Strips, Toons, and Bluesies - Dowd, D. B. / Hignite, Todd
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The authors of Strips, Toons, and Bluesies address such key issues as the intertwined origins of comics and animation; the sex, violence, and taboo breaking of 200 years of underground comics; the popular "Locas" stories of Jaime Hernandez's Love and Rockets; and the political and racial portrayals of African Americans in 1960s comics. The book also includes a 25-page history of comics from 1380 to today, a thorough and novel approach to the genre.

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The authors of Strips, Toons, and Bluesies address such key issues as the intertwined origins of comics and animation; the sex, violence, and taboo breaking of 200 years of underground comics; the popular "Locas" stories of Jaime Hernandez's Love and Rockets; and the political and racial portrayals of African Americans in 1960s comics. The book also includes a 25-page history of comics from 1380 to today, a thorough and novel approach to the genre.
Autorenporträt
D. B. Dowd is professor of art at the Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts, Washington University in St. Louis and illustrator and director at Ulcer City Studio. He lives in St. Louis, Missouri.

Todd Hignite is founding editor of Comic Art magazine and author of In the Studio: Visits with Contemporary Cartoonists. He lives in St. Louis, Missouri.