January 16, 2006

1956 Martin Luther King Montgomery Story Comic. Apparently created and distributed not long after the 1955-56 bus boycotts. Also redrawn and translated to Spanish.

The description (scroll down) describes its influence in the movement and to later protesters. It seems plausible that it was made around 1956 or 1957. Also, for more comic book autobiography-ery, see Golden Legacy's The Life of Martin Luther King Jr.

posted by xerxexrex 18 years ago
  • I love how the genre forces the author to be economical in his storytelling. I remember being moved to tears seiing Dr. King's statue at Westminster Abbey.
  • Anyone else see the Boondocks cartoon last night on Adult Swim? The storyline basically had King in a coma and waking up in 2000. I mean, damn. It was a harsh look at the world today - how far we have and have not come from what King started. How much has been done in King's name that he would not have wanted. Seeing this, reading it, made me think how far we have not come. I don't think Dr. King would be pleased with a lot of what goes on today. Interesting find, xerxexrex.
  • Nice find, here is an article about the same comic, and this is one about golden legacy, written by a friend of mine [quasi-self-link, i guess]. There are a couple of other stories on black comic history as well.
  • Thanks, lkc, for the additional sources. It's good to see another verification of the Montgomery Story comic, as it was about 15 years before my time. I also thought it was amusing that it described Ghandi's passive resistance retroactively as "The Montgomery Method". Eh, you communicate however you can. I have liked the few Boondocks episodes I've seen. It's surprisingly well done. I missed the MLK episode, unfortunately. It'll roll around again, I'm sure.
  • excellent. cheers