The troubled history of the African-American “Black Superhero” is our focus this week, since it draws attention to the persistent problems in racial representations for comics minorities. Milestone Comics‘ superman in ICON: A HERO”S WELCOME will be discussed as a tragically-brief success for the African-American superhero amidst the ‘norm‘ of Whiteness in comics.
Meanwhile: Holy Hypocrisy! Comics legend Frank Miller goes off and then gets called out by the comics community because of #OccupyWallStreet comments!
