OH FRANK MILLER NO.

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You might have missed this in the main Spirit comic listing, as well:

Ebony White in perspective




Eisner is sometimes criticized for his depiction of Ebony White, the Spirit's African American sidekick. He later admitted to consciously stereotyping
the character, but said he tried to do so with "responsibility", and argued that "at the time humor consisted in our society of bad English
and physical difference in identity." The character developed beyond the stereotype as the series progressed, and Eisner also introduced black
characters (such as the plain-speaking Detective Grey) who defied popular stereotypes.




In a 1966, New York Herald Tribune feature by his former office manager-turned-journalist, Marilyn Mercer wrote, "Ebony never drew criticism from Negro
groups (in fact, Eisner was commended by some for using him), perhaps because, although his speech pattern was early Minstrel Show, he himself derived from
another literary tradition: he was a combination of Tom Sawyer and Penrod, with a touch of Horatio Alger hero, and color didn't really come into
it."

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