{"product_id":"9781770465688","title":"Where I'm Coming From","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA seasoned cartoonist of epic proportions, Brandon-Croft carves out space for Black women’s perspectives in her nationally syndicated strip\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFew Black cartoonists have entered national syndication, and before Barbara Brandon-Croft, none of them were women. From 1989 to 2005, she brought Black women’s perspectives to an international audience with her trailblazing comic strip \u003ci\u003eWhere I’m Coming From\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom diets to day care to debt to dreaded encounters with everyday racism, no issue is off-limits. This remarkable and unapologetically funny career retrospective holds a mirror up to the ways society has changed and all the ways it hasn’t. The magic in \u003ci\u003eWhere I’m Coming From\u003c\/i\u003e is its ability to present an honest image of Black life without sacrificing Black joy, bolstered by unexpected one-liners eliciting much-needed laughter.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs the daughter of the mid-century cartoonist Brumsic Brandon Jr.—the creator of Luther, the second nationally syndicated strip to feature a Black lead—Brandon-Croft learned from the best. With supplementary writing by the author and her peers alongside throwback ephemera, this long-overdue collection situates Brandon-Croft as an inimitable cartoonist, humorist, and social commentator, securing her place in the comics canon and allowing her work to inspire new readers at a time when it is most needed.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Barbara Brandon-Croft","offers":[{"title":"Hardback \/ UTP \/ 2023-02-07","offer_id":43681883619583,"sku":"9781770465688","price":39.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/products\/BNCImageAPI_f9b566f4-de90-4644-b9d6-22c0ded5157d.jpg?v=1676413286","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781770465688","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}