Our Heroes: African American Artists and Images in the American Comic Book
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This chapter contains a 1992 exhibition catalog essay for Black Ink: African American Cartoonist Showcase at the Cartoon Art Museum (San Francisco), written by the late comics and television writer Dwayne McDuffie (Ben 10, Justice League Unlimited, Milestone Media), who shares a heartfelt childhood story of his discovery of the world of the Black Panther and the citizens of Wakanda, and the importance of racial representation in both life and art. Black Ink was a survey show curated by Rochon Perry, featuring work by over fifty African American cartoonists with a spotlight on Jackie Ormes’s comic Torchy Brown.
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1995 ◽
Vol 1995
(2)
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pp. 34-41
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