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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787949703321

Autore

Barrier J. Michael

Titolo

Funnybooks : the improbable glories of the best American comic books / / Michael Barrier

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-520-28390-2

0-520-96002-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (434 p.)

Classificazione

EC 7120

Disciplina

741.5/973

Soggetti

Comic books, strips, etc - United States - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: "The Very Good Ones" -- 1. Mickey in a Magazine -- 2. Oskar Lebeck Meets Walt Kelly -- 3. Whitman, K.K., and Dell -- 4. Learning on the Job in L.A. -- 5. A Feel for Walt Kelly's Stuff -- 6. Animal Magnetism -- 7. Cartoon Conundrums -- 8. Carl Barks Makes His Break -- 9. Barks Becomes the Duck Man -- 10. The Workman: Gaylord DuBois -- 11. The Observer: John Stanley -- 12. "I Am a Backwoods Bumpkin" -- 13. "Pure Corn" at Disney's -- 14. Special Talents -- 15. Barks Masters His Medium -- 16. An Arena for All the Passions -- 17. Animal Kingdoms -- 18. Walt Kelly Branches Out -- 19. Strong-Handed Friends -- 20. Carl Barks: The Virtuoso -- 21. Walt Kelly Escapes -- 22. Oskar Lebeck in Exile -- 23. Manifest Destiny -- 24. Uncle Scrooge: Play Money -- 25. Carl Barks in Purgatory -- 26. The Slow Fade -- 27. Disasters -- Epilogue: Can These Bones Live? -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Funnybooks is the story of the most popular American comic books of the 1940's and 1950's, those published under the Dell label. For a time, "Dell Comics Are Good Comics" was more than a slogan-it was a simple statement of fact. Many of the stories written and drawn by people like Carl Barks (Donald Duck, Uncle Scrooge), John Stanley (Little Lulu), and Walt Kelly (Pogo) repay reading and rereading by educated adults even today, decades after they were published as disposable entertainment



for children. Such triumphs were improbable, to say the least, because midcentury comics were so widely dismissed as trash by angry parents, indignant librarians, and even many of the people who published them. It was all but miraculous that a few great cartoonists were able to look past that nearly universal scorn and grasp the artistic potential of their medium. With clarity and enthusiasm, Barrier explains what made the best stories in the Dell comic books so special. He deftly turns a complex and detailed history into an expressive narrative sure to appeal to an audience beyond scholars and historians.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9911011861203321

Autore

Alessio Dominic

Titolo

Faith, folk and the far right : racist and anti-racist heathenry and occultism in Britain / / Dominic Alessio and Robert J. Wallis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester, : Manchester University Press, 2025

Manchester, UK : , : Manchester University Press, , 2025

©2025

ISBN

9781526179487

9781526179463

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource : digital file(s)

Disciplina

299.94

Soggetti

Heathenry (Germanic paganism) - Political aspects - Great Britain

Heathenry (Germanic paganism) - Great Britain

Occultism - Political aspects - Great Britain

Occultism - Great Britain

Racism - Religious aspects

Radicalism - Religious aspects

Religion and politics - Great Britain

British Politics

Religion & Beliefs

POLITICAL SCIENCE / Religion, Politics & State

Far-right political ideologies and movements

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: faith, folk and the far right -- <b>Part I: Heathenry, ancestors and race</b> -- 1. Diverse Heathenries: approaching concepts of ancestors, race and indigeneity -- 2. Politicised religion and religious politics: religion, politics and the far right -- 3. Mythic roots: Ariosophy, National Socialism and the emergence of Racist Heathenry -- 4. Claims to blood and soil: international racist Heathenry -- <b>Part II: Racist Heathenry and occultism in the UK</b> -- 5. British spiritual Aryanism: intersections of racism, Heathenry and occultism -- 6. Three thorns: the Odinic Rite, the Odinist Fellowship and Woden's Folk -- 7. Eclectic Esoterrorism: deconstructing the Order of the Nine Angles (O9A/ONA) -- 8. Nazisploitation: Racist Heathenry in the far right cultural scene -- 9. Winterfylleth: from 'National Pride' in 'English Heritage' to '14W' and 'WPWW' -- <b>Part III: Heathens against hate</b> -- 10. Declaration 127 and anti-racist Heathen activism -- 11. Visual-virtual Heathen politicking: anti-racist Heathenry on Instagram -- Conclusion: Inferences, implications and future directions.

Sommario/riassunto

This book offers the first examination of extremist Heathenry and occultism in the UK and how anti-racist Heathens act to counter this discourse. It explores the spectrum of Heathen practice today and the historical origins of racist Heathenry in nineteenth century Germanic romanticism and twentieth century folkish nationalism. Treating each of the three main extremist Heathen organisations, the book extends the analysis to the neo-Nazi occult organization the Order of the Nine Angles (O9A), and the wider racist Heathen cultural scene in Black Metal and Dark Folk music. The authors balance this with discussion of how inclusivist Heathens are countering this discourse, from visible protests at far-right rallies to inter-faith forums and an active presence on social media platforms. The book makes an important contribution to the intersecting fields of new religious movements, nationalist history and racist politics.