“Sambo Without Tears” by Georges Sadoul [translated by Samuel Beckett]

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“Sambo Without Tears” by Georges Sadoul [translated by Samuel Beckett]
“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
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…