The Classic Era of American Comics - Hardcover

Wright, Nicky

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 185375336X ISBN 13: 9781853753367

Publisher: Prion Books Ltd, 2000

Synopsis

In terms of both words and images the world had never seen the like of the American comicbook. They were bizarre, morbid, lurid, risque and bursting with subconcious desires of burgeoning youth culture. By the time 1954 arrived their were 500 different comics beingpublished by 35 different companies, selling over 60 million copies a month between them. This is the history of the era and the art it produced. The book looks at the pioneers of the comicbook and the comic's founding links with sleazy pulp magazines; the campaign for censorship; the fraught relationship between the comicbook artists and their publishers; how what they did was rarely recognised as art at the time - and of course the comics themselves.

About this title

About the Author:

Nicky Wright was a comics collector and writer/photographer who spent years travelling through America meeting artists and publishers, listening to their stories and photographing collections. He lived for most of the last fifteen years of his life in Michigan, but died in 2000 in England, home of his birth.

About this edition

• Publisher: Prion Books Ltd
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 185375336X
• ISBN 13: 9781853753367
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 256