Category: noir

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+ american literature, attica locke, darktown, frank yerby, Hilary Jordan, mudbound, noir, stephen king, the cutting season, thomas mullen

Uncle Percy and Frank Yerby in Thomas Mullen’s”Darktown”

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Occasionally, I do a Twitter search on authors or topics I am researching. When I did a search for “Frank Yerby,” I came across a one of Stephen King’s tweets from January 2017: “Re DARKTOWN, by Thomas Mullen: Can’t help wondering if Lucius Boggs’s Uncle Percy was based on black historical novelist Frank Yerby.” Mullen replied to King and stated that Uncle Percy is … Read More Uncle Percy and Frank Yerby in Thomas Mullen’s”Darktown”

+ adam glass, african american literature, american literature, black panther, cecil brown, comics, jungle action, luke cage, marvel, marvel comics, mike benson, noir, stagolee

Luke Cage, Stagolee, and the Importance of Myth

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Mike Benson and Adam Glass’Luke Cage Noir (2009-2010) pulls from a Noir aesthetic full of femme fatales, double crosses, and private eyes all within Prohibition Era Harlem. The story turns Luke Cage into a Noir protagonist that struggles with life outside of prison, ultimately killing himself at the end of issue #4. It is Luke Cage’s death that struck me in this story, and … Read More Luke Cage, Stagolee, and the Importance of Myth

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