Texas History Movies Explained

Texas History Movies was a "popular racist comic strip that ran in The Dallas Morning News in the late 1920s".^{[1] [2]} The strip had text by John Rosenfield, Jr., and pictures by Jack Patton.^[3]

Book collections of the strip were published starting in 1928.^[4] For decades, paperback collections of the strip were underwritten by oil companies (first Magnolia Petroleum Company and then Mobil Oil) and distributed for free to Texas schoolchildren.A completely new version by "counter-cultural artist, author, and self-made historian" Jack Jackson (Jaxon), entitled New Texas History Movies, was published by the Texas State Historical Association in 2007 and won the 2008 Best Western Graphic Novel award from True West Magazine.^{[5] [6]} It was Jackson's last work before his death in June 2006.^[7]

Notes and References

1. News: Knowlton . Christopher . Two Books on the Bizarreness of Texas . 3 January 2022 . The New York Times . 8 June 2021.
2. News: For decades, a comic book showing Texas history in the most racist ways was given to Texas students . 3 January 2022 . Dallas News . 17 December 2021 . en.
3. Book: Rosenfeld, John, Jr. . 1928 . Texas History "Movies" . Dallas, Texas . The Southland Press . 1.
4. Web site: Texas History Movies . Handbook of Texas . Texas State Historical Association . 3 January 2022.
5. News: Boardman . Mark . Back to the Future . 3 January 2022 . True West Magazine . November–December 2007.
6. News: Rutherford . Ryan . Book Review: Readings . 3 January 2022 . www.austinchronicle.com . 4 May 2007.
7. Web site: Texas History Movies . www.toonopedia.com . Don Markstein's Toonopedia . 3 January 2022.