The comics scare returns: the contemporary resurgence of horror comics

The popular horror comics of the 1950s not only frightened their readers, they also alarmed Cold War politicians who enacted the prohibitive Comics Code, sacrificing horror on the altar of good taste. Wandtke examines and explains the story of the resurgence of horror comics and introduces readers t...

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1. Verfasser: Wandtke, Terrence R. 1971- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Rochester, New York RIT Press 2018
Schriftenreihe:Comics studies monograph series
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Zusammenfassung:The popular horror comics of the 1950s not only frightened their readers, they also alarmed Cold War politicians who enacted the prohibitive Comics Code, sacrificing horror on the altar of good taste. Wandtke examines and explains the story of the resurgence of horror comics and introduces readers to the new shape of horror comics within the American culture in the 1980s
Beschreibung:xxxviii, 306 Seiten Illustrationen 26 cm
ISBN:9781939125514

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