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The Making, Re-Making, and Un-Making of the
American City
THE COMIC
BOOK CITY
Presented at the 100th annual meeting of the Association for the Study of African American life
and history
September 25th, 2015
Atlanta, GA
ABSTRACT
ASSIMILATIVE FRAME
FROM A TROUBLED TO A GOLDEN
AGE
THE PROBLEM OF THE CITY
FRONTIER IN THE AMERICAN MIND
COWBOYS & WHITEWASHING
Nat Love, nicknamed
“Deadwood Dick”
was “re-imagined as
a white man in pulp
adventures stories.
ARCHETYPES
THE IMMIGRANT VIEW
A NEW DEAL AVENGER (AND SUPERHERO)
A HERO FOR THE DARK URBAN PAST
NEW COMIC CITIES FOR A POSTWAR AGE
THANK YOU

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