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+ archive, archives, comics, graphic memoir, graphic novels, history, rebecca hall, wake

“Racially Inflicted Language” and the Archives

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In Playing in the Dark, Toni Morrison highlights the ways that language obfuscates yet also illuminates he Africanist presence at the heart of American literature. Morrison delivered the lectures that would constitute Playing in the Dark in 1990, and she foresaw possible backlash from her ideas. She chose to risk backlash because the point she sought to make was vitally important. As she puts it, “for both … Read More “Racially Inflicted Language” and the Archives

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+ chrissy williams, comics, golden girls, image comics, Kelly Sue DeConnick, lauren knight

Aging, Womanhood, and Golden Rage

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Since my comic book shop is about an hour away, I usually go every few weeks to pick up my pull list. This past Friday, I made the trek down to get my pulls for the past couple of weeks. While there, I wanted to find some new books to check out, and I asked someone if they had any suggestions. They pointed me … Read More Aging, Womanhood, and Golden Rage

+ american history, comics, history, image comics, jason shawn alexander, killadelphia, rodney barnes

Conversation with Rodney Barnes about “Killadelphia”

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For my “Monsters, Race, and Comics” class I’m teaching the first two volumes of Rodney Barnes and Jason Shawn Alexander’s Killadelphia. Recently, I spoke with Barnes about the series. We talked about the ways that the gothic works as both a “politically conservative” for and as a revolutionary form, the role that history plays within the series, the ways that the powerful weaponize fear to … Read More Conversation with Rodney Barnes about “Killadelphia”

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+ abigail adams, comics, image comics, jason shawn alexander, jupiter evans, killadelphia, rodney barnes, sally hemings, thomas jefferson

The Narratives of History in “Killadelphia”: Part IV

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Over the past few posts, I’ve examined Jupiter’s backstory in Rodney Barnes and Jason Shaw Alexander’s Killadelphia, specifically looking at the ways that Jupiter’s story illuminates the violence, trauma, and dehumanization of chattel slavery in the United States. Jupiter introduces us, as well, to Sally Hemings, the enslaved woman that Thomas Jefferson raped and sexually assaulted, notably after the death of his wife Martha … Read More The Narratives of History in “Killadelphia”: Part IV

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+ comics, image comics, jason shawn alexander, jupiter evans, killadelphia, rodney barnes, sally hemings, thomas jefferson

The Narratives of History in “Killadelphia”: Part III

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Writing to John Wayles Eppes in 1820, Thomas Jefferson spoke about about the exploitation of those he enslaved, especially in relation to the profits that he acquired off of the backs of their labor. He told Eppes, “I know no error more consuming to an estate that that of stocking farms with men almost exclusively. I consider a woman who brings a child every two … Read More The Narratives of History in “Killadelphia”: Part III

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