Comics Arts Conference Session #13: Capes, Curls, and Culture: Black Women in Comics

Black women in comics challenge the very form of comics itself, asking how a form whose history is embedded in stereotype and caricature can make room for the plurality of Black women's experiences. Bringing together Black women scholars and creatives from a range of backgrounds, this roundtable considers the representation of Black women in comics across the 20th and 21st centuries. Panelists Sasha Sanders (California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo), Christian Hines (Texas…