Keeping It Unreal: Black Queer Fantasy and Superhero Comics

by Darieck Scott

Book Overview

Winner of the 2023 Lambda Literary Award in LGBTQ+ Studies

Explores Black representation in fantasy genres and comic books

Characters like Black Panther, Storm, Luke Cage, Miles Morales, and Black Lightning are part of a growing cohort of black superheroes on TV and in film. Though comic books are often derided as na ve and childish, these larger-than-life superheroes demonstrate how this genre can serve as the catalyst...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1479824143
• ISBN13: 9781479824144
• Release Date: January 2022
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 8.9"