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''All-Negro Comics'', published in 1947, was a single-issue, small-press American comic book that represents the first known comics magazine written and drawn solely by African-American writers and artists. ==Publication history== African-American journalist Orrin Cromwell Evans (born 1902, Steelton, Pennsylvania; died 1971)〔 was "the first black writer to cover general assignments for a mainstream white newspaper in the United States" when he joined the staff of the ''Philadelphia Record''.〔 After the paper's closing, shortly after World War II, Evans partnered with former ''Record'' editor Harry T. Saylor, ''Record'' sports editor Bill Driscoll and two others〔 to found the Philadelphia publishing company All-Negro Comics, Inc., with himself as president.〔 Reprinted from ''Comics Buyer's Guide'' February 28, 1997, pp. 32, 34, 37-38. Article includes reprinted editorial page "All-Negro Comics: Presenting Another First in Negro History" from ''All-Negro Comics'' #1〕 In mid-1947, the company published the only known issue of ''All-Negro Comics'', a 48-page,〔 standard-sized comic book with a typical glossy color cover and newsprint interior.〔 It was copyrighted July 15, 1947, with a June 1947 issue date.〔(''Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series: 1947'' ), Library of Congress, Copyright Office, p. 10〕 Unlike other comic books of the time, it sold for 15 cents rather than 10 cents.〔(''All-Negro Comics'' #1 ) at the Grand Comics Database〕 As writer Tom Christopher described, Evans The comic's press run and distribution are unknown,〔 and as one cultural historian notes of the era, "()hile there were a few heroic images of blacks created by blacks, such as the ''Jive Gray'' comic strip and ''All-Negro Comics'', these images did not circulate outside of pre-civil rights segregated black communities."〔Carpenter, Stanford W. "Imagining Just Them, Just Us, or a Just Society: Creating Black Characters for the Justice Society of America Comic Book", Chapter 14 in Agorsah, E. Kofi, and G. Tucker Childs, ''Africa and the African Diaspora: Cultural Adaptation and Resistance'' (AuthorHouse, 2005), ISBN 978-1-4208-2760-6〕 ''The Official Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide'', a standard reference, considers the single issue "rare" and notes, "Seldom found in fine or mint condition; many copies have brown pages." ''Time'' magazine in 1947 called ''All-Negro Comics'' "the first to be drawn by Negro artists and peopled entirely by Negro characters." In describing lead feature "Ace Harlem", it said, "The villains were a couple of zoot-suited, jive-talking Negro muggers, whose presence in anyone else's comics might have brought up complaints of racial 'distortion.' Since it was all in the family, Evans thought no Negro readers would mind."〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「All-Negro Comics」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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