July 21, 2006
The Museum of Black Superheroes
Cool: The Museum of Black Superheroes. Here's a small clip from the History section of the site:
To begin with, the history of black superheroes is not easily assembled since early on, much of the work was not reported on. There aren't volumes of books out there on the subject, and even if you look at historical books put out by major publishers - the coverage on their own black superheroes is sparse at best.
Also, companies prefer to sweep any negative and stereotypical characters from their past under the rug in order to preserve their images today. Therefore, the search for early black superheroes turns up more negative images than anything else. The history as a whole needs to be looked at in order to fully appreciate the black superheroes being created today.
The site includes a large archive of images and and extensive list of links to articles on black superheroes.
[via Drawn!]
Posted by johndanseven at July 21, 2006 01:36 AM