Length17h 50m
About this audiobook
This is the sweeping story of cartoons, comic strips, and graphic novels and their century-long hold on the American imagination.
Starting with the Civil War and cartoonist Thomas Nast, creator of the lasting images of Uncle Sam and Santa Claus, Jeremy Dauber whizzes listeners through the progress of comics in the twentieth century and beyond. Follow the history from the golden age of newspaper comic strips—Krazy Kat, Yellow Kid, Dick Tracy—to the midcentury superhero boom—Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman—and from the moral panic of the Eisenhower era to the underground comix movement; from the grim and gritty Dark Knights and Watchmen to the graphic novel’s brilliant rise—Art Spiegelman, Alison Bechdel, Joe Sacco.
Dauber’s story shows not only how comics have changed but also how American politics and history have changed them. Throughout he describes the origins of beloved comics, champions neglected masterpieces, and argues that we can understand how America sees itself through whose stories comics tell.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 3.8 (1.4K)
Includes Goodreads, Amazon, StoryGraph, LibraryThing
GenreHistory, Other
Length17 hrs 50 mins
Narrated byRecorded Track
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateJan 29, 2022
LanguageEnglish
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