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There's a poison goin on : dystopian trauma in the hours of chaos. Volume 1, February 2020 - April 2020 / Chuck D.

by Chuck D, 1960-

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Enemy Books, an imprint of Akashic Books, 2023.

741.5973 C559 v.1

COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Political culture -- United States -- 21st century.

United States -- Politics and government -- 2017-2021.

STEWdio : the naphic grovel ARTrilogy of Chuck D [graphic novels] ; 1.

9781636141190 (pbk.)

9781636141008 (box set)

Alternate title:

STEWdio : the naphic grovel ARTrilogy of Chuck D. Volume 1

There's a poison going on

1 v. (unpaged) : ill. ; 21 cm.

Volume one: "A graphic experience leading readers into the pandemonium around the pandemic and the toxic sociopolitical culture that emerged. Chuck D draws us into a mind-stimulating series that reflects on this erratic new era."--Publisher.

"Chuck D (Public Enemy, Prophets of Rage, etc.) brings his personal insights and social critiques to the page in fierce, passionate, and evocative visual art and prose. Legendary hip-hop artist and social activist Chuck D has used every opportunity in his groundbreaking career to stand up for civil rights. His rap group Public Enemy is widely regarded as a revolutionary act both in terms of its impact on hip-hop and its use of music to impart a message of race and class equality. The band emerged from the late 1970s/early '80s coalescence of rap, punk, and street art into hip-hop music culture on the East Coast. At the time, Chuck D had completed his BFA in graphic design, and while his music career exploded, his passion for visual art never left his heart. In February 2020, he turned his gaze once again to the page, and began to fill three 5 x 8 journals with his written and drawn reflections of a world beginning to unravel. Spanning the onset of COVID-19 through the first year of the Joe "Bye-Don" administration, Chuck D lends his powerful artistic voice to one of the most tumultuous periods in American history, and puts it in a capsule. Like the neo-expressionist graffiti art of Jean-Michel Basquiat, Chuck D's energetic "Naphic Grovels" marry text with drawings, commenting on contemporary events with the same activist instinct that propelled Public Enemy's "music-with-a-message" reputation. His inventive, Amiri Baraka-esque language and accompanying art is also occasionally used as a tool for introspection, providing unparalleled insight into one of the most important cultural figures of our time. Each journal follows a distinct period in Chuck D's (and America's) life; There's a Poison Goin' On chronicles the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, from February-April 2020; 45 Days of Red October follow the days leading up to and the aftermath of the historic 2020 election; and Datamber Mindpaper, which focuses on the early days of the Biden administration. No song may be more reflective of 1980s America than Public Enemy's "Fight the Power;" no document may come to capture our COVID era like Chuck D's StewDio"--Provided by publisher.

Graphic non-fiction.

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