“The work in It’s Life as I See It expands our understanding of science fiction, fashion, autobiography, and identity in comics,” explains Dan, a guest curator for the MCA exhibit, in the press release. The book cover is also designed by by acclaimed painter Kerry James Marshall, creator of the Rythm Mastr comic strip series. Other illustrators include Richard “Grass” Green, a cartoonist, performer and entrepreneur who contributed to Xal-Kor the Human Cat, The Adventures of Wildman and Rubbery Seitu Hayden, who had work published in comic books like Yellow Dog and Slow Death Jay Jackson who illustrated an anti-racist adventure Bungleton Green Yaoundé Old and Turtel Onli who are know for their Afrofuturist comics plus illustrators Jackie Ormes, Morrie Turner and Charles Johnson. Only now is this work being celebrated in the form of a new book and accompanying exhibition, diving into notable illustrators such as Tom Floyd, who was known for his 116-page book Integration Is a Bitch! which published his record of entering and exiting the white-collar workforce. Cartooning was also one of those disciplines, but it remained dominated by the work of white artists. Edited by Dan Nadel and featuring essays by Charles Johnson and Ronald Wimberly, the publication dives into the artworks of Chicago’s Black cartoonists, all of which was created between 1940-1980.Ĭhicago is the home of many major artists spanning music, literature and performance. Launching today in conjunction with Chicago Comics: 1960 to Now – an exhibition at Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago – is a book titled It’s Life As I See It: Black Cartoonists in Chicago, 1940-1980.
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