Gill had used the term as part of a prior art project, and decided to keep the easily recognized phrase as part of his comic. If you're unfamiliar with the term "Strange Fruit," I'll point you here rather than give my own imperfect explanation. I'm always happy when a zine or mini-comic person gets a book gig, but due to the nature of the material here, I was especially pleased to find out this existed-even if I had do so via the library instead of in the comics news.* I want to say that was SPX, but I don't remember. (I'm still working on catching up on my gaps in terms of understanding what it is/was like for other people of color.) So when I first ran into Strange Fruit back when it was a mini-comic only, it wasn't a hard sell for me. Stories from the vast (and often hidden) history of the African American experience come alive in the hands of a creator who wanted to use his art talents to shine a light on that history in this collection that's a must-read for anyone interested in non-fiction comics.Īn odd quirk of my upbringing is that while I am woefully unable to tell you as much as I should about what it is/was like to be Latino in the United States, my mother gave me a strong grounding in African American history, something I've continued all my life.
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