“Sambo Without Tears” by Georges Sadoul [translated by Samuel Beckett]
©2020 Ken Quattro Below is an article written circa 1930 by the legendary French film critic, Georges Sadoul. Sadoul was a journalist and one of the first to begin reviewing films as an art form. In this article, however, he took a look at the presentation of Blacks in French comics. He specifically contrasts the representation of Blacks in…
The Spy, the Reds and THE BUCCANEERS
©2020 Ken Quattro “Down, down, down. Would the fall never come to an end! `I wonder how many miles I’ve fallen by this time?’” Lewis Carroll found a way of expressing the absurd lengths one goes once a journey is undertaken. It’s like he knew me. It began simply enough. I found a giveaway comic up for auction…