Comics and the World Wars
Title | Comics and the World Wars PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 217 |
Release | 2015 |
Genre | Comic books, strips, etc |
ISBN | 9781137273734 |
Take That Adolf!
Title | Take That Adolf! PDF eBook |
Author | Mark Fertig |
Publisher | Fantagraphics Books |
Pages | 250 |
Release | 2017-03-22 |
Genre | Comics & Graphic Novels |
ISBN | 1606999877 |
Between 1941 and 1945, Hitler was pummeled on comic book covers by everyone from Captain America to Wonder Woman. Take That, Adolf! is an oversized compilation of more than 500 stunningly restored comics covers published during World War II, featuring America’s greatest super-villain. From Superman and Daredevil to propaganda and racism, Take That, Adolf! is a fascinating look at how legendary creators such as Joe Simon, Jack Kirby, Alex Schomburg, Will Eisner, and Lou Fine entertained millions of kids on the home front and buoyed the spirits of GIs fighting overseas by using Adolf Hitler as a punching bag.
The 10 Cent War
Title | The 10 Cent War PDF eBook |
Author | Trischa Goodnow |
Publisher | Univ. Press of Mississippi |
Pages | 284 |
Release | 2017-01-20 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1496810317 |
Contributions by Derek T. Buescher, Travis L. Cox, Trischa Goodnow, Jon Judy, John R. Katsion, James J. Kimble, Christina M. Knopf, Steven E. Martin, Brad Palmer, Elliott Sawyer, Deborah Clark Vance, David E. Wilt, and Zou Yizheng One of the most overlooked aspects of the Allied war effort involved a surprising initiative--comic book propaganda. Even before Pearl Harbor, the comic book industry enlisted its formidable army of artists, writers, and editors to dramatize the conflict for readers of every age and interest. Comic book superheroes and everyday characters modeled positive behaviors and encouraged readers to keep scrapping. Ultimately, those characters proved to be persuasive icons in the war's most colorful and indelible propaganda campaign. The 10 Cent War presents a riveting analysis of how different types of comic books and comic book characters supplied reasons and means to support the war. The contributors demonstrate that, free of government control, these appeals produced this overall imperative. The book discusses the role of such major characters as Superman, Wonder Woman, and Uncle Sam along with a host of such minor characters as kid gangs and superhero sidekicks. It even considers novelty and small presses, providing a well-rounded look at the many ways that comic books served as popular propaganda.
Babes in Arms
Title | Babes in Arms PDF eBook |
Author | Trina Robbins |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2017 |
Genre | Comics & Graphic Novels |
ISBN | 9781613450956 |
During the Golden Age of comics, publishers offered titles supporting the war effort -- presenting fighting men and their feminine counterparts -- babes in arms! Comic books during this period featured US service-women fighting all of the axis bad guys and gave several of the most noteworthy women artists of the era opportunities to create action-packed, adventure-filled, four-color stories. Now for the first time renowned pop-culture historian Trina Robbins assembles comic book stories by artists Barbara Hall, Jill Elgin, Lilly Renee, and Fran Hopper together with insightful commentary and loads of documentary extras to create the definitive book chronicling the work of these important Golden Age artists. This magnificent art book offers page-after-page of good girl action!
Killadelphia #1
Title | Killadelphia #1 PDF eBook |
Author | Rodney Barnes |
Publisher | Image Comics |
Pages | 32 |
Release | 2019-11-27 |
Genre | Comics & Graphic Novels |
ISBN |
"SINS OF THE FATHER," Part One Featuring the show-stopping talents of SPAWN series artist JASON SHAWN ALEXANDER and the writer behind such hit shows as Wutang: An American Saga, MarvelÕs Runaways, and Starz's American Gods RODNEY BARNES. When a small-town beat cop comes home to bury his murdered fatherÑthe revered Philadelphia detective James Sangster Sr.Ñhe begins to unravel a mystery that leads him down a path of horrors that will shake his beliefs to their core. The city that was once the symbol of liberty and freedom has fallen prey to corruption, poverty, unemployment, brutality and vampires. Welcome to KILLADELPHIA.
White Death
Title | White Death PDF eBook |
Author | Robbie Morrison |
Publisher | Image Comics |
Pages | 112 |
Release | 2014-08-27 |
Genre | Comics & Graphic Novels |
ISBN | 1632151901 |
In 1916, Pietro Aquasanta, an Italian rifleman, returns to his childhood home of the Trentino mountain range to find that it's no longer the realm of wonder and adventure he remembers, but has become a place of death and despair, where the elements are as great a threat as the enemy. No weapon of war was more feared than the White Death, thundering avalanches deliberately caused by cannon fire which consumed everything in their path
It was the War of the Trenches
Title | It was the War of the Trenches PDF eBook |
Author | Jacques Tardi |
Publisher | |
Pages | 118 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | Comics & Graphic Novels |
ISBN | 9781606993538 |
The experiences of World War I from the perspectives of soldiers on the battle field and their families at home.