The Blacker the Ink Wins an Eisner Award

Congratulations to editors Frances Gateward and John Jennings on winning the 2016 Eisner award for Best Academic/Scholarly Work for their anthology The Blacker the Ink: Constructions of Black Identity in Comics and Sequential Art:        

I'm very proud to have my essay, "Bare Chests, Removable Afros and Silver Tiaras: The Visual Design of Black Comic Book Superheroes" included in this important book.

Blair Davis, PhD

Author & Editor

Blair Davis is an Associate Professor of Media and Cinema Studies in the College of Communication at DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois.