REVIEWS :

"For every little Black girl and Black woman, who imagine themselves coloring both inside and outside the lines, Black Women in Sequence literally fills in the blank spaces, highlighting the contributions of Black Women in the genres of comics, graphic novels, and anime."―Mark Anthony Neal, author of Looking for Leroy: Illegible Black Masculinities

"In this accomplished and beautifully designed work, Whaley reminds us that imaginary realms are full-fledged social worlds. Graphic novels, comics, and anime are halls of mirrors―kaleidoscopes spinning truth, speculation, and distortion all at once. But they are also portals of possibility; and, Whaley's perceptive exploration of these genres reveals how black women create and perform their worlds when they can dream without limits."―Alondra Nelson, Columbia University

"Black Women in Sequence considers how Black women function as 'referents' for a larger discussion about social relations. What sets the book apart is its sophisticated approach to the subject."―Cassandra Jackson, author of Violence, Visual Culture, and the Black Male Body

"This book has a great deal to contribute to the field. There's never been a publication that focuses on the diversity of representations by Black female comics creators to this magnitude."―John Jennings, coeditor of The Blacker the Ink: Constructions of Black Identity in Comics and Sequential Art

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"Unlike many scholarly works in comics Whaley chooses to extend her analysis beyond print, looking at representations on the screen including video games, television, and film. Whaley also supplements this representational analysis with interviews with artists and writers. This diversity of inquiry creates an engaging, multifaceted portrait of black women’s representation in sequential art and what those portrayals say about US culture" ―Francisca Lynn, Feminist Media Studies.

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"A must read."--Laura Sneddon, Women Write about Comics
 

"Whaley presents a compelling study of women of African descent in American comics. . . . The kaleidoscopic nature of her study allows readers to form a comprehensive idea about the politics of race and gender in American comics from the late 1930s until today. . . . With its far‐ranging thematic scope and range, Black Women in Sequence is destined to become a cornerstone in the study of gender and race in American comics."

--Kirsten Møllegaard, Journal of Popular Culture

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"Black Women in Sequence does important work in analysing gender and racial representation within graphic narratives, demonstrating the breadth of material available to unpack. It opens the dialogue, makes space for black women artists, and demands the discussion maintains an awareness of intersectionality, while reminding us that the politics of gender, race and sexuality cannot be easily disentangled even in the comic world of quick-fix problems." --Sarah Holland, Poet, MFA,

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"One of the first book-length works to deal specifically with the construction and experience of black women in sequential art. . . . Whaley considers the creation and consumption of sequential media by black women, often erased from conversations about fan culture. . . . An extraordinarily ambitious work."--Joshua Abraham Kopin, American Literature