comic books (golden age)
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Origins of the American Comic Book
1933: Eastern Color Printing Co. (in CT) launches booklets of
reprinted newspaper strips as premiums for manufacturers
(e.g., Gulf Oil, Procter & Gamble)
Effort spearheaded byHarry Wildenberg & M.C. (Max) Gaines
Origins of the American Comic Book
1934: Eastern Color Printinglaunches first stand-alone comic
book in definitive periodical format, Famous Funnies
(again, reprinting newspaper strips)
Origins of the American Comic Book
Late ’34: NYC-based Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson launches first comic book series consisting of new, original material, New Fun
The co. he founded later became Detective Comics, Inc., then National Periodical Pub., then eventually “DC.”
Origins of the American Comic Book
Late mid-30s: Assembly-line “shop system” of comic book production
Origins of the American Comic Book
Early ’38: National’s Action Comics No. 1 inaugurates the “costume”
(superhero) genre with Jerry Siegel & Joe Shuster’s
“Superman”
Late 30s – early 40s: Meteoric growth of comic book industry
Comic Book Sales(rough estimates)
1940: 10 million / month
1942: 12.5 million / month
1944: 20 million / month(thanks in part to servicemen)
1947: 60 million / month
Comic Book Trendsbesides the Superhero
• “Funny Animal”and related children’s humor comics
(from 1941-1942, with the work ofCarl Barks, Walt Kelly,George Carlson, et al.)
Funny Animal& Children’s
Humor
Comic Book Trendsbesides the Superhero
• “Teenage” Comicsà la Archie
(from 1941, but especiallyafter WW2, c. 1946)
“Teenage” Comics
“Teenage” Comics
“Teenage” Comics
Comic Book Trendsbesides the Superhero
• Crime Comics(from 1942, but especially
after WW2, c. 1946)
Crime Comics
Post-WW2
• Romance(1947– )
Romance Comics
Post-WW2
• Horror(1950– )
HorrorComics!
Post-WW2
• Satire à la Mad(1952– )
Mad (1952– )
Published by EC, created by
Harvey Kurtzman
(editor & head writer, Nos. 1-28)
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