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+ Al Feldstein, comics, EC Comics, ernest j gaines, gothic literature, joe orlando, judgement day, robert k martin, Shock SuspenStories, solomon northup

Racist Thought in Al Feldstein and Joe Orlando’s “Judgement Day”

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Over the past few months, I have delved into the EC Comics’ back vault, mainly looking at the more realistic Shock SuspenStories. A couple of weeks ago, Blair Davis tweeted about an Al Feldstein and Joe Orlando story from Weird Fantasy #18 entitled “Judgement Day” from 1953. Davis’s tweet read, “Comics+politics=’Judgement Day.’ If you haven’t read this 1953 tale from EC Comics’ Weird Fantasy … Read More Racist Thought in Al Feldstein and Joe Orlando’s “Judgement Day”

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+ captain america/black panther: flags of our fathers, caroline barr, catharine maria sedgwick, comics, dorie miller, elizabeth freeman, graphic novels, josephine, kevin sacco, reginald hudlin, william faulkner

Josephine’s Invisibility in Kevin Sacco’s “Josephine”

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Kevin Sacco’s Josephine (2017) is poignant and moving. Told only through sepia colored panels, without words, the semi-autobiographical Josephine centers on a seven year-old protagonist as he navigates Manhattan’s Upper West Side in the 1960s, guided in part by his Black caretaker, Josephine. Josephine is, as Sacco notes, a melding together “of my caretakers. . . Leonora, Cleo, Mildred, Louise, and Josephine.” Through Josephine, Sacco’s tale … Read More Josephine’s Invisibility in Kevin Sacco’s “Josephine”

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+ comics, david f walker, denys cowan, Homan Square, Malcolm Jenkins, marvel, marvel comics, nighthawk

We Must Listen, See, and Act: David F. Walker’s “Nighthawk”

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Last post, I wrote about the ways that David F. Walker’s Nighthawk lays bare the tendrils of racism that work at various levels to suffocate and oppress people of color in America. Today, I want to expand some on this and look at how Raymond Kane confronts issues of racism and subjugation. I want to explore, briefly, the moral tensions that Kane encounters as … Read More We Must Listen, See, and Act: David F. Walker’s “Nighthawk”

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+ bill russell, boston celtics, comics, david f walker, denys cowan, marvel, marvel comics, Milwaukee Bucks, nighthawk, sterling brown

The Tendrils of Racism in David F. Walker’s “Nighthawk”

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Recently, I read David F. Walker’s Nighthawk series “Hate Makes Hate.” This is the first time I had heard of Nighthawk (Raymond Kane), so I do not know much about his backstory except what I have looked up online. Even without that knowledge, Walker’s series can stand on its own because it focuses on current issues that plague our nation today: police brutality, the … Read More The Tendrils of Racism in David F. Walker’s “Nighthawk”

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+ Al Feldstein, blood-brothers, comics, EC Comics, the blood brothers, Wallace Wood

Crumbling Hate in Wallace Wood’s “Blood-Brothers”

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Recently, I’ve written about Al Feldstein and Wallace Wood’s work in EC Comics’ Shock SuspenStories. I’ve examined how they confront the reader in “The Guilty!,” how they address racist thought in “Hate!,” and how they address fears surrounding interracial intimacy in “Under Cover” and “The Whipping!” Today, I want to look at another story that Wood drew, “Blood-Brothers.” Unlike the other stories, we are … Read More Crumbling Hate in Wallace Wood’s “Blood-Brothers”

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