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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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-06ceb94301ac4e4d93a3b5663983899a2023-08-01T14:29:31ZengOpen Library of HumanitiesThe Comics Grid: Journal of Comics Scholarship2048-07922021-11-0111110.16995/cg.8051Mapping the Black Comic Imaginary: Beyond the Black Panther at the MSU MuseumJulian C Chambliss0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2779-048X 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.https://www.comicsgrid.com/article/id/8051/AfrofuturismCuratorial practiceComic BooksMuseumsRace |
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| title | Mapping the Black Comic Imaginary: Beyond the Black Panther at the MSU Museum |
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