- Passing (Identity), African Americans, Comic books, strips, Lynching
"Writer Mat Johnson (HELLBLAZER: PAPA MIDNITE), winner of the prestigious Hurston-Wright Legacy Award for fiction, constructs a fearless graphic novel that is both a page-turning mystery and a disturbing exploration of race and self-image in America, masterfully illustrated with rich period detail by Wareen Pleece (THE INVISIBLES, HELLBLAZER).
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Classical in form, grave, relentless and plot-driven.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- contemplativerelentless
- character-ledplot-driven
- cooloverwhelming
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About the book
- Author
- Mat Johnson, Warren Pleece
- First published
- 2008
- Pages
- 136
- Publisher
- Vertigo/DC Comics, Vertigo, Dark Horse Comics
- Editions
- 4
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781401210977
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