Race in comics and the blacks in comics essays were actually quite similar. It seems the writer is upset with how there is very little black culture in comics, including the writers, illustrators and comic book characters. The author states that he was the first African American to work for the big comic book companies and that it upsets him that his name is not mentioned. He also notes that he does not like people to get ahead based on their skin color or ethnicity. Yet what confuses me about this is that he did nothing spectacular unless it is based on his being the first African American to work at the largest comic book companies. He talks of not wanting to get ahead based on color and yet he wants to be recognized for being the first of his color to work for D.C. and Marvel comics. The man in my opinion is a hypocrite
To begin with, I really do like the idea of reading a comic about comics. I think it's a great idea and it's very well executed. As I was reading the first two chapters, I was surprised at how many examples there were of art in recent (and ancient, in some cases) history that are variations of "sequential visual art" and thus the foundations of modern comics. I'd never even thought about it before and it was hard to believe how many different kinds there were. I also love all the discussion about how our human brains automatically interpret certain images in a specific way, how we see others constantly but we identify ourselves when we look at cartoons, and how inanimate objects automatically becomes extensions of our bodies. The pyramid of styles was very interesting too as a way to conceptualize and almost graph or "place" a specific art style in comics. In Comic Book Nation , I enjoyed reading about the evolution of early comics from "funnies...
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