Comic Books

Comic Books Criticism

• Introduction
• Representative Works
• Historical And Critical Perspectives
  • The Spawn of M. C. Gaines
  • Jules Feiffer
  • Deconstructive Comics
  • The Middle Against Both Ends
  • Shazam! Here Comes Captain Relevant
  • The Genre of Horror
  • Horror Comics: The Nasties of the 1950's
  • Tales From the Crypt
• Superheroes
• Underground Comix
  • Underground Comics
  • The Underground Roots of Fact-Based Comics
  • Up from the Underground: Notes on the New Comix
• Comic Books And Society
  • Icons of the Alternate Culture: The Themes and Functions of Underground Comix
  • The Comics as Culture
  • Introduction: The Rise and Decline of Escapism, 1929-1945
  • Introduction: Instructions on How to Become a General in the Disneyland Club and Conclusion: Power to Donald Duck?
  • The Love Comics and American Popular Culture
  • More Than Mere Fantasy: Political Themes in Contemporary Comic Books
  • The Real Thing: New Images of Vietnam in American Comic Books
• Adult Comics And Graphic Novels
• Further Reading