the comic book city: the making, re-making, and un-making of the american city

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The Making, Re-Making, and Un-Making of the American City

THE COMIC BOOK CITY

Presented at the 100th annual meeting of the Association for the Study of African American life and history

September 25th, 2015Atlanta, GA

ABSTRACT

ASSIMILATIVE FRAME

FROM A TROUBLED TO A GOLDEN AGE

THE PROBLEM OF THE CITY

FRONTIER IN THE AMERICAN MINDCOWBOYS & WHITEWASHING

Nat Love, nicknamed“Deadwood Dick” was “re-imagined as a white man in pulp adventures stories.

ARCHETYPES

THE IMMIGRANT VIEWA NEW DEAL AVENGER (AND SUPERHERO)

A HERO FOR THE DARK URBAN PAST

NEW COMIC CITIES FOR A POSTWAR AGE

THANK YOU

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