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Looking For a Face Like Mine

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A little proofreading would've helped, nonetheless this presents a decent overview of the history of African-American in comics. There were titles I didn't even know existed. I look forward to future research on the topic.

A very informative, if far too short, piece of comic book history. Professor Foster gives a fine overview of his corner of the comic book world and the book is a great cornerpiece to his exhibits of African-Americans in comics. If nothing else, it's an important piece of the history of comics, as it's a vastly overlooked bit of Americana. Recommended to anyone interested in comics, comic history or African-American Americana.

The author does a well documented job of going over in his essays and radio interviews the subject of African-American characters in comic books. He even gives a preliminary primer on earlier attempts by self-publishers (a good list to use to get started for the collector) as well as links to his own still-building website and website to the black comic convention.

Check it out.