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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Publication date
March 8, 2019
Pages
196
Binding
Paperback
ISBN-13
9780813566313
ISBN-10
0813566312
Dimensions
0.50 by 6 by 9 in.
Weight
0.60 lbs.
Original list price
$29.95
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Atom Bomb and Other Stories (The EC Comics Library) | The EC Archives: Crime SuspenStories Volume 4 | The Woman Who Loved Life And Other Stories (The EC Comics Library Vol. 25) (Vol. 25) (The EC Comics Library) | The EC Archives: Weird Fantasy Volume 4 | James Warren, Empire Of Monsters: The Man Behind Creepy, Vampirella, And Famous Mons | The EC Archives: Two-Fisted Tales Volume 4
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description:
Entertaining Comics Group (EC Comics) is perhaps best-known today for lurid horror comics like Tales from the Crypt and for a publication that long outlived the company’s other titles, Mad magazine. But during its heyday in the early 1950s, EC was also an early innovator in another genre of comics: the so-called “preachies,” socially conscious stories that boldly challenged the conservatism and conformity of Eisenhower-era America.
EC Comics examines a selection of these works—sensationally-titled comics such as “Hate!,” “The Guilty!,” and “Judgment Day!”—and explores how they grappled with the civil rights struggle, antisemitism, and other forms of prejudice in America. Putting these socially aware stories into conversation with EC’s better-known horror stories, Qiana Whitted discovers surprising similarities between their narrative, aesthetic, and marketing strategies. She also recounts the controversy that these stories inspired and the central role they played in congressional hearings about offensive content in comics.
The first serious critical study of EC’s social issues comics, this book will give readers a greater appreciation of their legacy. They not only served to inspire future comics creators, but also introduced a generation of young readers to provocative ideas and progressive ideals that pointed the way to a better America.
EC Comics examines a selection of these works—sensationally-titled comics such as “Hate!,” “The Guilty!,” and “Judgment Day!”—and explores how they grappled with the civil rights struggle, antisemitism, and other forms of prejudice in America. Putting these socially aware stories into conversation with EC’s better-known horror stories, Qiana Whitted discovers surprising similarities between their narrative, aesthetic, and marketing strategies. She also recounts the controversy that these stories inspired and the central role they played in congressional hearings about offensive content in comics.
The first serious critical study of EC’s social issues comics, this book will give readers a greater appreciation of their legacy. They not only served to inspire future comics creators, but also introduced a generation of young readers to provocative ideas and progressive ideals that pointed the way to a better America.
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