American Comics

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FEATURING… •   • Archie  • The Avengers  • Kyle Baker  • Batman  • C. C. Beck  • Black Panther  • Captain America  • Roz Chast  • Walt Disney  • Will Eisner  • Neil Gaiman  • Bill Gaines  • Bill Griffith  • Harley Quinn  • Jack Kirby   • Denis Kitchen  • Krazy Kat  • Harvey Kurtzman  • Stan Lee  • Little Orphan Annie  • Maus  • Frank Miller  • Alan Moore  • Mutt and Jeff  • Gary Panter  •   • Dav Pilkey  • Gail Simone  • Spider-Man  • Superman  • Dick Tracy  • Wonder Wart-Hog  • Wonder Woman  • The Yellow Kid  • … AND MANY MORE OF YOUR FAVORITES!  The sweeping story of cartoons, comic strips, and graphic novels and their hold on the American imagination.  The first book about comics that covers events I was there for, where I’m not shaking my head at how wrong it is. A really good history of all the different strands of comics that came together over the last hundred and twenty years to become ‘American Comics.’ An entertaining and richly detailed new history of comics…[B]oth opinionated and frequently funny…[T]he story Dauber tells is a mighty one. Until now one could only dream of an engaging, analytic history encompassing the entire medium. That sounds like a job for Superman, but Jeremy Dauber has gotten there first…His perceptive, critical overview is enlivened by a jaunty style that bops from the political cartoons of Thomas Nast in the 1860s to the demise of an equally influential gadfly, Mad magazine, in 2018. An entertaining, big…comprehensive survey of the comics industry, from its inception in early twentieth-century newspapers to the latest Marvel Cinematic Universe megamovie crossover empire. Jeremy Dauber…lets his love for the medium shine through….Dauber makes a compelling argument that we can view, through the lens of comics’ content, how America sees itself [Dauber is] a spry, humorous storyteller….[he] suggests that the story of American comics is ‘right in the middle of its run.’ If so, this is a very readable map of where it has been. No detail escapes Dauber…A master storyteller, Dauber shows just how much there is to appreciate in this uniquely American history. Dauber covers the entire landscape of American comics in this outstanding… thorough—and thoroughly entertaining—work. Sweeping….[C]omprehensive….Dauber’s book sets itself apart, and comics enthusiasts will be enthralled. ‘This book,’ writes Dauber…’tries to cover the whole shebang’…If anything, he understates his intent…[T]here’s plenty of delight and revelation for comics fans…Dauber clearly knows and cherishes his subject, and readers who share his passion will find plenty to love. [Dauber] pithily and accurately describes hundreds of individual strips and books, colorfully expanding the limits of conventional definitions. This…chronicle will not soon be matched, let alone surpassed. With encyclopedic knowledge, Jeremy Dauber brilliantly excavates the story of this art form—warts and all—from its origins right up to the twenty-first century, and strikes cartoon gold. For anyone curious about a medium that’s influenced and embedded itself in every part of our culture,   is an essential guidebook. If you are already a connoisseur of comics, be prepared to be enlightened anew. US

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