Bandits, Misfits, and Superheroes: Whiteness and Its Borderlands in American Comics and Graphic Novels

by Josef Benson and Doug Singsen

Book Overview

Shortlisted Finalist for the 2023 Eisner Award for Best Academic/Scholarly Work

American comics from the start have reflected the white supremacist culture out of which they arose. Superheroes and comic books in general are products of whiteness, and both signal and hide its presence. Even when comics creators and publishers sought to advance an antiracist agenda, their attempts were often undermined by a lack of awareness of their own...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1496838343
• ISBN13: 9781496838346
• Release Date: March 2022
• Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
• Length: 298 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"