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The N-Word of God
The N-Word of God is a literary graphic novel of interconnected illustrated stories of social insight, cognitive surprise, wry mirth, and Black existential wonder. Artist Mark Doox transports readers back to the beginning of the universe when God fatefully declared Light and Darkness as opposing forces. Doox then follows this theme through a religious and societal retelling of his own gospel-like myth. With a devil figure that advocates for John Coltrane's philosophy of 'A Love Supreme, ' The N-Word of God challenges binary racial ideas making a case for the commonality and the dignity of all human beings.
The striking art combines Christian iconography with caricatures and terms that have been used against Black people through which Doox artfully recontextualizes them as religious symbols of resilience, protection, counter-truth, agency, and new and pertinent revelation.
With satirical wit and stunning illuminated manuscript-like illustrations, Doox has created a metamodern masterpiece of African American storytelling and Black signifyin' wisdom. While Doox's focus is always on the empathic center of his illuminating truths, The N-Word of God challenges the reader with unexpected ideas and connections in a must-have work of Black art and Black literature.
Book Details
- Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
- Publish Date: Feb 27th, 2024
- Pages: 366
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 8.98in - 6.98in - 1.18in - 2.45lb
- EAN: 9781683969396
- Categories: • Satire• Visionary & Metaphysical• African American & Black - Christian
About the Author
Doox, Mark: - Mark Doox is a conceptual artist, writer, and long-time iconographer. He is interested in exploring sequential art and issues of life, psyche, race, and spirituality. Born in Columbus, Ohio, his work has been internationally exhibited, collected, and featured in articles in periodicals such as The New Yorker, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times Magazine, Oxford's Black Theology Journal, and Spin.
Praise for this book
This is the best kind of political art, ingenious, tasteless, bold and fearless. ... It's a mind-blowing work that'll leave readers reeling.-- "Splice Today"
Lands like a provocative punch in the chops.--Robert Ito "The New York Times"
The N-Word of God is a challenging pleasure -- one of those rare books that is a must-read.-- "Cinema Sentries"
Mark Doox's Afro-surrealist and satirical graphic novel ... deconstructively takes caricatures that have historically harmed Black people and reimagines them as symbols of Black resilience and healing, restoring the inherent dignity that belongs to every human being.-- "Sojourners"
A visually rich and quite provocative book, The N-Word of God will embroil you intimately in the racism that has shaped America and still roils our country.-- "The Jersey Journal"
Let the unorthodox nature of this work speak to the body of believers in new and transformative ways that take seriously the past - and present - in hopes of envisioning a more just future.--Jordan Burton "The Presbyterian Outlook"
Doox is unflinching in his analysis of race and its progeny. He doesn't hold back his pen or his paintbrush, and his readers are better for it.-- "Good Faith Media"