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Of comics and men a cultural history of American comic books

Title
Of comics and men [electronic resource] : a cultural history of American comic books / Jean-Paul Gabilliet ; translated by Bart Beaty and Nick Nguyen.
Author
Gabilliet, Jean-Paul.
Publication
Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, c2010.

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  • Beaty, Bart.
  • Nguyen, Nick.
Description
1 online resource (xx, 390 p.) : ill.
Uniform Title
Des Comics et des hommes. English (Online)
Alternative Title
Des Comics et des hommes.
Subject
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
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.
LCCN
2009025381
OCLC
ssj0000481728
Author
Gabilliet, Jean-Paul.
Title
Of comics and men [electronic resource] : a cultural history of American comic books / Jean-Paul Gabilliet ; translated by Bart Beaty and Nick Nguyen.
Imprint
Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, c2010.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
Connect to:
Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
Added Author
Beaty, Bart.
Nguyen, Nick.
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