Mapping the Black Comic Imaginary: Beyond the Black Panther at the MSU Museum

The historical link between Afrofuturism and comics offers a vital avenue to explore black speculative practice. Identifying comics that reflect the structure of Afrofuturism provides a critical way to understand the intersection between liberation and speculation at the heart of Afrofuturism. This...

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Main Author: Julian C Chambliss
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Open Library of Humanities 2021-11-01
Series:The Comics Grid: Journal of Comics Scholarship
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Online Access:https://www.comicsgrid.com/article/id/8051/
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Summary:The historical link between Afrofuturism and comics offers a vital avenue to explore black speculative practice. Identifying comics that reflect the structure of Afrofuturism provides a critical way to understand the intersection between liberation and speculation at the heart of Afrofuturism. This commentary explores the curator’s framing of the utility of organizing Beyond the Black Panther: Visions of Afrofuturism in American Comics, an exhibition presented virtually and physically at the MSU Museum in Michigan State University in East Lansing, MI, USA. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the MSU Museum was closed to the public and this exhibition was re-imagined as a virtual experience and published online in February 2021.
ISSN:2048-0792