LEADER 04743nam 2200949 450 001 9910787949703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-520-28390-2 010 $a0-520-96002-5 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520960022 035 $a(CKB)2670000000570856 035 $a(EBL)1710985 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001347526 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12519317 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001347526 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11352289 035 $a(PQKB)11166835 035 $a(DE-B1597)519013 035 $a(OCoLC)994604212 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520960022 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1710985 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10953516 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL650750 035 $a(OCoLC)893336453 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1710985 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000570856 100 $a20141020h20152015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||#|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFunnybooks $ethe improbable glories of the best American comic books /$fMichael Barrier 210 1$aOakland, California :$cUniversity of California Press,$d2015. 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (434 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a0-520-24118-5 311 $a1-322-19470-X 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tList of Illustrations --$tPreface --$tAcknowledgments --$tIntroduction: "The Very Good Ones" --$t1. Mickey in a Magazine --$t2. Oskar Lebeck Meets Walt Kelly --$t3. Whitman, K.K., and Dell --$t4. Learning on the Job in L.A. --$t5. A Feel for Walt Kelly's Stuff --$t6. Animal Magnetism --$t7. Cartoon Conundrums --$t8. Carl Barks Makes His Break --$t9. Barks Becomes the Duck Man --$t10. The Workman: Gaylord DuBois --$t11. The Observer: John Stanley --$t12. "I Am a Backwoods Bumpkin" --$t13. "Pure Corn" at Disney's --$t14. Special Talents --$t15. Barks Masters His Medium --$t16. An Arena for All the Passions --$t17. Animal Kingdoms --$t18. Walt Kelly Branches Out --$t19. Strong-Handed Friends --$t20. Carl Barks: The Virtuoso --$t21. Walt Kelly Escapes --$t22. Oskar Lebeck in Exile --$t23. Manifest Destiny --$t24. Uncle Scrooge: Play Money --$t25. Carl Barks in Purgatory --$t26. The Slow Fade --$t27. Disasters --$tEpilogue: Can These Bones Live? --$tAbbreviations --$tNotes --$tIndex 330 $aFunnybooks 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. 606 $aComic books, strips, etc$zUnited States$xHistory and criticism 610 $a20th century comic books. 610 $aamerican comics. 610 $aanimation graphic design. 610 $aart. 610 $aartistic potential. 610 $aartists. 610 $abusiness history. 610 $abusiness. 610 $acarl barks. 610 $acartoonists. 610 $acomic book history. 610 $acomic books. 610 $acomic history. 610 $acomic studies. 610 $acomics. 610 $adell comics. 610 $adisney. 610 $adonald duck. 610 $aentertainment industry. 610 $aenthusiasm. 610 $ajohn stanley. 610 $aliterary criticism. 610 $aliterary. 610 $alittle lulu. 610 $amidcentury comics. 610 $apogo. 610 $aretrospective. 610 $auncle scrooge. 610 $awalt kelly. 615 0$aComic books, strips, etc.$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a741.5/973 686 $aEC 7120$2rvk 700 $aBarrier$b J. Michael$01502322 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910787949703321 996 $aFunnybooks$93742089 997 $aUNINA