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The Story of Little Black Sambo (1921)
Illustrated seventeen years apart from each other, the two images above represent a similar depiction of the character Black Mumbo inLittle Black Sambo.In these images, Black Mumbo is overweight and matronly; in one image she wears a stereotypical…
Sam and the Tigers (1996)
This scene fromLittle Black Sambo,which depicts the tigers fighting with each other over Sambo’s clothes,is closely related to a long history of the African depicted as a trickster or a humorous person.In this scene, Sambo has just…
Mandrake
Mandrake is St. Louis' first publication by a gay / lesbian activist group, printed 1969-1970.
Back Cover of "Radical Rock" (1972)
In his essay “Icons of the Alternate Culture,“ Thomas Sanders writes that “a significant amount of comix material is devoted to an exploration of the artistic potential of the medium” (846). This image is an example of that…
Front Cover of “Radical Rock” (1972)
In his essay “Icons of the Alternate Culture,“ Thomas Sanders writes that “a significant amount of comix material is devoted to an exploration of the artistic potential of the medium” (846). This image is an example of that…
Uptown Saturday Night (1974)
Warner Bros., a prominent Hollywood production company, shaped how Uptown Saturday Night interacted with a mass, mostly white, audience, and therefore limited the movie’s ability to explore the racial themes and issues seen in other mostly…
Boss Nigger (1975)
Despite taking place in a different setting, Boss Nigger continues to reproduce the stereotype of black masculinity seen throughout the Blaxploitation genre. On the promotional material for Boss Nigger, the star, Boss (Fred Williamson), runs towards…