{"product_id":"american-comics-by-jeremy-dauber-9780393635607","title":"American Comics","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eComics have conquered America. From our multiplexes, where Marvel and DC movies reign supreme, to our television screens, where comics-based shows like \u003cem\u003eThe Walking Dead\u003c\/em\u003e have become among the most popular in cable history, to convention halls, best-seller lists, Pulitzer Prize–winning titles, and MacArthur Fellowship recipients, comics shape American culture, in ways both high and low, superficial, and deeply profound.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eAmerican Comics\u003c\/em\u003e, Columbia professor Jeremy Dauber takes readers through their incredible but little-known history, starting with the Civil War and cartoonist Thomas Nast, creator of the lasting and iconic images of Uncle Sam and Santa Claus; the golden age of newspaper comic strips and the first great superhero boom; the moral panic of the Eisenhower era, the Marvel Comics revolution, and the underground comix movement of the 1960s and '70s; and finally into the twenty-first century, taking in the grim and gritty \u003cem\u003eDark Knights\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eWatchmen\u003c\/em\u003e alongside the brilliant rise of the graphic novel by acclaimed practitioners like Art Spiegelman and Alison Bechdel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDauber's story shows not only how comics have changed over the decades but how American politics and culture have changed them. Throughout, he describes the origins of beloved comics, champions neglected masterpieces, and argues that we can understand how America sees itself through whose stories comics tell. Striking and revelatory, \u003cem\u003eAmerican Comics\u003c\/em\u003e is a rich chronicle of the last 150 years of American history through the lens of its comic strips, political cartoons, superheroes, graphic novels, and more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFeaturing:\u003c\/p\u003e \n\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eAmerican Splendor\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eArchie\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eThe Avengers\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eKyle Baker\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eBatman\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eC. C. Beck\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eBlack Panther\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eCaptain America\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eRoz Chast\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eWalt Disney\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eWill Eisner\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eNeil Gaiman\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eBill Gaines\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eBill Griffith\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eHarley Quinn\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eJack Kirby\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eDenis Kitchen\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eKrazy Kat\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eHarvey Kurtzman\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eStan Lee\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eLittle Orphan Annie\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eMaus\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eFrank Miller\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eAlan Moore\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eMutt and Jeff\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eGary Panter\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003ePeanuts\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eDav Pilkey\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eGail Simone\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eSpider-Man\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eSuperman\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eDick Tracy\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eWonder Wart-Hog\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eWonder Woman\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eThe Yellow Kid\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eZap Comix\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e... and many more of your favourites!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47000528093420,"sku":"9780393635607","price":66.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/3436953482328.jpg?v=1763281681","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/american-comics-by-jeremy-dauber-9780393635607","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}