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Funnybooks : The Improbable Glories of the Best American Comic Books by Michael Barrier (2014, Trade Paperback)
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Funnybooks is the story of the most popular American comic books of the 1940s and 1950s, those published under the Dell label. For a time, "Dell Comics Are Good Comics" was more than a slogan-it was a simple statement of fact. Many of the stories written and drawn by people like Carl Barks (Donald Duck, Uncle Scrooge), John Stanley (Little Lulu), and Walt Kelly (Pogo) repay reading and rereading by educated adults even today, decades after they were published as disposable entertainment for children. Such triumphs were improbable, to say the least, because midcentury comics were so widely dismissed as trash by angry parents, indignant librarians, and even many of the people who published them. It was all but miraculous that a few great cartoonists were able to look past that nearly universal scorn and grasp the artistic potential of their medium. With clarity and enthusiasm, Barrier explains what made the best stories in the Dell comic books so special. He deftly turns a complex and detailed history into an expressive narrative sure to appeal to an audience beyond scholars and historians.Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of California Press
ISBN-100520283902
ISBN-139780520283909
eBay Product ID (ePID)201656242
Product Key Features
GenreHumor/Satire, Literary Criticism, Comics & Graphic Novels
Publication Year2014
LanguageEnglish
Artist/WriterMichael Barrier
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1in
Item Length9in
Item Weight20.8 Oz
Item Width6in
Additional Product Features
Number of Pages432 Pages
Dewey Edition23
ReviewsFunnybooks is the crowning achievement of Barrier's illustrious career. . . . Written with clarity, expressiveness, and enthusiasm, this is a book for scholars, historians, practitioners, and fans old and new., Comics historian Barrier sets off like Scrooge McDuck in search of gold. He pans out the criteria of artists including Walt Kelly, John Stanley and Carl Barks, and stakes a claim for their work as deserving the same respect as classic literature., Funnybooks is the crowning achievement of Barrier's illustrious career. . . . Written with clarity, expressiveness, and enthusiasm, this is a book for scholars, historians, practitioners, and fans old and new., In 'Funnybooks,' Mr. Barrier, whose previous works include a history of the Hollywood animated film as well as an excellent biography of Walt Disney, has set out to write a business history of Dell Comics. . . . For his study, Mr. Barrier draws on interviews, archives and his own astute knowledge of comics.
Book TitleFunnybooks : the Improbable Glories of the Best American Comic Books
Lccn2014-031037
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal741.5/973
TopicForm / Comic Strips & Cartoons, General, Comics & Graphic Novels
Lc Classification NumberPn6725.B37225 2015
Table of ContentList of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments Introduction: "The Very Good Ones" 1. Mickey in a Magazine 2. Oskar Lebeck Meets Walt Kelly 3. Whitman, K.K., and Dell 4. Learning on the Job in L.A. 5. A Feel for Walt Kelly's Stuff 6. Animal Magnetism 7. Cartoon Conundrums 8. Carl Barks Makes His Break 9. Barks Becomes the Duck Man 10. The Workman: Gaylord DuBois 11. The Observer: John Stanley 12. "I Am a Backwoods Bumpkin" 13. "Pure Corn" at Disney's 14. Special Talents 15. Barks Masters His Medium 16. An Arena for All the Passions 17. Animal Kingdoms 18. Walt Kelly Branches Out 19. Strong-Handed Friends 20. Carl Barks: The Virtuoso 21. Walt Kelly Escapes 22. Oskar Lebeck in Exile 23. Manifest Destiny 24. Uncle Scrooge: Play Money 25. Carl Barks in Purgatory 26. The Slow Fade 27. Disasters Epilogue: Can These Bones Live? Abbreviations Notes Index
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