Introduction
To further your exploration of black comics and graphic novels explore the many other resources available from the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
Clipping Files and Scrapbooks
Cartoons and Stereotypes: Scrapbooks
Call Number: Sc Photo Cartoons and stereotypes
Cartoons and Stereotypes consists of caricatures and stereotyped images of African Americans from the 1830s to the 1960s. Similar images can be found in Entertainers, the Helen Armstead-Johnson Photograph Collection, and in the Stereograph collection. Available in the Photograph and Prints Division at the Schomburg Center.
Call Number: Sc VF: Part 3
Clipping and miscellaneous material about African American cartoonists. "Pen an' wit' " the Newsletter of African-American cartoonists spring 1998; Caricatures and cartoons. Brain Tablet the Jewel of Black Independent Comics. Article of Huey Freeman: American Hero; Honest Man Comics, INC African American history lesson that will educate from the final frontier: Space.
Historical Newspapers
- African American Newspapers 1827-1998
Hundreds of U.S. newspapers chronicling a century and a half of the African American experience from more than 35 states. A collection feature of America's Historical Newspapers. Access to this resource has been temporarily expanded to NYPL cardholders working from home, courtesy of Readex/Newsbank. **Patrons should read theTerms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**
- ProQuest Historical African American Newspapers
African American historical newspapers throughout the United States. Collections include the Atlanta Daily World 1931-2003, Baltimore Afro-American 1893-1988, Chicago Defender 1910-1975, Cleveland Call and Post 1934-1991, Los Angeles Sentinel 1934-2005, New York Amsterdam News 1922-2010, Norfolk Journal and Guide 1921-2003, Philadelphia Tribune 1912-2001, and Pittsburgh Courier 1911-2002. **Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**
Film
White scripts and Black supermen: Black Masculinities in Comic Books by Call Number: Sc Visual DVD-1902Publication Date: 2011A documentary on representations of Black masculinity in comic books; a popular culture genre which existed before television and whose reach extends into other areas of cultural production such as movies and animated TV series. In a serious, lively and humorous manner, the film examines the degree to which some of the first Black superheroes generally adhered to and were burdened by stereotypes about Black men. However, we also witness how some images shifted--oftentimes clumsily--to reflect the changing times. Featured commentary by scholars and cultural critics, producers, writers and artists provides tools for critiquing all media as they introduce and analyze the leading Black comic book superheroes of the late 60s to late 70s including Black Panther, the Falcon, John Stewart (the Green Lantern), Luke Cage and Black Lightning.