![]() ![]() ![]() Image: Caanan White/Courtesy of Broadway Books. The Harlem Hellfighters is a graphic novel written by author Max Brooks with illustrations done by Caanan White. ![]() These were lynch mobs and violence against civilians. The Harlem Hellfighters, a new graphic novel by Max Brooks, retells the story of the first African-American unit to fight in World War I. And when we think about race riots, we tend to think about Rodney King-unruly black people burning down their own stores. From bestselling author Max Brooks, the riveting story of the highly decorated. That is literally what happened to black people in the last century, when there were these horrific race riots. I think the closest thing we can come to imagining something like that is when we watch a zombie outbreak movie, and we see people fleeing for their lives from carnivorous hordes trying to wipe them out. Most people understand that there was violence against individuals and families, but not this organized violence against entire towns. To get back to the story itself, one of the things I liked about your treatment of the racism of the era is that you alluded to the waves of anti-black violence that struck throughout that decade. I think that’s why World War I is not the stuff of legends, whereas World War II can be Lord of the Rings, but with tanks. The Harlem Hellfighters by Max Brooks The novel is narrated by Mark, a veteran of the 369ths tour in Europe. The great powers of Europe kind of just stumbled into it and fell ass-backwards into the apocalypse. ![]()
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