That's Enough Folks
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| Rating | : | 4.78 (634 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 081083250X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-04-29 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Using advertisements, quotes from producers, newspaper reviews, and other sources, Sampson traces stereotypical black images through their transition from the first newspaper comic strips in the late 1890s, to their inclusion in the first silent theatrical cartoons, through the peak of their popularity in 1930s musical cartoons, to their gradual decline in the 1960s. It is the first and only book to detail the history of black images in animated cartoons. Sampson devotes chapters to cartoon series starring black characters; cartoons burlesquing life on the old slave plantation with "happy" slaves Uncle Tom and Topsy; depictions of the African safari that include the white hunter, his devoted servant, and bloodthirsty black cannibals; and cartoons featuring the music and the widely popular entertainment style of famous 1930s black stars including Cab Calloway, Louis Armstrong, and Fats Waller.That's Enough Folks includes many rare, previously unpublished illustrati
IN Toon African Americans copyright 1992.jpg John Altyn Being a Professional Animation Art Curator for Bonham & Butterfields and for Animation Art Galleries around the world and an Animation Art Historian as well, including co-founder of "In-Toon!" Magazine an International Quarterly, I was disappointed with how negative the content is. I personally worked with Warner Bros. Legendary Animator, Virgil Ross in creating Limited Editions for Warner Bros
He is currently Director of Mission Development and Operations, Space Test Program, Aerospace Corp. . Henry T. Sampson has written a number of books including Blacks in Black and White: Source Book on Black Films (Scarecrow, 1995, 1977) and Blacks in Blackface: A Source Book on Black Musical Shows (Scarecrow, 1980)
Sampson has given U.S. Boskin)informative and enlightening. (Past Times)His brief introductions to the series stars alone are worth the price of the bookan essential work (Arba)an invaluable reference source of visual art and racial stereotyping in the popular cultureIts coverage is prodigious and the commentary and anaysis balanced and insightful. (J. History teachers some long neglected areas of study and an important book for all of us. Mr. A great reference book. It cannot be improved upon and certainly cannot be recommended enough. (Mark Mayfield) . (Classic Images)a stellar reference book, exhaustively covering black cartoon characters and themes (the safari, the minstrel show) through very full synopses and all available reviews of the period. Excellent. (Paper Pile Quarterly)a major work