In the 1940s, the comics pages of America’s weekly Black newspapers were filled with characters both inspirational and aspirational. In addition to the life stories of great African Americans, there were fictional tales of Black reporters, Black detectives, Black government agents, Black aviators, Black people rising in the ranks of society, even Black superheroes, all to give their audiences the sense of the best that was possible.
Then there was Bootsie.
Bootsie was a liar, a womanizer, a layabout, a scammer, a cheat, and an all around disreputable dude. Among the denizens of Harlem he was scorned, threatened, detested… and yet nonetheless loved as a part of the community.
Collected in this book for the very first time are almost 150 “Dark Laughter” cartoons from 1941 through 1946, during which time Bootsie goes from being a draft evader to a draftee, an enlisted man, a serviceman on the ground in Europe, and ultimately to a veteran for the winning side. In these, cartoonist Ollie Harrington’s lively art captures the rich reality of Bootie’s world while telling tales that are sometimes joyous, sometimes very harsh, like the world itself.
- Paperback : 161 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1949996336
- ISBN-13 : 978-1949996333
- Item Weight : 10.7 ounces
- Dimensions : 6 x 0.41 x 9 inches
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, who provides “unsolicited advice on how not to play bridge.”
Speck is the ultimate altar boy, half holy, half hellion, well-intentioned but oh, so distractible. Some of us remember dealing with him, others of us remember being him.
The great Sergio Aragonés, during the early years of his fifty-plus-and-still-counting career at Mad Magazine, also created this book of cartoons focused on a female sexual predator, a woman who does not let things like appropriateness and consent get in her way.
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O grande Sergio Aragonés, nos primeiros anos de sua carreira de mais de 50 anos e ainda contando na Revista Mad, também criou esse livro de cartoons focados em uma predadora sexual, uma mulher que não deixa coisas como adequação e consentimento ficarem em seu caminho. Meio século desde a primeira impressão desse livro, ele está disponível pela primeira vez em português, sem censura, nessa edição ampliada.Título original em Inglês: Aunt’s in Your Pants
Le grand Sergio Aragonés, au début de la cinquantaine-et-pas-fini-de-compter d’années de carrière à Mad Magazine, a aussi créé ce livre de gags centrés sur une femme prédatrice sexuelle, une femme qui ne laisse pas des détails comme la pertinence et le consentement se mettre en travers de son chemin. Un demi-siècle après que ce livre ait vu le jour, il est maintenant disponible pour la première fois en français, sans coupure, dans cette édition augmentée.Titre anglais (USA) originel : Aunt’s in Your Pants
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