Na początku XX wieku mieli z czym walczyć
i nie ma co ukrywać, że dla czarnoskóych społeczności rasizm jest elementem ich tożsamosci kulturowej
inna sprawa, ze to rodzi także idiotów w stylu black power
to trochę jakby miec pretensje, ze w komiksie o Polsce z 1940 na przykład ważnym tłem są naziści
natomiast rasizm w tej historii jest systemowy, jest elementem systemu opresji społecznej jaki miał miejsce w USA w czasach kiedy rozgrywa się akcja, sama historia to świetna opowieść o tym co ważne miłości, przyjaźni, szukaniu miejsca dla siebie
to ciekawe ze wybrales akurat jednozdaniowy komentarz jakiegos uprzedzonego rasowo cymbala
a nie ten
4.75 stars rounded up to 5 - This whole series is incredible. The world-building is masterfully done, in the way it melds together the style and culture of the 1920s with timeless themes, exploring the battle between dark and light forces and how hatred, racism, and grief can transform a person. In this series, the darkest parts of one's soul, the suffering stuck there, literally turns them into monsters, and the story centers on one family that has fought these monsters for generations, for the sake of humanity. Sometimes the goal is to cure the human beneath the monster and sometimes there is no choice but to kill them. The characters are often wrestling with these ideas, and some of the key characters experience profound changes as their own inner demons and doubts transform them and they search for a "cure" or simply just a way out of the torturous pain of watching humanity crumble.
The illustrations were incredible and by far my favorite part, because it just felt so real, vibrant and tactile, you could almost hear some panels. Many of the splash pages were stunning and captured the energy and action of the story. This omnibus is full of variant covers and artwork adaptations that are so much fun to flip through.
The reason this is nearly 5 stars for me is because, while I love this series and know I'll be thinking about it for a long time, the pacing sometimes was a little off for me, and even the very end felt so rushed that I felt like I didn't actually 'see' the conflict resolved. No spoilers, but it reminds me of watching a movie where you don't get a clear shot of the bad guy getting taken out, and instead one of the main characters just says "the job is done" and you just take their word for it. I think this series could have been longer, with some storylines more fleshed out and a bit more action incorporated into the final events. With that being said, I loved all the characters, especially the little squeaky animals with robotic limbs. The significance of this story, especially for any non-white audience or anyone who wants to combat supremacist hatred and darkness, is so clear and it brings so many topics and issues to the forefront. There is just so much to discuss and talk about here, much that ties into our current-world problems without feeling overly meta. The bonds between the characters are tender and deep, and the Sangerye family (and the idea of family), as a whole, becomes the true hero.
This omnibus contains about 50+ pgs of essays written on afrofuturism, conjurework, monster horror, and other themes in black media - I read some of these which were great, but once I finished the actual comic series, I wanted to mark this as finished so I could debrief, then take my time with the essays.
