Kid Comic Strips

A Genre Across Four Countries

Ian Gordon (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

94 Seiten

2017 | 1st ed. 2016
Palgrave Pivot (Verlag)
978-1-349-71980-8 (ISBN)

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This book looks at the humor that artists and editors believed would have appeal in four different countries. Ian Gordon explains how similar humor played out in comic strips across different cultures and humor styles. By examining Skippy and Ginger Meggs, the book shows a good deal of similarities between American and Australian humor while establishing some distinct differences. In examining the French translation of Perry Winkle, the book explores questions of language and culture. By shifting focus to a later period and looking at the American and British comics entitled Dennis the Menace, two very different comics bearing the same name, Kid Comic Strips details both differences in culture and traditions and the importance of the type of reader imagined by the artist.

Ian Gordon is a cultural historian at the National University of Singapore, where he is the Convenor of American Studies. His publications include Comic Strips and Consumer Culture, 1890-1945 (1998, 2002) the co-edited volumes Film and Comic Books (2007) and Comics & Ideology (2001), and the forthcoming monograph Superman: The Persistence of an American Icon (2017).

1. Why Kid Comics2. America and Australia: Skippy and Ginger Meggs3. America and France: Perry Winkle and Bicot4. America and Britain: Dennis the Menace (s)5. Comics Scholarship and Comparative Studies

Erscheinungsdatum	20.12.2018
Reihe/Serie	Palgrave Studies in Comics and Graphic Novels
Zusatzinfo	7 Tables, color; 5 Illustrations, color; 2 Illustrations, black and white; XI, 94 p. 7 illus., 5 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Basingstoke
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Kommunikationswissenschaft
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft
Schlagworte	America • Australia • Beano • Bicot • British • Comic • Comic Strip • Dennis the Menace • French • Genre • Ginger Meggs • Humor • kid comics • Perry Winkle • Skippy • stereotypes
ISBN-10	1-349-71980-3 / 1349719803
ISBN-13	978-1-349-71980-8 / 9781349719808
Zustand	Neuware