Friday, April 23, 2010

The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America



Product Description
In the years between World War II 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 had 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 in Mad magazine.

The story of the rise and fall of those comic books has never be... More >>

The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America

No comments:

Post a Comment