Paul Buhle introduced James's work to the New Left via Radical America in the later 1960s. Milton Knight's work has appeared in outlets such as Heavy Metal, High Times, and National Lampoon. Lawrence Ware writes and comments widely on race, sports, and culture in many publications, including New Black Man (In Exile), Counterpunch, Democratic Left, Huffington Post Live, and NPR.
"Though Knight's idiosyncratic 'Americanised' style is something of
an acquired taste, and one can imagine many cricket purists in
particular raising the odd eyebrow over depictions of cricket
matches which resemble baseball games, nonetheless one is left
wanting more. Given the success of Kate Evans's superb Red Rosa,
about the life of Rosa Luxemburg, it is to be hoped that Knight
might one day be inspired enough to return to his portrayal of
James's revolutionary life, and give us 'Red C.L.R.'" --CHRISTIAN
H�GSBJERG, Race & Class Journal
"The Young C.L.R. James: A Graphic Novelette (PM Press) gives a new
generation of readers a glimpse into the early years of the
twentieth-century Pan-Africanist revolutionary writer C.L.R. James
(1901-1989). Illustrated by Milton Knight and edited by Lawrence
Ware and Paul Buhle, this small book recalls the early life of the
Trinidadian activist, best known for his 1938 book Black Jacobins,
a history of the Haitian revolution led by Toussaint L'Ouverture.
Paul Buhle, himself a radical historian, is author of the classic
1988 biography of James, C.L.R. James: The Artist as Revolutionary
(reissued last year in an expanded version with an afterword by
Ware). Buhle has in recent years worked with other writers and
artists to create a series of graphic or "comix" biographies of
radical figures, including Rosa Luxemburg, Eugene Debs, Emma
Goldman, Johnny Appleseed, Robin Hood, and even Jesus Christ
(Radical Jesus: A Graphic History of Faith). The Young C.L.R. James
is a worthy addition to this oeuvre. 'How could it be that James,
the son of an obscure schoolteacher and a novel-reading mother, a
rebellious and unwilling scholar, could grow into this stature?'
Buhle and Ware ask in their introduction. 'There are many answers.
But these comic pages provide clues nowhere else grasped.'" --The
Progressive
"The Young C.L.R. James is a worthy addition to this oeuvre. 'How
could it be that James, the son of an obscure schoolteacher and a
novel-reading mother, a rebellious and unwilling scholar, could
grow into this stature?' Buhle and Ware ask in their introduction.
There are many answers. But these comic pages provide clues nowhere
else grasped.'" --Ed Rampell, The Progressive
"THERE'S LITERALLY NO reason for any socialist to not pick up this
illustrated novelette, even if you've already read all of C.L.R.
James' writings and have read the biographies and studies of his
works written by Paul Buhle (the novelette's co-editor), James D.
Young, Kent Worcester, Frank Rosengarten and others. This pamphlet
is a delight, a charming caricature drawn in a whimsical style by
Milton Knight, an artist who's worked on everything from Teenage
Mutant Ninja Turtles comics to World War 3 Illustrated." --Jason
Schulman, https: //solidarity-us.org
"Illustrated by Milton Knight and edited by political graphic
novelist extraordinaire Paul Buhle and Lawrence Ware, the book
traces the early years of a man born in 1901 whose most famous book
was the 1938, The Black Jacobins, the first history of the Haitian
revolt." --Randy Shaw, www.beyondchron.org/
"A vividly realized graphic biography that provides a delightful
introduction to the early life and times of CLR James. Highly
recommended." --Kent Worcester, author, C.L.R. James, a Political
Biography
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