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From Krakow to Krypton : Jews and comic books
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Title
From Krakow to Krypton : Jews and comic books / Arie Kaplan.
ISBN
9780827608436 (alk. paper)
0827608438 (alk. paper)
Edition
1st ed.
Published
Philadelphia : Jewish Publication Society, 2008.
Physical Description
xv, 225 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 17, 2009
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 216-217) and index.
Contents
pt. 1. The Golden Age (1933-1955) : the birth of the comics
ch. 1. Famous funnies
ch. 2. Leger and Reuths
ch. 3. Supergolem
ch. 4. Attack of the clones
ch. 5. People of the (comic) book
ch. 6. The spirit of the times
ch. 7. The Leaden Age
ch. 8. Why we fight
ch. 9. New trends and innocent seducers
pt. 2. The Silver Age (1956-1978): the growth and development of Jewish comics. ch. 10. Super family values
ch. 11. Broome makes a clean sweep
ch. 12. Stan and Jack
ch. 13. The superhero from Queens
ch. 14. Courting the college crowd
ch. 15. Outsider heroes
ch. 16. Openly Jewish, openly heroic
ch. 17. Kirby's fourth world
ch. 18. Notes from the underground
ch. 19. From novel graphics to graphic novels
pt. 3. The Bronze Age (1979-the present): comics in the modern world. ch. 20. From comix to graphix
ch. 21. The Maus that art built
ch. 22. A graphic approach to Jewish history
ch. 23. The Martian Jew
ch. 24. Children of the atom
and Eve
ch. 25. Vertigo visions
ch. 26. Up, up, and away
but where to?
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