Mary McLeod Bethune (1875-1955) dedicated her whole life to advocating for civil rights, especially the education of youth. You can find her work making headlines in Chronicling America newspapers, as well as her friendship with First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and other high profile people of the day. Even some comic books featured her biography.
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the British Library, the Serial and Government Publications Division displayed some related comic book content on Captain Britain, Miracleman, Neil Gaiman, Alan Moore, and Winston Churchill.
There are many clown villains, but are there clown heroes? Meet four comic book superheroes who clown around and fight crime with pranks, jokes, and laughter: the Jester, Funnyman, Slapstick, and the Jack-in-the-Box.
