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by Shirrel Rhoades
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ISBN Number:
9781433101076
Author: Rhoades, Shirrel
Publisher: Peter Lang Pub Inc
Contributor:
Geppi, Steve (AFT)
Copyright: 2008
Publication Date: 2008-01-01
Cover Type: Paperback
Written in: English


This book is an updated history of the American comic book by an industry insider. You'll follow the development of comics from the first appearance of the comic book format in the Platinum Age of the 1930s to the creation of the superhero genre in the Golden Age, to the current period, where comics flourish as graphic novels and blockbuster movies. Along the way you will meet the hustlers, hucksters, hacks, and visionaries who made the American comic book what it is today. It's an exciting journey, filled with mutants, changelings, atomized scientists, gamma-ray accidents, and supernaturally empowered heroes and villains who challenge the imagination and spark the secret identities lurking within us.

Book News Annotation:

Rhoades (former publisher of Marvel Comics) divides the history of mainstream comic books into ten "ages," including the Golden, which saw the introduction of Superman around 1938, and the most recent Postmodern Age in which we see an explosion in the graphic novel genre and comics of diverse sources and often ironic themes. Accompanying the chronological overview are some b&w illustrations, profiles of well- and lesser-known comics industry figures, a glossary of terms, and a comic book quiz. In the afterword, Steve Geppi breifly considers the emerging role of comics in education. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)




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