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Author:   Blair Davis
Publisher:   Rutgers University Press
Imprint:   Rutgers University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.064kg
ISBN:  

9781978828216

ISBN 10:   1978828217
Pages:   314
Publication Date:   15 March 2024
Recommended Age:   From 16 to 99 years
Audience:   College/higher education ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

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  

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"""Christianity and Comics is an impressively encyclopedic overview of how U.S. comics have engaged with Christianity over the course of eight decades. Davis writes in a lucid and welcoming style, showing us how comics have promoted Christianity, have critiqued it, and have fused Christian motifs and themes into the larger tapestry of comics storytelling.""   -- Lee Konstantinou * author of The Last Samurai Reread *"

""Davis reminds readers of theology's reach into the broader culture, for both good and ill.""— The Gospel Coalition ""Christianity and Comics is an impressively encyclopedic overview of how U.S. comics have engaged with Christianity over the course of eight decades. Davis writes in a lucid and welcoming style, showing us how comics have promoted Christianity, have critiqued it, and have fused Christian motifs and themes into the larger tapestry of comics storytelling.""  — Lee Konstantinou, author of The Last Samurai Reread

"""Christianity and Comics is an impressively encyclopedic overview of how U.S. comics have engaged with Christianity over the course of eight decades. Davis writes in a lucid and welcoming style, showing us how comics have promoted Christianity, have critiqued it, and have fused Christian motifs and themes into the larger tapestry of comics storytelling.""  — Lee Konstantinou, author of The Last Samurai Reread"

Author Information

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. 

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