03011cam a2200541 i 4500 656169610 TxGeo 20230214120000.0 221115t20232021||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2022932927 9781419757747 hbk. 1419757741 hbk. (OCoLC)1351680225 TxGeo rda eng fre Colomba, Elizabeth, artist. Queenie English. Queenie : godmother of Harlem / Elizabeth Colomba ; Aurélie Levy. English-language edition. ©2021. New York, NY : Abrams ComicArts Megascope, 2023. 155 pages : chiefly illustrations, map ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier sti rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "Originally published in French in 2021 by Anne Carrière, under the title Queenie, la marraine de Harlem"--Title page verso. Map on endpapers. "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. 20230322. In English; translated from the French. St. Clair, Stephanie 1897-1969. African American criminals Fiction. African American women Fiction. Female gang members Fiction. Organized crime Fiction. Nineteen twenties Fiction. Gang members Fiction. Harlem (New York, N.Y) History 20th century Fiction. Graphic novels. Historical comics. Biographical comics. Comic books, strips, etc. Levy, Aurelie, author. QS5