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Author Dauber, Jeremy, 1973- author.

Title American comics : a history / Jeremy Dauber.

Publication Info. New York : W. W. Norton & Company, [2022]
©2022

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 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  741.59 DAUBER    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  741.5973 DAUBER    Check Shelf
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Edition First edition.
Description xx, 570 pages ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 451-537) and index.
Summary "The sweeping story of cartoons, comic strips, and graphic novels and their century-long hold on the American imagination. Starting with the Civil War and cartoonist Thomas Nast, creator of the lasting images of Uncle Sam and Santa Claus, author Jeremy Dauber whizzes readers through comics' progress in the twentieth century and beyond: from the golden age of newspaper comic strips (Krazy Kat, Yellow Kid, Dick Tracy) to the midcentury superhero boom (Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman); from the moral panic of the Eisenhower era to the underground comix movement; from the grim and gritty Dark Knights and Watchmen to the graphic novel's brilliant rise (Art Spiegelman, Alison Bechdel, Joe Sacco). Dauber's story shows not only how comics have changed, but how American politics and history have changed them. Throughout, he describes the origins of beloved comics, champions neglected masterpieces, and argues that we can understand how America sees itself through whose stories comics tell"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents Birth of a Medium -- The Rise and Rise of the Comic Strip -- Comic Books Explode (in Every Sense) -- Who's Afraid of the Comic Book? -- From Censorship to Camp -- Comics with an X -- Convergences and Contracts -- New Worlds -- Between Spandex and Seattle -- New Worlds (Reprise and Variation) -- Endings, Beginnings.
Subject Comic books, strips, etc. -- United States -- History and criticism.
Graphic novels -- United States -- History and criticism.
Literature and society -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Comic books, strips, etc. (OCoLC)fst00869145
Graphic novels. (OCoLC)fst00946656
Literature and society. (OCoLC)fst01000096
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Genre/Form Graphic novels -- United States -- History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Literary criticism. (OCoLC)fst01986215
Literary criticism.
Other Form: ebook version : 9780393635614
ISBN 9780393635607 (hardcover)
0393635600 (hardcover)
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