In
The Souls of Black Folk, written in 1903 by W.E.B. DuBois, the author describes the African American experience as a "Double Consciousness," a psychological condition brought on from living in a world as a Black person "through the eyes of racist white people." Comic historian Ken Quattro was profoundly affected by DuBois' work while he conducted research for IDW's
Invisible Men: The Trailblazing Black Artists of Comic Books, his new book chronicling the lives and work of 18 Black men the comic book industry not only forgot but barely acknowledged existed.
Men like Matt Baker, Elmer C. Stoner, Orrin C. Evans, and E. Sims Campbell may not be household names, but they are part of the group introduced in