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Author : Bradford W. Wright
Release : 2003-10-17
Genre : Art
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 505/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Comic Book Nation by : Bradford W. Wright
Download or read book Comic Book Nation written by Bradford W. Wright. This book was released on 2003-10-17. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of comic books from the 1930s to 9/11.
Author : Anne Rubenstein
Release : 1998
Genre : Comics & Graphic Novels
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Book Rating : 415/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Bad Language, Naked Ladies, and Other Threats to the Nation by : Anne Rubenstein
Download or read book Bad Language, Naked Ladies, and Other Threats to the Nation written by Anne Rubenstein. This book was released on 1998. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of Mexican comic books, their readers, their producers, their critics, and their complex relations with the government and the Church that discusses cultural nationalism, popular taste, and social change.
Author : Paul S. Hirsch
Release : 2024-06-05
Genre : Comics & Graphic Novels
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Book Rating : 464/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Pulp Empire by : Paul S. Hirsch
Download or read book Pulp Empire written by Paul S. Hirsch. This book was released on 2024-06-05. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Popular Culture Association's Ray and Pat Browne Award for Best Book in Popular or American Culture In the 1940s and ’50s, comic books were some of the most popular—and most unfiltered—entertainment in the United States. Publishers sold hundreds of millions of copies a year of violent, racist, and luridly sexual comics to Americans of all ages until a 1954 Senate investigation led to a censorship code that nearly destroyed the industry. But this was far from the first time the US government actively involved itself with comics—it was simply the most dramatic manifestation of a long, strange relationship between high-level policy makers and a medium that even artists and writers often dismissed as a creative sewer. In Pulp Empire, Paul S. Hirsch uncovers the gripping untold story of how the US government both attacked and appropriated comic books to help wage World War II and the Cold War, promote official—and clandestine—foreign policy and deflect global critiques of American racism. As Hirsch details, during World War II—and the concurrent golden age of comic books—government agencies worked directly with comic book publishers to stoke hatred for the Axis powers while simultaneously attempting to dispel racial tensions at home. Later, as the Cold War defense industry ballooned—and as comic book sales reached historic heights—the government again turned to the medium, this time trying to win hearts and minds in the decolonizing world through cartoon propaganda. Hirsch’s groundbreaking research weaves together a wealth of previously classified material, including secret wartime records, official legislative documents, and caches of personal papers. His book explores the uneasy contradiction of how comics were both vital expressions of American freedom and unsettling glimpses into the national id—scourged and repressed on the one hand and deployed as official propaganda on the other. Pulp Empire is a riveting illumination of underexplored chapters in the histories of comic books, foreign policy, and race.
Author : Joe Strike
Release : 2017-10-03
Genre : Family & Relationships
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 338/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Furry Nation by : Joe Strike
Download or read book Furry Nation written by Joe Strike. This book was released on 2017-10-03. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2017 Ursa Major Award for Best Non-Fiction Work! Furry fandom is a recent phenomenon, but anthropomorphism is an instinct hard-wired into the human mind: the desire to see animals on a more equal footing with people. It’s existed since the beginning of time in prehistoric cave paintings, ancient gods and tribal rituals. It lives on today—not just in the sports mascots and cartoon characters we see everywhere, but in stage plays, art galleries, serious literature, performance art—and among furry fans who bring their make-believe characters to life digitally, on paper, or in the carefully crafted fursuits they wear to become the animals of their imagination. In Furry Nation, author Joe Strike shares the very human story of the people who created furry fandom, the many forms it takes—from the joyfully public to the deeply personal— and how Furry transformed his own life.
Author : Craig Engler
Release : 2017-10-18
Genre : Comics & Graphic Novels
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Book Rating : /5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Z Nation #6 by : Craig Engler
Download or read book Z Nation #6 written by Craig Engler. This book was released on 2017-10-18. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In issue #6 of Z Nation: Sea of Death, Specialist Israel Johnson and Private Edie Cutler have to flee the zombie filled, capsized cruise ship Empress of the Seas, leading the few surviving passengers to the dubious safety of an offshore oil rig. They’re pursued by the ship’s maniacal Captain and Crew, who are intent on killing the would-be heroes. And the zombie whale that capsized the ship is still waiting in the water to devour whoever wins the final fight to the death. Sea of Death is a prequel set in the world of Syfy's hit zombie series Z Nation, produced by The Asylum. Featuring Z Nation's signature blend of horror, humor and heart, Sea of Death is a six-issue miniseries from acclaimed writer Fred Van Lente (add appropriate credits) and Craig Engler, based on the long running series Z Nation created by Karl Schaefer and Craig Engler.
