Korean War Comic Books
Author:   Leonard Rifas
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
ISBN:  

9780786443963


Pages:   345
Publication Date:   30 April 2021
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Format:   Paperback
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Korean War Comic Books


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Comic books have presented fictional and fact-based stories of the Korean War, as it was being fought and afterward. Comparing these comics with events that inspired them offers a deeper understanding of the comics industry, America's ""forgotten war,"" and the anti-comics movement, championed by psychiatrist Fredric Wertham, who criticized their brutalization of the imagination. Comics--both newsstand offerings and government propaganda--used fictions to justify the unpopular war as necessary and moral. This book examines the dramatization of events and issues, including the war's origins, germ warfare, brainwashing, Cold War espionage, the nuclear threat, African Americans in the military, mistreatment of POWs, and atrocities.

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Author:   Leonard Rifas
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.612kg
ISBN:  

9780786443963


ISBN 10:   0786443960
Pages:   345
Publication Date:   30 April 2021
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Preface Part One—Comic Books and the Korean War  1. Introduction  2. Realism, Harm and Responsibility  3. The Business  4. Strips  5. World War II Comic Books  6. Harvey Kurtzman  7. Critics Illustrations Part Two—The Korean War in Comic Books  8. Origins of the Korean War  9. Spies 10. African Americans 11. Germs 12. Brainwashing 13. POW! 14. Griping Against the War 15. Atrocities 16. Politics 17. The Bomb 18. Subversive Comics 19. The Korean War in Comics Since 1953 20. Conclusion Chapter Notes Bibliography Index

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Leonard Rifas has been a cartoonist, comic book editor, founding proprietor of the educational comic book company EduComics, and a pioneering comics scholar. He teaches at Seattle Central College.

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