Blair Davis

Christianity and Comics

Stories We Tell about Heaven and Hell

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book presents an 80-year history of how the comics industry has drawn inspiration from biblical imagery, stories, and themes. Charting how comics have both reflected and influenced Americans’ changing attitudes towards religion, it includes underground comix, books from Christian publishers, and a vast array of DC, Marvel, and Dark Horse titles, from Hellboy to  Preacher.   

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• Seitenzahl: 314
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. März 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 156mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 472g
• ISBN-13: 9781978828223
• ISBN-10: 1978828225
• Artikelnr.: 68489091

Autorenporträt

BLAIR DAVIS is a Professor in the College of Communication at DePaul University in Chicago. His books include Comic Book Women, as well as The Battle for the Bs, Movie Comics: Page to Screen/Screen to Page, and Comic Book Movies, all from Rutgers University Press. 

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
 
1          The 1940s: From Superheroes to Picture Stories from the Bible 
2          The 1950s/1960s: Sunday Schools, Secularism and the Seduction of
the Innocent 
3          The 1970s: Comix, Jack Chick, Archie and Spire Christian Comics 
4          The 1970s/1980s: Marvel, DC, Saints and Sinners 
5          The 1990s: Vertigo, Hellboy and Marvel's Illuminator 
6          The 2000s: Genres and Auteurs
Acknowledgments
 
Notes
 
Index