Jews and comic books Kaplan, Arie. creator text bibliography biography Electronic book. Electronic books. Biography. Criticism, interpretation, etc. pau Philadelphia Jewish Publication Society 2008 1st ed. monographic eng 1 online resource (xiv, 225 pages) : color illustrations Jews created the first comic book, the first graphic novel, the first comic book convention, the first comic book specialty store, and they helped create the underground comics (or "Comix") movement of the late '60s and early '70s. Many of the creators of the most famous comic books, such as Superman, Spiderman, X-Men, and Batman, as well as the founders of MAD magazine, were Jewish. From Krakow to Krypton: Jews and Comic Books tells their stories and demonstrates how they brought a uniquely Jewish perspective to their work and to the comics industry a. pt. 1. The Golden Age (1933-1955): the birth of the comics. ch. 1. Famous funnies -- ch. 2. Leger and Reuths -- ch. 3. Supergolem -- ch. 4. Attack of the clones -- ch. 5. People of the (comic) book -- ch. 6. The spirit of the times -- ch. 7. The Leaden Age -- ch. 8. Why we fight -- ch. 9. New trends and innocent seducers -- pt. 2. The Silver Age (1956-1978): the growth and development of Jewish comics. ch. 10. Super family values -- ch. 11. Broome makes a clean sweep -- ch. 12. Stan and Jack -- ch. 13. The superhero from Queens -- ch. 14. Courting the college crowd -- ch. 15. Outsider heroes -- ch. 16. Openly Jewish, openly heroic -- ch. 17. Kirby's fourth world -- ch. 18. Notes from the underground -- ch. 19. From novel graphics to graphic novels -- pt. 3. The Bronze Age (1979-the present): comics in the modern world. ch. 20. From comix to graphix -- ch. 21. The Maus that art built -- ch. 22. A graphic approach to Jewish history -- ch. 23. The Martian Jew -- ch. 24. Children of the atom--and Eve -- ch. 25. Vertigo visions -- ch. 26. Up, up, and away--but where to? Arie Kaplan. Includes bibliographical references. n-us--- Comic books, strips, etc United States History and criticism Jewish cartoonists United States Biography Jews United States Intellectual life COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS Anthologies COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS Contemporary Women COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS Crime & Mystery COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS Erotica COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS Fantasy COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS Horror COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS Gay & Lesbian COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS Historical Fiction COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS Literary Comic books, strips, etc Jewish cartoonists Jews Intellectual life United States PN6725 .K37 2008eb 741.5/973089924 Kaplan, Arie. Philadelphia : Jewish Publication Society, 2008 1st ed. (DLC) 2008003254 9780827610439 0827610432 0827608438 9780827608436 D41F3A28-75C0-403F-AECF-777B0A93B055 OverDrive, Inc. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=332080 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=332080 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=332080 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=332080 E7B 080123 20200709055259.0 ocn649915298 eng