| Description |
xx, 390 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
From comics to comic books (1842-1936) -- The beginnings of an industry: comics magazines (1936-1940) -- Comic books at war (1940-1945) -- Ever more: the apogee and the fall (1945-1954) -- Decline and rebirth (1955-1962) -- The age of innovation (1963-1969) -- Research and development by trial and error (1969-1979) -- The recovery of the 1980s (1980-1993) -- The end of a century and the beginning of a new century (1993- ) -- Production -- The business of comic books -- The creators -- The readers -- Calls for censorship -- Internal consecration -- External consecration -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Self-regulating codes of the comic book industry. |
| Subject |
Comic books, strips, etc. -- United States -- History and criticism.
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| Added Author |
Beaty, Bart.
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Nguyen, Nick.
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| ISBN |
9781604732672 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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1604732679 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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