Comics have conquered America. From our multiplexes, where Marvel and DC movies reign supreme, to our television screens, where comics-based shows likeĀ The Walking DeadĀ have become among the most popular in cable history, to convention halls, best-seller lists, Pulitzer Prizeāwinning titles, and MacArthur Fellowship recipients,Ā comics shape American culture, in ways high and low,Ā superficial,Ā and deeply profound.
InĀ American Comics, Columbia professor Jeremy Dauber takes readers through theirĀ incredible but little-knownĀ history, starting with the Civil War and cartoonist Thomas Nast, creator of the lasting and iconic images of Uncle Sam and Santa Claus; the golden age of newspaper comic stripsĀ and the first great superhero boom; the moral panic of the Eisenhower era, the Marvel Comics revolution, and the underground comix movement of the 1960s and ā70s; andĀ finally into the twenty-first century, taking in the grim and gritty Dark Knights andĀ Watchmen alongside the brilliant rise of the graphic novel byĀ acclaimedĀ practitioners like Art Spiegelman and Alison Bechdel.
Dauberās story shows not only how comics have changed over the decades but how American politics and culture have changed them. Throughout, he describes the origins of beloved comics, champions neglected masterpieces, and argues that we can understand how America sees itself throughĀ whoseĀ stories comics tell. Striking and revelatory, American Comics is a rich chronicle of the last 150 years of American history through the lens of its comic strips, political cartoons, superheroes, graphic novels, and more.
FEATURINGā¦
ā¢ American SplendorĀ ā¢ ArchieĀ ā¢ The AvengersĀ ā¢ Kyle BakerĀ ā¢ BatmanĀ ā¢ C. C. BeckĀ ā¢ Black PantherĀ ā¢ Captain AmericaĀ ā¢ RozĀ ChastĀ ā¢ Walt DisneyĀ ā¢ Will EisnerĀ ā¢ NeilĀ GaimanĀ ā¢ BillĀ GainesĀ ā¢ Bill GriffithĀ ā¢ Harley QuinnĀ ā¢ Jack KirbyĀ Ā ā¢ Denis KitchenĀ ā¢ KrazyĀ KatĀ ā¢ Harvey KurtzmanĀ ā¢ Stan LeeĀ ā¢ Little Orphan AnnieĀ ā¢ MausĀ ā¢ Frank MillerĀ ā¢ Alan MooreĀ ā¢ Mutt and JeffĀ ā¢ GaryĀ PanterĀ ā¢ PeanutsĀ ā¢ DavĀ PilkeyĀ ā¢ Gail SimoneĀ ā¢ Spider-ManĀ ā¢ SupermanĀ ā¢ Dick TracyĀ ā¢ WonderĀ Wart-HogĀ ā¢ Wonder WomanĀ ā¢ The Yellow KidĀ ā¢ Zap Comix
ā¦ ANDĀ MANY MORE OFĀ YOURĀ FAVORITES!Ā
This book title, American Comics (A History), ISBN: 9780393635607, by Jeremy Dauber, published by W. W. Norton & Company (November 2, 2021) is available in hardcover. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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