tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32252561.post63771348078204465..comments2009-01-03T00:51:12.733-08:00Khalif "SynQ" Muhammadnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32252561.post-49871491704619256032009-01-03T00:51:00.000-08:002009-01-03T00:51:00.000-08:00There's no ghost writer. Trevor has been working on this project for years, writing and pencilling. We're just happy to, shall we say, expose The Original Johnson.<BR/><BR/>That said, I didn't notice the coloring mistake rendering the stick transparent and suggestive in your second example. I'll make sure it gets fixed.<BR/><BR/>Your third example-- you skip over that in <I>the very next panel</I>, a black man punches the potential rapist in the mouth and throws him off the train.<BR/><BR/>I'm going to be very interested in how you react to Trevor's depiction of some of Johnson's later acts, including marrying white women at a time when that was illegal, and Johnson's prosecution under the White Slavery act of 1910.<BR/><BR/>Jack Johnson's life was a constant fight against the attitudes of the day, and he won most of them by knockout. Obscuring what happened along the way does him no justice.Glenn Haumanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15825568109767338845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32252561.post-81492417777417124582009-01-02T14:04:00.000-08:002009-01-02T14:04:00.000-08:00Greetings Mr. SynQ<BR/><BR/>This is kermudgeon/aka Gus. I enjoyed your blog on the Johnson comic strip. I hadn't even caught the name of the strip - WHOA! I was so caught up in the explicit sexual images that i missed some of the more subtle things - like the title.<BR/><BR/>As you know the eighth area of people activity is my designated area of study. I think your keen observations are right on point. I've said that you simply cannot, will not have a discussion of White Supremacy without sex meandering into the conversation.<BR/><BR/>and sex is blatant in Mr. Von Eeden's work. I want to take a look at one of his other comics as well.<BR/><BR/>As I have further studied The Original Johnson, I have noted how sex is present not only in the images, but the language as well. Double entendres and bold face print of certain terms.<BR/><BR/>I have long considered lynching a sexual act. The double meaning of <B>hung</B> - to lynch; to have a large penis. The castrations that accompanied said act and the "offense" that warranted such brutality - <I>he thought 'bout lookin' at a White woman he did!</I><BR/><BR/>Incidentally, the comic isn't really exaggerating the life and times of Mr. Johnson. This is the link for the PBS website for their documentary: http://www.pbs.org/unforgivableblackness/index.html<BR/>They lean heavily on the book - which has the same title as the film. White people did an extraordinary job - as usual.<BR/><BR/>I'm going to dig up some of the newspaper quotes on Mr. Johnson from back in the day. When I get them... I will share.<BR/><BR/>Keep up the good work.Boo Radleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02353585038819270535noreply@blogger.com