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Desegregating Comics and Bubbles Zine historic manga Bat Kid and Igaguri: Young Judo Master document a revisionist golden age.

Orrin Cromwell Evans was a remarkable figure in the history of African American journalism and comics. Born in 1902 in Steelton, Pennsylvania, he overcame racial complexities and challenges to become a groundbreaking journalist and the driving force behind the publication of All-Negro Comics, a significant milestone in African American comic book history. | By Tamara Shiloh Orrin Cromwell Evans was a remarkable figure in the history of African American journalism and comics. Born in 1902 in Stee...

Wakanda forever.

People love the idea of superheroes. Since the first superhero comics were published in the late ’30s, we’ve concocted innumerable superhero characters with every manner of ability, and yet, whether they’re an alien hunk in spandex, a brooding billionaire in black, or a hammer-slinging Greek god, they’ve mostly been a similar kind of person. Male, white, young, sexy. The first superheroines to arrive on the scene in the early 40s, like Sheena, Queen of the Jungle, relied on sex appeal t...

Superheroes and trailblazers: Black comic book artists, rediscovered Ace Harlem, a Dic Tracey-like detective created by Orrin C. Evans and John Terrell. The comic ran in the premiere (and only) issue of All-Negro Comics, the first all-Black comic produced by an all-Black staff in 1947. Yoe Books via The New York Times. by Helene Stapinski (NYT NEWS SERVICE) .- Ken Quattro’s deep dive into Black comic book artists started out of frustration. Twenty years ago, while researching a man named Matt ...