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Funnybooks

by Michael Barrier
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Funnybooks is the story of the most popular American comic books of the 1940s and 1950s, those published under the Dell label. For a time, "Dell Comics Are Good Comics" was more than a slogan—it was a simple statement of fact. Many of the stories written and drawn by people like Carl Barks (Donald Duck, Uncle Scrooge), John Stanley (Little Lulu), and Walt Kelly (Pogo) repay reading and rereading by educated adults even today, decades after they were published as disposable entertainment for children. Such triumphs were improbable, to say the least, because midcentury comics were so widely dismissed as trash by angry parents, indignant librarians, and even many of the people who published them. It was all but miraculous that a few great cartoonists were able to look past that nearly universal scorn and grasp the artistic potential of their medium. With clarity and enthusiasm, Barrier explains what made the best stories in the Dell comic books so special. He deftly turns a complex and detailed history into an expressive narrative sure to appeal to an audience beyond scholars and historians.
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Publisher: University of California Press

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  • Release date: November 27, 2014

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  • ISBN: 9780520960022
  • Release date: November 27, 2014

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  • ISBN: 9780520960022
  • File size: 22460 KB
  • Release date: November 27, 2014

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  • ISBN: 9780520960022
  • File size: 18755 KB
  • Release date: November 27, 2014

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Comic and Graphic Books Fiction

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Funnybooks is the story of the most popular American comic books of the 1940s and 1950s, those published under the Dell label. For a time, "Dell Comics Are Good Comics" was more than a slogan—it was a simple statement of fact. Many of the stories written and drawn by people like Carl Barks (Donald Duck, Uncle Scrooge), John Stanley (Little Lulu), and Walt Kelly (Pogo) repay reading and rereading by educated adults even today, decades after they were published as disposable entertainment for children. Such triumphs were improbable, to say the least, because midcentury comics were so widely dismissed as trash by angry parents, indignant librarians, and even many of the people who published them. It was all but miraculous that a few great cartoonists were able to look past that nearly universal scorn and grasp the artistic potential of their medium. With clarity and enthusiasm, Barrier explains what made the best stories in the Dell comic books so special. He deftly turns a complex and detailed history into an expressive narrative sure to appeal to an audience beyond scholars and historians.
Expand title description text
Comic and Graphic Books Fiction
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    Publisher:
    University of California Press

    Kindle Book
    Release date: November 27, 2014

    OverDrive Read
    ISBN: 9780520960022
    Release date: November 27, 2014

    EPUB ebook
    ISBN: 9780520960022
    File size: 22460 KB
    Release date: November 27, 2014

    PDF ebook
    ISBN: 9780520960022
    File size: 18755 KB
    Release date: November 27, 2014

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  • Formats
    Kindle Book
    OverDrive Read
    EPUB ebook
    PDF ebook
  • Languages
    English