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Pioneering cartoonists of color

Title
Pioneering cartoonists of color / Tim Jackson.
Author
Jackson, Tim, 1958-
Publication
Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2016]
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Description
xiv, 162 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
Summary
"Syndicated cartoonist and illustrator Tim Jackson offers an unprecedented look at the rich yet largely untold story of African American cartoon artists. This book provides a historical record of the men and women who created seventy-plus comic strips, many editorial cartoons, and illustrations for articles. The volume covers the mid-1880s, the early years of the self-proclaimed black press, to 1968, when African American cartoon artists were accepted in the so-called mainstream.When the cartoon world was preparing to celebrate the one hundredth anniversary of the American comic strip, Jackson anticipated that books and articles published upon the anniversary would either exclude African American artists or feature only the three whose work appeared in mainstream newspapers after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination in 1968. Jackson was determined to make it impossible for critics and scholars to plead an ignorance of black cartoonists or to claim that there is no information on them. He began in 1997 cataloging biographies of African American cartoonists, illustrators, and graphic designers, and showing samples of their work. His research involved searching historic newspapers and magazines as well as books and "Who's Who" directories.This project strives not only to record the contributions of African American artists, but also to place them in full historical context. Revealed chronologically, these cartoons offer an invaluable perspective on American history of the black community during pivotal moments, including the Great Migration, race riots, the Great Depression, and both World Wars. Many of the greatest creators have already died, so Jackson recognizes the stakes in remembering them before this hidden yet vivid history is irretrievably lost"--
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Biography.
  • Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Note
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction -- What we had to overcome -- 1800-1899: The pioneering cartoons -- 1900-1919: Turn-of-the-twentieth-century cartoons -- The race cartoons of 1920-1929 -- 1930-1939: From Dixie to Harlem and beyond -- 1940-1949: The cartoon renaissance -- A special look: 1941-1946: Wartime 'toons in the Black press -- 1950-1959: In livin' color -- 1960-1968: Going mainstream -- 1970 and beyond: To be continued ... -- Appendix: The pioneering cartoonists.
Call Number
Sc D 16-932
ISBN
  • 9781496804792 (hardback)
  • 1496804791 (hardback)
  • 9781496804853 (paper)
  • 1496804856 (paper)
LCCN
  • 2015043952
  • 40026038433
OCLC
908375035
Author
Jackson, Tim, 1958- author.
Title
Pioneering cartoonists of color / Tim Jackson.
Publisher
Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2016]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Indexed Term
African American artists Biography
African American cartoonists Biography
Caricatures and cartoons Social aspects United States
Caricatures and cartoons United States History and criticism
LITERARY CRITICISM / Comics & Graphic Novels
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture
Local Subject
Black author.
Other Standard Identifier
40026038433
Research Call Number
Sc D 16-932
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