Good conversation in response to this tweet about how American minstrel imagery had a long after-life in French comics (decades after such imagery had ceased to be pervasive in American cartooning. I had the same experience as Adam of being shocked as kid by this stuff.https://twitter.com/AdamSerwer/status/1301176652496502791 …
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In particular, there's a strong overlap in origins of Mad magazine & Asterix. Rene Goscinny, co-creator of Asterix, lived in New York in late 1940s-early 1950s & hung out with the future creator of Mad, Harvey Kurtzman. Here they are at French restaurant in NY in 1950 or 51.pic.twitter.com/6MRXdcr1MT
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A resonate photo because they were all obscure when it was taken but soon Kurtzman would helm Mad, Goscinny co-create Asterix & de Bevere co-create Lucky Luke. The overlap in sensibility was clean page design offset by abundance of small sight gags ("chicken fat" in Mad terms)pic.twitter.com/bM9KmbVnUK
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Anyways here's an old piece I did on minstrel imagery which touches on how it migrated around the world. Irony is that in USA it met with strong opposition from Black social movements & started disappearing in 1940s. In Europe & Japan it persisted http://www.tcj.com/racism-as-a-stylistic-choice-and-other-notes/ …
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I remember picking up an old Dandy annual (UK comic) a few years ago. It was from 1981. This storyline...wow.pic.twitter.com/Pj0AwRYeak
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This is British cartoonists portraying the US South, I guess.
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Yes. I recently rewatched the Mushroom Samba episode of Cowboy Bebop and it goes way back. Really uncomfortable to watch
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