African American cartoonists and comics; representation; identification; stereotypes; discourses of citizenship; how comics as a medium (sequentiality and framing) allow readers to think of past, present, and future in relation to identity; histories of being excluded from history and drawing black people into history; political belonging. Discussion also includes Jennifer Cruté's cartoons, Brumsic Brandon Jr.'s Luther, Kyle Baker's Truth, Gene Yuen Lang's American Born Chinese, HBO's series, Watchmen, Jeremy Love's Bayou, Sanford Green and David Walker's Bitter Root.
“How have cartoonists made use of caricature to comment on black people (stereotypes broadly speaking) in conversation with idealizations and how these respond to broader discourses of citizenship"
