What starts off as a run-of-the-mill superhero story then becomes a nuanced and personal exploration of the immigrant experience and blatant and internalized racism. An altercation following racial slurs directed at Roberta’s brother after he joins the local baseball team escalates into an act of terrorism by the Klan of the Fiery Kross.
Jimmy Olsen, Lois Lane’s colleague from the Daily Planet, takes a larger role here, befriending his new neighbors, the Lees. She and her family have just moved from Chinatown to Metropolis proper, and mixed feelings abound. The story also focuses on Roberta Lee, a young Chinese girl. In this graphic-novel adaptation of the 1940s storyline entitled “The Clan of the Fiery Cross” from The Adventures of Superman radio show, readers are reintroduced to the hero who regularly saves the day but is unsure of himself and his origins. Superman confronts racism and learns to accept himself with the help of new friends. Get this collection and all the rest, too.
Here’s hoping this isn’t the last we see of Akissi, Fofana, Spectreman, and more.īig heart. An Africa full of life, rather than sorrow.” Full of laughs and a heartwarming embrace for friendship, the episodes draw on real-life experiences in order to deliver a narrative unlike any other. In her introduction, Abouet writes about reclaiming her happy memories of being an Ivorian girl in her homeland in order to provide “a different view of Africa than the one we are usually shown. Imagine that, a story about an African child that doesn’t hinge on escape or opportunity elsewhere but rather centers itself in the bountiful abundance and beauty of life among her people.
In this set of stories, readers see her wrestle with an impending nightmare: She’s to be shipped off with her uncle to the freezing-cold, wolf-infested streets of Paris, a world away from the village streets and neighbors she has come to know so well. In 2013, the debut volume introduced North American readers to the larger-than-life character of Akissi, a bold, crafty, adventurous Black girl who sees the neighborhood as her playground. More comic strips by Abouet and Sapin make it across the Atlantic, delivering big laughs about a rambunctious Black girl making joy and making life in the day to day of an Ivory Coast village.
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