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Item specifics

Condition
Good: A book that has been read, but is in good condition. Minimal damage to the book cover eg. ...
Type
Paperback
ISBN
9780465036578

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Basic Books
ISBN-10
0465036570
ISBN-13
9780465036578
eBay Product ID (ePID)
45948500

Product Key Features

Book Title
Men of Tomorrow : Geeks, Gangsters, and the Birth of the Comic Book
Number of Pages
416 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Techniques / Cartooning, United States / General, Comics & Graphic Novels
Publication Year
2005
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Literary Criticism, Art, History
Author
Gerald Jones
Format
Perfect

Dimensions

Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
15.5 Oz
Item Length
7.7 in
Item Width
5.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
741.50973
Synopsis
Animated by the stories of some of the last century's most charismatic and conniving artists, writers, and businessmen, Men of Tomorrow brilliantly demonstrates how the creators of the superheroes gained their cultural power and established a crucial place in the modern imagination. "This history of the birth of superhero comics highlights three pivotal figures. The story begins early in the last century, on the Lower East Side, where Harry Donenfeld rises from the streets to become the king of the 'smooshes'-soft-core magazines with titles like French Humor and Hot Tales . Later, two high school friends in Cleveland, Joe Shuster and Jerry Siegel, become avid fans of 'scientifiction,' the new kind of literature promoted by their favorite pulp magazines. The disparate worlds of the wise guy and the geeks collide in 1938, and the result is Action Comics #1 , the debut of Superman. For Donenfeld, the comics were a way to sidestep the censors. For Shuster and Siegel, they were both a calling and an eventual source of misery: the pair waged a lifelong campaign for credit and appropriate compensation." - The New Yorker, Animated by the stories of some of the last century's most charismatic and conniving artists, writers, and businessmen, Men of Tomorrow brilliantly demonstrates how the creators of the superheroes gained their cultural power and established a crucial place in the modern imagination. "This history of the birth of superhero comics highlights three pivotal figures. The story begins early in the last century, on the Lower East Side, where Harry Donenfeld rises from the streets to become the king of the 'smooshes'-soft-core magazines with titles like French Humor and Hot Tales . Later, two high school friends in Cleveland, Joe Shuster and Jerry Siegel, become avid fans of 'scientifiction, ' the new kind of literature promoted by their favorite pulp magazines. The disparate worlds of the wise guy and the geeks collide in 1938, and the result is Action Comics #1 , the debut of Superman. For Donenfeld, the comics were a way to sidestep the censors. For Shuster and Siegel, they were both a calling and an eventual source of misery: the pair waged a lifelong campaign for credit and appropriate compensation." - The New Yorker, The fascinating and heartbreaking true story of the goniffs, shmendricks, and shlemiels who gave birth to the superhero comics-written with all the verve and velocity of a golden age comic book.-Art Spiegelman, Animated by the stories of some of the last century's artists, writers, and businessmen, this title demonstrates how the creators of the superheroes gained their cultural power and established a crucial place in the modern imagination.

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