Includes bibliographical references (pages 148-153).

Preface to the second edition / Reto Ulrich -- Introduction / Reto Ulrich -- Building up a collection of African comics / Antonio Uribe -- Narrative strategies : African types and stereotypes in comics / Jakob F. Dittmar -- My Nelson Mandela / Anton Kannemeyer -- Westfield Junction / Simon Krüsi -- Africa, as seen through Western eyes / Tabea Wullschleger, Patricia Kuhn -- Comics with an educational focus / Lena Heizmann, David Fretz, Corinne Lüthy, Reto Ulrich -- Everyday life in African comics / Corinne Lüthy, Dominique Marconi, Marina Huonker -- Politics and propaganda / Katrin Müller -- African superheroes : South African and Nigerian superhero comics and Pan-Africanism in the time of Black Panther / Lisa Roulet, Raffaele Perniola -- South African underground comix / Pius Jonas Vögele, Gabriella Giallombardo, Corinne Lüthy

"We all know the colonial and stereotypical images of the African continent and of the people living there. Especially older comics such as The Adventures of Tintin or Mickey Mouse have taken up the image of the 2untamed3 continent with its 2wild3 inhabitants. Moreover, modern superhero comics mirror the western view of Africa. What about the African point of view, though? The true African comic? The editors of this catalogue present a wide range of African comics: superhero and underground comics as well as comics with propaganda content or an educational focus. Comics are more than just a manifestation of pop culture – during the course of the 20th century, they have developed into a socio-politically influential medium worldwide. Comics are now an object of historical research. They transport the history of their time and depict it. Comics are an integral part of our culture and, through the combination of images and words as an artistic expression, have a history of their own."

Parallel texts in English and German.