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Author: Mark Evanier Publisher: Two Morrows Publishing ISBN: 9781893905269 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 200
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From comic book writer-historian Mark Evanier comes another collection of his acclaimed POV (Point of View) columns (as well as several never-before-published) on the subjects of comic book history, comic book creation and comic book appreciation! Included in this volume are his definitive history of the Fox and Crow comic book, tributes to artists Bob Kane and Gil Kane, Mark's diatribe on comic book numbering, and many more, capped off by an essay on comics' greatest villain, Dr. Fredric Wertham! This collection is profusely illustrated by award-winning Mad cartoonist (and Mark's collaborator of 20 years on Groo The Wanderer), Sergio Aragones, including a new cover!
Author: Mark Evanier Publisher: Two Morrows Publishing ISBN: 9781893905269 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 200
Book Description
From comic book writer-historian Mark Evanier comes another collection of his acclaimed POV (Point of View) columns (as well as several never-before-published) on the subjects of comic book history, comic book creation and comic book appreciation! Included in this volume are his definitive history of the Fox and Crow comic book, tributes to artists Bob Kane and Gil Kane, Mark's diatribe on comic book numbering, and many more, capped off by an essay on comics' greatest villain, Dr. Fredric Wertham! This collection is profusely illustrated by award-winning Mad cartoonist (and Mark's collaborator of 20 years on Groo The Wanderer), Sergio Aragones, including a new cover!
Author: Amy Kiste Nyberg Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi ISBN: 9780878059751 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 208
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The content of comic books has been governed by an industry self-regulatory code adopted by publishers in 1954 in response to public and governmental pressure. This book, the first full-length study of this period of comic book history, examines the reasons that comic books were the subject of heated controversy. In tracing the evolution of the controversy and the resulting code, Seal of Approval shows that the comic book has yet to achieve legitimation as a unique form of expression appreciated by readers of all ages.
Author: Fredric Wertham Publisher: Main Road Books ISBN: 9781596830004 Category : Comic books and children Languages : en Pages : 0
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Dr. Wertham was senior psychiatrist for the Department of Hospitals in New York City. This book, thoroughly documented by facts and cases, gives the substance of Dr. Wertham's expert opinion on the effects that comic books have on the minds and behavior of children who come in contact with them. Reprint of the 1954 edition with a new comprehensive Introduction by James E. Reibman, Ph.D.
Author: David Hajdu Publisher: Macmillan ISBN: 9780312428235 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 462
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In the years between the end of World War II and the mid-1950s, the popular culture of today was invented in the pulpy, boldly illustrated pages of comic books. But no sooner had comics emerged than they were beaten down by mass bonfires, congressional hearings, and a McCarthyish panic over their unmonitored and uncensored content. Esteemed critic David Hajdu vividly evokes the rise, fall, and rise again of comics in this engrossing history. "Marvelous . . . a staggeringly well-reported account of the men and women who created the comic book, and the backlash of the 1950s that nearly destroyed it....Hajdu’s important book dramatizes an early, long-forgotten skirmish in the culture wars that, half a century later, continues to roil."--Jennifer Reese,Entertainment Weekly(Grade: A-) "Incisive and entertaining . . . This book tells an amazing story, with thrills and chills more extreme than the workings of a comic book’s imagination."--Janet Maslin,The New York Times "A well-written, detailed book . . . Hajdu’s research is impressive."--Bob Minzesheimer,USA Today "Crammed with interviews and original research, Hajdu’s book is a sprawling cultural history of comic books."--Matthew Price,Newsday "To those who think rock 'n' roll created the postwar generation gap, David Hajdu says: Think again. Every page ofThe Ten-Cent Plagueevinces [Hajdu’s] zest for the 'aesthetic lawlessness' of comic books and his sympathetic respect for the people who made them. Comic books have grown up, but Hajdu’s affectionate portrait of their rowdy adolescence will make readers hope they never lose their impudent edge."--Wendy Smith, Chicago Tribune "A vivid and engaging book."--Louis Menand,The New Yorker "David Hajdu, who perfectly detailed the Dylan-era Greenwhich Village scene in Positively 4th Street, does the same for the birth and near death (McCarthyism!) of comic books inThe Ten-Cent Plague." --GQ "Sharp . . . lively . . . entertaining and erudite . . . David Hajdu offers captivating insights into America’s early bluestocking-versus-blue-collar culture wars, and the later tensions between wary parents and the first generation of kids with buying power to mold mass entertainment."--R. C. Baker,The Village Voice "Hajdu doggedly documents a long national saga of comic creators testing the limits of content while facing down an ever-changing bonfire brigade. That brigade was made up, at varying times, of politicians, lawmen, preachers, medical minds, and academics. Sometimes, their regulatory bids recalled the Hays Code; at others, it was a bottled-up version of McCarthyism. Most of all, the hysteria over comics foreshadowed the looming rock 'n' roll era."--Geoff Boucher, Los Angeles Times "A compelling story of the pride, prejudice, and paranoia that marred the reception of mass entertainment in the first half of the century."--Michael Saler,The Times Literary Supplement(London) David Hajdu is the author ofLush Life: A Biography of Billy StrayhornandPositively 4th Street: The Lives and Times of Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Mimi Baez Fariña and Richard Fariña.
Author: Fredric Wertham Publisher: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press ISBN: Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 168
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There are well over 200 fanzines in current distribution, originating in almost every state in the U.S. as well as in Canada, England, Germany, Ireland, Spain, and Sweden. This is the first book about them. Few persons outside the science fiction field (where, historically, fanzine publication appears to have begun) know the meaning of the portmanteau word, fanzine (amateur fan plus magazine). Fanzines are published, written, and illustrated by young persons, usually well under 30, and bear such names as ANDROmeda, BeABohema, Comickazi, Granfalloon, and Varolika. The history of the genre is brief, dating from the 1930s, but many of the publishers and contributors have achieved considerable distinction as writers, including Poul Anderson, Ray Bradbury, and Richard Lupoff. Coming to this serious study of an unusual subject with his considerable expertise in the field of violence, Dr. Wertham has been struck, first, by the nonviolent, creative aspects of the genre and, second, by the amateur status of fanzines. His conclusion, which will surprise many readers, is that herein may lie a message for our unheroic age.
Author: Bart Beaty Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi ISBN: 1604730714 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 252
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This book is a re-examination of the critic whose Congressional testimony sparked the Comics Code. Bart Beaty traces the evolution of Wertham's attitudes toward popular culture and reassesses his place in the debate about pop culture's effects on youth and society. When The Seduction of the Innocent was published in 1954, Wertham (1895-1981) became instantly known as an authority on child psychology. Although he had published several books before Seduction, its sharp criticism of popular culture in general--and comic books in particular--made it a touchstone for debate about issues of censorship, child protection, and freedom of speech. This book reinterprets his intellectual legacy and challenges notions about his alleged cultural conservatism. Drawing upon Wertham's published works as well as his unpublished private papers, correspondence, and notes, Beaty reveals a man whose opinions, life, and career offer more subtlety of thought than previously assumed. In particular, the book examines Wertham's change of heart in the 1970s, when he began to claim that comics could be a positive influence in American society.
Author: Mark Evanier
Author: Mark Evanier
Author: Amy Kiste Nyberg
Author: Fredric Wertham
Author: David Hajdu
Author: Fredric Wertham
Author: Robert Corn-Revere
Author: Fredric Wertham
Author: Fredric Wertham
Author: Mark Evanier
Author: Bart Beaty