The color of paper : representing race in the comics medium / Chris Gavaler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gavaler, Chris, author.

Series:

Studies in comics and cartoons

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Race in comics.

Human skin color in literature.

Human skin color--Social aspects.

Human skin color.

White.

Comic books, strips, etc--Technique.

Comic books, strips, etc.

Comic books, strips, etc--Social aspects--United States--History--20th century.

Comic books, strips, etc--Social aspects--United States--History--21st century.

Comic books, strips, etc--United States--History and criticism--20th century.

Comic books, strips, etc--United States--History and criticism--21st century.

white (color).

Physical Description:

ix, 279 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Columbus : The Ohio State University Press, [2026]

Summary:

"Analyzes the visual elements of racial representations in comics, demonstrating how ink-on-paper materiality reveals the illogic of racial categories based on metaphorical colors. Covers twentieth- and twenty-first-century comics artists, including Ebony Flowers, Mike Grell, Jaime Hernandez, George Herriman, Jack Kirby, and Ben Passmore"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: Judging race

Marking surfaces

Framing whiteness

Seeing skin

Reading and observing

Reading and observing race

Coloring theory

Removing color

Adding color

Embodying images

Othering spaces

Conclusion: Representing race.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-268) and index.

ISBN:

9780814216040

0814216048

9780814259702

0814259707

OCLC:

1528518407