Hardihood Illustrated Blog

In Black comicdom, there’s more to the story of Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story than just its effectiveness in popularizing non-violent protest. For many this iconic comic book is recognized as the progenitor of Black Non-Fiction Comics along with the earlier J.A. Rogers’ Your History serials and Fawcett Publications’ Joe Lewis and Jackie Robinson series.

1) He had more names than all of Wu tang put together: Stack Lee Shelton aka Stack Lee Sheldon, Stacker Lee, Stagger Lee, Stag Lee, Stack O’ Lee, Stoge Lee, Stegolee, Staggerlee, Cocked-Eyed Son of a Bitch, Skeeg a’ Lee, etc.

Nat ‘Deadwood Dick’ Love was a Wild Cowboy and his adventures on the open range where so great that his identity was co-opted by nickel novel publishers for a western serial character. A big surprise to no one at all, their character shared Deadwood Dick’s name and exploits but not his melanin.

Embracing a surge in pop culture relevancy for which the likes of Messy Jesse and the Right Reverend Al surely pine, this week John Lewis is discussed in the same breath as Superman, Batman, Star Wars, and Hall H. Congressman Lewis best summed up his clever mission at his 2013 visit to the convention to promote “March: Book One” a graphic novel detailing Bloody Sunday.