendy and Lisa, the lesbian rockstars of Prince and the Revolution. "Hazel Newlevant draws like a dream and weaves a mesmerizing story. 'If This Be Sin' is a stunning achievement." -Alison Bechdel, author of 'Fun Home' "The stories are super sweet and hopeful, but also have a touching gloominess to them. I loved it!" -Ross Campbell, author of 'Wet Moon' 8.25" x 11", 44 pages, perfect-bound, full color throughout.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Lesbian comics.
  • Biographical comics.
  • Gay comics.
  • Comics (Graphic works)
  • Comic books, strips, etc.
Note
  • Cover title.
  • Published with funding from the Prism Comics Queer Press Grant.
  • "Gladys Bentley was a blues singer, piano player, and drag king who performed bawdy tunes in Harlem nightclubs throughout the 1920s and '30s. Despite the social obstacles she faced as a black, openly queer woman, her outrageous and energetic act became a mainstay of the Harlem cabaret. In 1952, under the oppressive social conditions of the McCarthy era, Bentley publicly renounced her previous identity and claimed to have found happiness as a feminine housewife."--Hazel Newlevant's website, viewed May 1, 2014.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography : page [43]
Contents
If this be sin -- No it U lover -- Dance the blues.
Call Number
JNF 20-98
ISBN
  • 9781630687069
  • 1630687065
LCCN
2019218732
OCLC
904821251
Author
Newlevant, Hazel, artist, author.
Title
If this be sin / by Hazel Newlevant.
Publisher
[Brooklyn] : Hazel Newlevant, [2014]
Copyright Date
©2014
Type of Content
still image
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Bibliography : page [43]
Added Author
Prism Comics Queer Press, sponsoring body.
Research Call Number
JNF 20-98
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