Comic Strips and Consumer Culture, 1890-1945

by Ian Gordon

Book by Ian Gordon

Genres: Comics, History, Nonfiction, Criticism

233 pages, Hardcover

First published April 17, 1998

About the author

Ian Gordon is Associate Professor of American history at the National University of Singapore.

Reviews

[Andrei Ryumin · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is about the roots of American comics, which stem from the newspaper comic strips in the end of the 19th century, and from the developing consumer society. The book could have been better if it had more images as examples (it is a book about comics after all), but even as it is, it will be interesting for anybody interested in comics as a medium and its history.

[Barbara · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very useful. Wonderful resource.