“ALL-NEGRO COMICS” / “Ace Harlem,” All Negro no. “The Story that Unfolds on the Following Pages Tell Us of Just a Few of the Great Accomplishments of Benjamin Banneker.” From Golden Legacy vol. “THE RESPONSE!!” and a Letter from the Editor. Davis Jr., US Air Force commander of the Tuskegee Airmen. Johnson, a trailblazing NASA mathematician, and General Benjamin O. Washington, the first Black Chief Executive of a major American city, Katherine G. Each 32-page issue included multiple stories of other Black figures from history, such as Walter E. Benjamin Quarles, Professor of History at Morgan State College, to advise on the series as well.
Martin Luther King, Jr.įitzgerald wrote and edited many of the early issues himself, and hired Black writers and artists including award winning artist Tom Feelings, writer and artist Joan Baccus Maynard, and artist Ezra Jackson to work with him on the project. 2 (1967).īetween 19, Fitzgerald published 16 issues of Golden Legacy that featured notable Black men and women including Harriet Tubman, Crispus Attucks, Benjamin Banneker, Frederick Douglass, and Dr. Fitzgerald began publishing an educational comic series on Black history in the hopes of inspiring students in much the same way he had been inspired by comics series like Classics Illustrated and Black writers such as Alexandre Dumas, author of the Three Musketeers, and Alexander Pushkin, a Russian poet, playwright, and novelist. Illustrator: Matt Baker, Alvin Hollingsworth, E.C. The social and cultural environments that formed these extraordinary artists are deftly detailed by Quattro in this must-have book! Author: Ken Quattro.
Invisible Men: The Trailblazing Black Artists of Comic Books features Ken Quattro’s over 20 years of impeccable research and writing. Then there is Matt Baker, the most revered of the Black artists, whose exquisite art spotlights stunning women and men, and who drew the first groundbreaking Black comic book hero, Vooda! Gorgeously illustrated with rare examples of each artist's work, including full stories from mainstream comic books to rare titles like All-Negro Comics and Negro Heroes, plus unpublished artist's photos and art. Perhaps more fascinating is Owen Middleton who was sentenced to life in Sing Sing. Stoner became a renowned fine artist of the Harlem Renaissance. Stoner, a descendant of one of George Washington's slaves. Using primary source material from World War II-era Black newspapers and magazines, this compelling book profiles pioneers like E.C. The life stories of each man's personal struggles and triumphs are represented as they broke through into a world formerly occupied only by white artists. Read about the riveting stories of Black artists who drew, mostly behind the scenes, superhero, horror, and romance comics in the early years of the industry.
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