{"product_id":"its-life-as-i-see-it-black-cartoonists-in-chicago-1940-1980-paperback","title":"It's Life as I See It: Black Cartoonists in Chicago, 1940 - 1980 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDan Nadel\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eCharles Johnson\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by), \u003cb\u003eRonald Wimberly\u003c\/b\u003e (Afterword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOriginally published by Chicago's Black press, long neglected by mainstream publishing, and now included in a Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago exhibition, these comics showcase some of the finest Black cartoonists.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBetween the 1940s and 1980s, Chicago's Black press--from \u003ci\u003eThe Chicago Defender\u003c\/i\u003e to the \u003ci\u003eNegro Digest\u003c\/i\u003e to self-published pamphlets--was home to some of the best cartoonists in America. Kept out of the pages of white-owned newspapers, Black cartoonists found space to address the joys, the horrors, and the everyday realities of Black life in America. From Jay Jackson's anti-racist time travel adventure serial \u003ci\u003eBungleton Green\u003c\/i\u003e, to Morrie Turner's radical mixed-race strip \u003ci\u003eDinky Fellas\u003c\/i\u003e, to the Afrofuturist comics of Yaoundé Olu and Turtel Onli, to National Book Award-winning novelist Charles Johnson's blistering and deeply funny gag cartoons, this is work that has for far too long been excluded and overlooked. Also featuring the work of Tom Floyd, Seitu Hayden, Jackie Ormes, and Grass Green, this anthology accompanies the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago's exhibition \u003ci\u003eChicago Comics: 1960 to Now\u003c\/i\u003e, and is an essential addition to the history of American comics. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe book's cover is designed by Kerry James Marshall. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePublished in conjunction with the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, on the occasion of \u003ci\u003eChicago Comics: 1960s to Now\u003c\/i\u003e, June 19-October 3, 2021. Curated by Dan Nadel.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDan Nadel\u003c\/b\u003e is Curator at Large of the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art, UC Davis. He is the author and editor of several books, including \u003ci\u003eArt Out of Time: Unknown Comic Visionaries, 1900-1969\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eGary Panter\u003c\/i\u003e;\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand New York Review Comics's\u003ci\u003e Return to Romance: The Strange Love Stories of Ogden Whitney \u003c\/i\u003e(with Frank Santoro). He lives in Brooklyn, New York. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eCharles Johnson\u003c\/b\u003e is a novelist, essayist, literary scholar, philosopher, cartoonist, screenwriter, and professor emeritus at the University of Washington in Seattle. A MacArthur fellow, he won the National Book Award for his novel \u003ci\u003eMiddle Passage\u003c\/i\u003e in 1990. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRonald Wimberly\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Washington, D.C. His books include \u003ci\u003ePrince of Cats\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the editor of the art newspaper \u003ci\u003eLAAB\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eKerry James Marshall\u003c\/b\u003e is a Chicago-based artist best known for his portraits of Black figures. The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago hosted a retrospective exhibition of his work, \u003ci\u003eKerry James Marshall: Mastry\u003c\/i\u003e, in 2016. He was included on the \u003ci\u003eTime \u003c\/i\u003e100 list in 2017.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 200\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 10 x 7.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 01, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51768437047584,"sku":"9781681375618","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/69db778df4ebda9c337cdffe073450b9.webp?v=1780329692","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/its-life-as-i-see-it-black-cartoonists-in-chicago-1940-1980-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}