![]() ![]() But, instead of flying around in capes or spinning webs, the superheroes in "Strange Fruit" are extraordinary-ordinary black folks making 'a way out of no way.' The difference: they really lived. After reading about such real American heroes as chess master Theophilus Thompson, bicycling champion Marshall Major Taylor, and lawman Bass Reeves, I m eager to learn more! Josh Neufeld, writer/illustrator of "A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge" By the time I finished reading "Strange Fruit," I thought, let the comic-book sellers have their mythic superheroes through Joel Gill, we can have our own. ![]() Without whitewashing the realities of slavery and racism, "Strange Fruit" has a wry, welcoming tone much aided by Gill s dynamic, inventive storytelling. "The New York Times" These offbeat stories of heretofore-obscure African-American pioneers are filled with heartbreak and triumph. Gill offers direction for the road ahead from the road behind. At a moment when racial inequities have ignited this nation, Mr. Still more thoughtful reflections come from Joel Christian Gill s graphic novel "Strange Fruit: Uncelebrated Narratives from Black History," which unpacks its power through drawings and pointed text that chronicle the trials and triumphs of black Americans who struggled against prejudice more than a century ago. ![]()
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