Superheroes and trailblazers: Black comic book artists, rediscovered
Ace Harlem, a Dic Tracey-like detective created by Orrin C. Evans and John Terrell. The comic ran in the premiere (and only) issue of All-Negro Comics, the first all-Black comic produced by an all-Black staff in 1947. Yoe Books via The New York Times.
by Helene Stapinski
(NYT NEWS SERVICE)
.- Ken Quattros deep dive into Black comic book artists started out of frustration. Twenty years ago, while researching a man named Matt Baker whose drawings were distinguished by his strong style, Quattro, a comics fan and blogger, kept coming up empty-handed. There was nothing about him except that he was Black and that he died young, said Quattro, who is known as the Comics Detective.
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