Looking for a Face Like Mine by William H. Foster  ISBN: 0-9766652-4-7

Superman, Spiderman, and the X-Men. To Professor William H. Foster III, comic books are serious stuff and definitely not just for kids. Though many fantastic tales have been told through the pages of comic strips and comic books, some of the most interesting and least told stories, according to Foster, are about the changing image of Black people in American society. If art imitates life, cartoon and comic art might seem an unusual mirror in which to view society. But to Professor Foster, a long time historian, lecturer, and fan, comics are a source of scholarly research and just plain fun. This book represents a collection of his published essays, articles, and interviews that explore the historical portrayal of people of color in the world of comics.

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Scheduled Readings


 
Saturday April 1st - Appearance at Big Apple Con, New York City, NY
 
Thursday April 6th - Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY Presentation on Asians in Comics w/ comic book creator/writer Alex Simmons
 
Sunday, April 9th - Comic Book & Toy Show
Holiday Inn East Hartford, CT
 
Saturday May 6th - Sarge's Megastore, New London, CT
Book signing (Free Comic Book Day)
 
Friday & Saturday, May 19-20th, 5th Annual East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention
Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 
 
TO BE ANNOUNCED - Comic book presentation at SUNY Purchase, Purchase, NY 
 

 

 

The Changing Image of Blacks in Comics

A traveling educational exhibit that includes an extensive collection of comic books, comic strips, action figures, buttons, statues, trading cards, posters, and original art.

If you are interested in finding out more, please contact:

Professor William H. Foster III
Naugatuck Valley Community College
750 Chase Parkway
Waterbury, Connecticut 06708
U.S.A.

wfoster@nvcc.commnet.edu

www.finallyinfullcolor.com 

 
 

 

About the Author:

"BILL FOSTER—Dr. William Barrett Foster, DSc, PhD—a child of the GHETTO who has pulled himself up out of the Los Angeles slums to become director of one of the nation’s most prestigious research labs. A man whose research has given him the power to instantaneously grow to a height of FIFTEEN FEET, with the strength of a TRUE GIANT. A man who has become…a HERO. Stan Lee presents BLACK GOLIATH! ™"

— The introduction to the Black Goliath comic book series © 1975 by Marvel Comics Group

William H. Foster III has been a writer since the age of 8and published since age11. Poet, essayist, playwright, and editorialist, he has written 11books and 9 plays.

He is presently a Professor of English and Communication at Naugatuck Valley Community College in Waterbury, Connecticut.

Professor Foster has a BA from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, MA, and a Masters degree from Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT.

A long-time comic book collector and researcher, Professor Foster has been an expert commentator for both CNN News and National Public Radio. He was a consultant on the historical image of Blacks in both comic strips and comic books for the Words and Pictures Museum of Fine Sequential Art in Northampton, MA. He was also a consultant to the 2004 exhibit, "Heroes, Heartthrobs, and Horrors: Celebrating Connecticut’s Invention of the American Comic Book" presented by the Connecticut Historical Society.

His exhibit on the "Changing Image of Blacks in Comics" has been displayed at a number of venues across the country, including Temple University’s Paley Library, The 1998 Comic-Con International/Comic Arts Conference, and the 2000 Festival of Arts and Ideas. He also has presented his research at the 2001 bi-annual conference of The International Association for Media and History in Leipzig, Germany and at the 2002 Conference on Analyzing Series & Serial Narrative at John Moores University in Liverpool, England.

 

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