By David Hajdu. The Great Comic-Book Scare and How it Changed America.
In the years before WWII and the emergence of television as a mass medium, American popular culture as we know it was first created, in the pulpy, boldly illustrated pages of comic books. No sooner has this new culture emerged than it was beaten down by church groups, community bluestockings, and a McCarthyish congress, only to resurface with a crooked smile on its face as MAD Magazine. This is the story of the rise and fall of those comic books with their creativity, irreverence, and suspicion of authority.
Publisher: St. Martins Press, 2008 Binding:
Hardcover with dustjacket
Dimensions: 6x9 Pages: 436pg Color:
text/b&w
ISBN: #9780374187675
