Of Comics and Men : a Cultural History of American Comic Books / Jean-Paul Gabilliet ; translated by Bart Beaty and Nick Nguyen.

"Originally published in France and long sought in English translation, Jean-Paul Gabilliet's Of Comics and Men: A Cultural History of American Comic Books documents the rise and development of the American comic book industry from the 1930s to the present. The book intertwines aesthetic i...

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Main Author: Gabilliet, Jean-Paul (Author)
Other Authors: Beaty, Bart (Translator), Nguyen, Nick (Translator)
Format: Book
Language:English
French
Published: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2010]
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Table of Contents:
  • Seventy years' worth of images: 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- )
  • Producers and consumers: Production ; The business of comic books ; The creators ; The readers
  • A difficult consecration: Calls for censorship ; Internal consecration ; External consecration ; Conclusion
  • Appendix: Self-regulating codes of the comic book industry.