Queenie : godmother of Harlem / Elizabeth Colomba, Aurélie Levy.
Material type:
TextLanguage: English Original language: French Publisher: New York : Abrams ComicArts Megascope, 2023Copyright date: ©2021Edition: English-language editionDescription: 155 pages : chiefly illustrations, map ; 22 cmContent type: - text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781419757747
- 1419757741
- Queenie. English
- St. Clair, Stephanie, 1897-1969 -- Comic books, strips, etc
- African American criminals -- Comic books, strips, etc
- African American women -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Female gang members -- New York (State) -- New York -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Organized crime -- New York (State) -- New York -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Nineteen twenties -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- History -- 20th century -- Comic books, strips, etc
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
An NAACPImage Award Nominee, Queenie: Godmother of Harlem is a historical graphic novel inspired by the life of legendary mobster Stephanie Saint-Clair , the infamous criminal who made herself a legend in the 1930s.
"It's original, entertaining, riveting, moving. A beautiful piece of art, a must-read!" --Whoopi Goldberg
Born on a plantation in the French colony of Martinique, Stephanie Saint-Clair left the island in 1912 and headed for the United States, eager to make a new life for herself. In New York she found success, rising up through poverty and battling extreme racism to become the ruthless queen of Harlem's mafia and a fierce defender of the Black community.
A racketeer and a bootlegger, Saint-Clair dedicated her wealth and compassion to the struggling masses of Harlem, giving loans and paying debts to those around her. But with Prohibition ending, and under threat by Italian mobsters seeking to take control of her operation, she launched a merciless war to save her territory and her skin. In an America still swollen by depression and segregation, Saint-Clair understood that her image was a tool she could use to establish her power and wield as a weapon against her opponents.
Authors Elizabeth Colomba and Aurelie Levy's meticulous details--in both story and art--bring Saint-Clair's story to life in a tense narrative, against a sometimes bloody backdrop of jazz and voodoo. The story tackles the themes of colonization, corruption, police violence, and racial identity, but above all, Queenie celebrates the genius of a woman forgotten by history.
In English; translated from the French.
"Originally published in French in 2021 by Anne Carrière, under the title Queenie, la marraine de Harlem."--Title page verso.
Map on lining papers.
"Queenie follows the life of Stephanie Saint-Clair-the infamous criminal who made herself a legend in Harlem in the 1930s. Born on a plantation in the French colony of Martinique, Saint-Clair left the island in 1912 and found success in New York, rising up through poverty and battling extreme racism to become the ruthless queen of Harlem's mafia and a fierce defender of the Black community. A racketeer and a bootlegger, Saint-Clair dedicated her wealth and compassion to the struggling masses of Harlem, giving loans and paying debts to those around her. But with Prohibition ending, and under threat by Italian mobsters seeking to take control of her operation, she launched a merciless war to save her territory and her skin. Author Aurelie Levy and co-writer and illustrator Elizabeth Colomba's meticulous details-in both story and art-bring Saint-Clair's story to life in a tense narrative, against a sometimes bloody backdrop of jazz and voodoo. The story tackles the themes of colonization, corruption, police violence, and racial identity, but above all, Queenie celebrates the genius of a woman forgotten by history"-- Provided by publisher.