The Museum Of UnCut Funk Collection

Afrodisiac

From the minds of Jim Rugg and Brian Maruca, the Afrodisiac phenomena got it’s start in 2005 as short stories and anthologies. Jim Rugg, co-creator

November 30, 2009 1 Comment

Torchy Brown

Torchy Brown first appeared in the Pittsburgh Courier in the 1937-38 comic strip Dixie to Harlem, drawn by the first Black Female Cartoonist, Jackie Ormes.

October 5, 2009 No Comments

Josie And The Pussycats Cartoon – Valerie Brown – Animated Trailblazing Sistah!

“Josie and the Pussycats! Long tails — and ears for hats! Guitars in sharps and flats! Neat, sweet, a groovy song! You’re invited, come

September 6, 2009 1 Comment

Sesame Street – Billy Jo Jive Cartoon

Billy Jo Jive, self-described super crimefighting ace, was a prepubescent Black detective in animated segments on Sesame Street in the late 1970s and early 80s.

August 23, 2009 1 Comment

Crazy Magazine

For a short time in the early 1970’s, Crazy magazine, a competitor of Mad and Cracked magazines was published by Marvel Comics. In 1973,

August 21, 2009 No Comments

Peanuts Cartoon – Happy Birthday Franklin Armstrong

Good grief! Franklin’s 47th!!!

August 2, 2009 1 Comment

I Am Curious

I am Curious (Black) is the first Superman’s Girlfriend story. Lois Lane is sent to get a story in Metropolis’s “Little Africa” but is unable

August 2, 2009 No Comments

Return Of The Super Pimps

Return Of The Super Pimps issues 1-6 are written by Richard A. Hamilton, drawn by Ulises Carpintero and Rich Bonilla, colored and lettered by

August 2, 2009 No Comments

Schoolhouse Rock! – Verb! That’s What’s Happenin’ Cartoon

I get my thing in action To be, to sing, to feel, to live That’s what’s happenin’

July 24, 2009 1 Comment

Spoof Comics Presents SoulTrek

Spoof Comics presents SoulTrek, a combination of Soul Train and Star Trek. Say What??? Okay, maybe not the best comic, but what a brilliant idea

June 17, 2009 No Comments

Racism In The Old West

Here are a few examples of Tokenism and Racism In Western Comics…

June 3, 2009 No Comments

Black Music And Comics

In celebration of June being Black Music Month, The Museum Of UnCut Funk is highlighting Black music and musicians featured in comic books.

June 3, 2009 2 Comments

Richard “Grass” Green

Richard “Grass” Green (May 7 1939 – August 5, 2002) was a cartoonist most notable being the first Black participant in both the 1960’s fan

June 3, 2009 No Comments

Superman Vs. Muhammad Ali

Superman’s Greatest Opponent: Muhammad Ali Superman has had a tumultuous superhero career since his debut in 1938. He has been forced to walk the Earth

June 1, 2009 4 Comments

Flagg Brothers Couture – Circa 1970’s

Individualism and self-expression was important for people during the 1970s, no matter how much or how little money a person made. The largest difference

May 30, 2009 69 Comments

Bertram Fitzgerald

Bertram A Fitzgerald is the publisher of the Golden Legacy Series of Black History Comic books. During the decade between 1966 and 1976 he

May 27, 2009 2 Comments

Board Game Funk

1971 The Harlem Globetrotters Board Game by Milton Bradley The Harlem Globetrotters board game is based on the world famous ballers who gradually worked

April 23, 2009 1 Comment

Fast Willie Jackson

Fast Willie Jackson was a funky comic book series that depicted 1970’s Black culture in a positive way. The cast of characters reminds you of

April 23, 2009 No Comments

The More Perfect Union Stamp Series

The Postal Service issued a souvenir sheet of 37-cent To Form a More Perfect Union stamps in ten designs, on August 30, 2005, in the

April 14, 2009 No Comments

The Kingdom Of The Zulu Medallion

The Zulus are one of the best known and most respected nations in Africa. The present ruling monarch, King Goodwill Zwelithini, is a direct descendent