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Author:

Gabilliet, Jean-Paul.

Title:

Of comics and men : a cultural history of American comic books / Jean-Paul Gabilliet ; translated by Bart Beaty and Nick Nguyen.

Publisher:

University Press of Mississippi,

Copyright Date:

c2010

Description:

xx, 390 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Comic books, strips, etc.--United States--History and criticism.
Comic books, strips, etc.--Social aspects--United States.

Other Authors:

Beaty, Bart.
Nguyen, Nick.

Other Titles:

Des Comics et des hommes. English

Notes:

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.

ISBN:

1604732679 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781604732672 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)276816625

LCCN:

2009025381

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

UXAX826 -- St. Ambrose University Library (Davenport)