In the years between the end of World War II and the mid-1950s, American popular culture was first created in the pulpy, boldly illustrated pages of comic books. But no sooner had comics emerged than they were beaten down by mass bonfires, congressional hearings, and a McCarthyish panic over their unmonitored and uncensored content. Esteemed critic David Hajdu vividly evokes the rise, fall, and rise again of comics, in this engrossing history.
- ISBN10 0312428235
- ISBN13 9780312428235
- Publish Date 3 February 2009 (first published 1 March 2008)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 22 June 2011
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Picador USA
- Format Paperback (US Tall Rack)
- Pages 456
- Language English