The Black Man in Brazilian Comics - by Nobu Chinen

In this book with more than 400 figures, the result of thorough research, the author seeks to understand the construction of the image of black people in graphic narratives, from the visual arts to their first records of the presence of Africans in Brazil, kidnapped and enslaved to serve the colonizing purpose. , to current production, including from mainstream to authorial productions. At the same time that it exposes, as the author himself says, "the true face of a prejudiced and racist country, but which resists admitting this characteristic", Nobu promotes a fair rescue of an important part of our historiography, in which the growing, However insufficient, the brand of black authors has positively influenced the way black people are represented in this media, restoring them to their fundamental role in the formation of our country as an independent political nation.