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Description for Kid Comic Strips
Hardback. Series: Palgrave Studies in Comics and Graphic Novels. Num Pages: 94 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, 5 colour illustrations, 7 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJP; AKLC; DSY; JFCA; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 217 x 13. Weight in Grams: 286.
This book looks at the humor that artists and editors believed would have appeal in four different countries. Ian Gordon explains how similar humor played out in comic strips across different cultures and humor styles. By examining Skippy and Ginger Meggs, the book shows a good deal of similarities between American and Australian humor while establishing some distinct differences. In examining the French translation of Perry Winkle, the book explores questions of language and culture. By shifting focus to a later period and looking at the American and British comics entitled Dennis the Menace, two very different comics bearing the same ... Read more
This book looks at the humor that artists and editors believed would have appeal in four different countries. Ian Gordon explains how similar humor played out in comic strips across different cultures and humor styles. By examining Skippy and Ginger Meggs, the book shows a good deal of similarities between American and Australian humor while establishing some distinct differences. In examining the French translation of Perry Winkle, the book explores questions of language and culture. By shifting focus to a later period and looking at the American and British comics entitled Dennis the Menace, two very different comics bearing the same ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
94
Condition
New
Series
Palgrave Studies in Comics and Graphic Novels
Number of Pages
94
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137561978
SKU
V9781137561978
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Ref
99-15
About Ian Gordon
Ian Gordon is a cultural historian at the National University of Singapore, where he is the Convenor of American Studies. His publications include Comic Strips and Consumer Culture, 1890-1945 (1998, 2002) the co-edited volumes Film and Comic Books (2007) and Comics & Ideology (2001), and the forthcoming monograph Superman: The Persistence of an American Icon (2017).
Reviews for Kid Comic Strips
“Kid Comic Strips provides a snapshot of the history of comics, as well as helps today’s readers contextualize the growth of Comics Studies from nascent discipline into one of the fastest growing fields in the Humanities. … The book makes an important contribution to the field of study by providing unique historical contextualization of the lesser-explored world of kid comics. ... Read more