Is the new issue of NEGRO ROMANCE out yet?
Speaking as a Negro, I like that car
That fool is gonna get gas splashes on his hat ifhe don't leave her alone
Storytime when?
I found two issues of this online and it's just the same silver age romance comics that everyone else was publishing, but with darker ink used on the people. No whining about mah slavery or anything. Just regular people in cheesy romances, that happen to be black. Kinda comforting really.
All-Negro Comics OTOH might raise an eyebrow or two on Twitter.
It seems funny now but for a few decades Negro (capitalized) was considered polite and "black " was vulgar.
The United Negro College Fund never changed their name as far as I know.
It could be coming up. I found an African superhero Lion Man who predated the Black Panthe by a dozen years.
You've got to love your negro comics, man
They didn't sell well, only ran for four issues, but I give Quality and Charlton credit for trying.
The detective story in this was kinda based. Wish he had spun off into his own thing.
...are the people on the cover supposed to be negros?
Lol, today I had a coworker check with me to see if saying "person of colour" is okay and apologize in advance. I appreciate his intent to be accommodating, but making a big deal of it is weirder than not.
Like, I don't care if somebody says black, coloured, POC, African-Canadian, whatever. If they aren't following it with "need to be exterminated" or something, the specific word chosen doesn't really matter imo.
Don't fall for it, gentle negress! The big city negro in the motorcar is clearly a pimp. Stay with the good honest country negro who works at the fill-up station. He may not be rich, but he's a church-going man.
>It seems funny now but for a few decades Negro (capitalized) was considered polite and "black " was vulgar.
Honest question; was nigger ever not a slur? I figure it must have started as a synonym for black (negro is a similar sounding word and just means black). I assume people just used the word for black people and then it became a slur as the people using it started hating blacks and using it in a negative way. Sort of like how retard was originally an inoffensive medical term.
I honestly don't know. Words do change meaning and connotations. Gay originally meant carefree and happy as in "Don we now our gay apparel."
"Negro" is used in Spanish and Italian to mean black as in the color of a color or a shirt rather than necessarily a person.
It's a big topic and I don't want to unknowingly say something stupid or completely wrong.
Absolutely. It's hard to draw people of color without being too obvious or not obvious enough. This artist opted for the more subtle approach.
I think as long as you don't mean any harm, an honest question is always worth asking. Intent means a lot.
They sure have some rosy cheeks. Probably the artists had never seen black people before.
How do you know the artist wasn't black?. Look at the comics Matt Baker drew.
The first couple of issues used photo covers.
Most comic artists lived in New York City. They knew black people.
Matt Baker is mostly known for PHANTOM LADY but he drew a lot of romance and Western comics. I don't think he did this cover, though.
That is such a level-headed attitude. To be honest, I wish I felt that mature about language.
You've read romance comics. That's pretty much what happens.
Romance comics have more inevitability to them than avalanches.
You know, aside from the hair styles, I kinda wish people dressed up more. I don't even own a tie, much less an assortment to match the occasion,
those...eyebrows
The way Nature made them.
>Negro Romance
>All are white
No, they're not. Be serious.
It would have been unseemly to whine about slavery. It’s subtle but represents 1940s aspirational black life. Running a hairdresser shop, juke joints.
The hats and hair
Considering the crazy shit with race, it’s understandable
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No. More a limitation of printing, and fashion. Look at movie posters of the time.