Bibliograph

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

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Label

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

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.governmentPublication

government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Of comics and men

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

276816625

Responsibility statement

Jean-Paul Gabilliet ; translated by Bart Beaty and Nick Nguyen

Sub title

a cultural history of American comic books

Table Of 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 -- Self-regulating codes of the comic book industry

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