From their humble beginnings as reprints of comic strips, comic books have matured into works of art, literature and cultural significance in their own right. Comic strips in the s and early 20th century served to entertain and attract readers to the newspapers in which they appeared.
The early s are still dominated by newspaper comic strips. Max C. The issue sells out, demonstrating a new market for the new format. Together, Superman and Batman will define the light and dark shades of the American superhero for decades to come.
Moulton was actually psychologist Dr. Superheroes are not the sole territory of comic books in the s. Crime, Horror, Western, and Romance comics are also very popular.
William M. Gaines inherits EC Comics from his father in Due to growing concerns over their impact on children and threats of official censorship, the industry establishes the Comics Code Authority, with rules that will not let the EC titles survive.
However, Gaines creates a humor title in that does survive and is still published today, Mad Magazine, a major influence on the next generation of cartoonists. In psychiatrist Dr. In the wake of the Senate hearings and the establishment of the Comics Code Authority, titles without a seal of approval are almost impossible to sell. In the late s and early s the Silver Age of superhero comics begins as DC revives Golden Age heroes such as the Flash and Green Lantern, and teams them up with still-popular heroes like Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman to form a new superhero team: The Justice League of America becomes one of the best-selling titles in the comics industry, while the new super-teen team The Legion of Super-Heroes becomes a fan favorite.
In Marvel releases its own team title and the first of the Marvel Age comics is born. In Bob Overstreet publishes his first Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide , the first serious attempt to establish the value of comics as collectables.
The publication of the guide makes comic book collecting an accessible hobby to new fans and encourages market speculation possible outside of the comics community. From the beginning Doonesbury is known for its timely social and political commentary, which frequently leads to complaints, protests, and papers either not printing certain strips or dropping it altogether as famously happens when character Mark Slackmeyer condemns Watergate conspirator and Attorney General John N.
In Dave Sim begins his eventually issue, page, year-long black and white comic Cerebus. The s also see the redefinition of comics as graphic novels, perhaps most notably in when Will Eisner, best known for his seminal character The Spirit , publishes A Contract With God , a collection of four inter-related stories set in a Bronx tenement during the Great Depression, as a single volume.
The emotional depth of the characters and realistic storytelling earn Contract acclaim and stretch the boundaries of what comics can achieve as literature and art. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles undertake the journey of cross-media merchandising. They begin humbly with an unusually popular independent comic book, morphing into action figures and an animated television series before finally exploding into a feature film. Additionally the influential Love and Rockets , created by Los Bros Hernandez brothers Jaime and Gilbert , launches and will pave the way for many more independent comic books and graphic novel compilations.
The s are the years when President Ronald Reagan declares a war on drugs campaign and establishes Reaganomics, and see the end of the cold war. Following on the heels of countryman Alan Moore, British writer Neil Gaiman begins the dense and mystical Sandman series, whose literary merits lure traditionally non-comics readers. The two-part memoir will go on to win a Pulitzer Prize in and become the most widely taught comic in American universities.
Some of the hottest Marvel artists of the period break away to found Image Comics and establish major competition for industry stalwarts Marvel and DC. Their meteoric rise ends by the mids, after frequent missed deadlines and generic stories impact retailers. Along with the trend towards superficial gimmicks, such problems lead to fan backlash and sales drop later in the decade.
New media, including the burgeoning Internet and video games, provide competition for comic books, but popular film director Kevin Smith crosses over to bring renewed life to Daredevil.
Films derived from comic books will also increasingly dominate the box office, returning some audiences to the originals, increasingly available in reprint editions. Manga Japanese comics translated for the U.
Also in , Marvel withdraws from the Comics Code Authority [see s] in favor of its own code. Over the next several years most other publishers quietly render the Code a remnant of an earlier era, when children were the primary readers of comics.
Comics and other media titles and creators cross over with increasing frequency: Television sensation Buffy the Vampire Slayer , which ceased production in , continues in comic book format with an official eighth season. Hours are 10 a. Monday through Thursday and 10 a.
It is closed Saturday and Sunday. Meet comic book artists during a public reception from to p. More at www. Correction: The story has been modified to correct the name of a comic book that included President Richard Nixon and add a female character who brought diversity to the superheroes in the s. Talk to us.
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The survival of the classical superhero and the emergence of a new type display the survival of the U. The articles introduce new authors, creators, comic book and graphic novel titles with plenty of details; they manage to sustain the importance of the topics of the titles they have chosen in addition to the importance of the comic book and graphic novel medium.
The writers of the anthologylive up to their promise by offering indications of how comic books can be employed for teaching purposes, in addition to offering insight and information about American Cultural History. This book poses as an additional voice within a vast dialogue concerned with American culture and proves to be a vital component for relative research which reflects how the comic book and graphic novel are indeed more than entertainment.
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