{"product_id":"john-jennings-donna-lyn-washington-9781496829399","title":"John Jennings: Conversations","description":"John Jennings (b. 1970) is perhaps best known for his collaboration with Damian Duffy on the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller and Eisner Award-winning graphic novel adaptation of Octavia Butler's \u003ci\u003eKindred\u003c\/i\u003e. However, Jennings is also a graphic designer and comic book scholar who, throughout his career, has conducted several interviews that shed light on the importance of Black Speculative narratives. The most enlightening of his interviews are brought together in \u003ci\u003eJohn Jennings: Conversations\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs a collective these interviews explore folklore, systemic racism, his Mississippi roots, and the phrase Jennings cocreated, the Ethnogothic. Jennings discusses the necessity for black heroes, not just for the sake of diversity, but for inclusiveness, touching on the conventions he has cofounded, such as the Schomburg Center's Black Comic Book Festival in Harlem. He addresses the struggle to be financially compensated for work, and he speaks at length about how being a professor informs his craft where he continues to examine black stereotypes in popular culture with courses of his own design. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs a group the interviews in \u003ci\u003eJohn Jennings: Conversations \u003c\/i\u003egive a picture of a black man forging a way where comic books have afforded him a means to carve out an important space for people of color.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Donna-Lyn Washington\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1496829395\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781496829399\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Mississippi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/25\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 172\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.40d","brand":"Donna-Lyn Washington","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43983708586239,"sku":"9781496829399","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b2cd003e-3052-40de-82e6-557b64c20413.jpg?v=1683268250","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/john-jennings-donna-lyn-washington-9781496829399","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}