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It's life as I see it : Black cartoonists in Chicago, 1940-1980

Title
It's life as I see it : Black cartoonists in Chicago, 1940-1980 / essay by Charles Johnson ; afterword by Ronald Wimberly ; compiled and edited by Dan Nadel ; cover designed by Kerry James Marshall.
Publication
New York : New York Review Books, [2021]

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Additional Authors
  • Nadel, Dan
  • Johnson, Charles, 1948-
  • Wimberly, Ronald
  • Floyd, Tom, 1929-2011
  • Green, Grass, 1939-2002
  • Hayden, Seitu
  • Jackson, Jay, 1905-1954
  • Olu, Yaounde
  • Onli, Turtel
  • Ormes, Jackie, 1911-1985
  • Turner, Morrie
  • Marshall, Kerry James, 1955-
  • Museum of Contemporary Art (Chicago, Ill.), host institution
Description
200 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, portraits; 26 cm.
Summary
  • "Between the 1940s and 1980s, Chicago's Black press--from The Chicago Defender to the Negro Digest to self-published pamphlets--was home to some of the best cartoonists in America. Kept out of the pages of white-owned newspapers, Black cartoonists found space to address the joys, the horrors, and the everyday realities of Black life in America. From Jay Jackson's anti-racist time travel adventure serial Bungleton Green, to Morrie Turner's radical mixed-race strip Dinky Fellas, to the Afrofuturist comics of Yaoundé Olu and Turtel Onli, to National Book Award-winning novelist Charles Johnson's blistering and deeply funny gag cartoons, this is work that has for far too long been excluded and overlooked. Also featuring the work of Tom Floyd, Seitu Hayden, Jackie Ormes, and Grass Green, this anthology accompanies the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago's exhibition Chicago Comics: 1960 to Now selected and edited by Dan Nadel, and is an essential addition to the history of American comics"--
  • "Between the 1940s and 1980s, Chicago's Black press--from the 'Chicago Defender' to the 'Negro Digest' to self-published pamphlets--was home to some of the best cartoonists in America. Kept out of the pages of white-owned newspapers, Black cartoonists found a space to address the joys, the horrors, and the everyday realities of Black life in America. From anti-racist time travel adventure serials, to Klan-skewering gag cartoons, to racially mixed daily strips, to underground Afrofuturist comics, this is work that has for far too long been excluded and overlooked. This anthology is a companion to the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago's exhibition 'Chicago Comics: 1960 to Now', and is an essential addition to the history of American comics."--
Series Statement
New York Review comics
Uniform Title
New York Review comics.
Alternative Title
  • It is life as I see it : Black cartoonists in Chicago, 1940-1980
  • Black cartoonists in Chicago, 1940-1980
Subject
  • African American cartoonists > Illinois > Chicago > Exhibitions
  • African Americans > Comic books, strips, etc. > Exhibitions
  • Comic books, strips, etc. > Illinois > Chicago > Exhibitions
  • Caricatures and cartoons > Illinois > Chicago > Exhibitions
  • African American newspapers > Illinois > Chicago
  • Comic books, strips, etc. > Social aspects > United States
  • African Americans in popular culture
  • African Americans and mass media
  • African American cartoonists
  • African American newspapers
  • African Americans
  • Caricatures and cartoons
  • Comic books, strips, etc
  • Comic books, strips, etc. > Social aspects
  • Illinois > Chicago
  • United States
Genre/Form
  • Cartoons (Humor)
  • Comics (Graphic works)
  • Exhibition catalogs.
Note
  • Works by Tom Floyd, Grass Green, Seitu Hayden, Jay Jackson, Charles Johnson, Yaoundé Olu, Turtel Onli, Jackie Ormes, Morrie Turner ; essays by Charles Johnson, Dan Nadel, Ronald Wimberly.
  • "Published in conjunction with the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, on the occasion of Chicago comics: 1960s to Now, June 19-October 3, 2021. Curated by Dan Nadel"--Title page verso.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 194-195).
Call Number
Sc F 22-415
ISBN
  • 9781681375618
  • 1681375613
LCCN
2020050717
OCLC
1226074498
Title
It's life as I see it : Black cartoonists in Chicago, 1940-1980 / essay by Charles Johnson ; afterword by Ronald Wimberly ; compiled and edited by Dan Nadel ; cover designed by Kerry James Marshall.
Publisher
New York : New York Review Books, [2021]
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
New York Review comics
New York Review comics.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 194-195).
Added Author
Nadel, Dan, editor, curator, compiler, writer of introduction.
Container of (work): Johnson, Charles, 1948- My life as a cartoonist.
Wimberly, Ronald, author of afterword, colophon, etc.
Floyd, Tom, 1929-2011, artist.
Green, Grass, 1939-2002, artist.
Hayden, Seitu, artist.
Jackson, Jay, 1905-1954, artist.
Johnson, Charles, 1948- artist.
Olu, Yaounde, artist.
Onli, Turtel, artist.
Ormes, Jackie, 1911-1985, artist.
Turner, Morrie, artist.
Marshall, Kerry James, 1955- cover designer.
Museum of Contemporary Art (Chicago, Ill.), host institution.
Research Call Number
Sc F 22-415
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