RT Article
T1 Comic books, tragic stories: Will Eisner’s american jewish history
JF AJS review
VO 30
IS 2
SP 277
OP 304
A1 Dauber, Jeremy 1973-
LA English
PB University of Pennsylvania Press
YR 2006
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1699783144
AB In recent years, we have witnessed a significant increase in writing by scholars and literary and cultural critics on the genre of the comic book, corresponding to an increased legitimacy given to the comic book industry and its writers and artists more generally. Part of this phenomenon no doubt stems from the attention lavished on the field by mainstream fiction and nonfiction writers who consider comic books a central part of their own and America’s cultural heritage, such as Michael Chabon and Jonathan Lethem. It may also stem from the changing nature of the industry’s finances, which now employ a “star system” revolving around writers and artists, not merely the major companies’ storied characters; though the days of the big houses that control the major characters are by no means gone, in the last two decades, numerous specialty imprints have been developed to publish characters that are owned outright by writers and artists, to say nothing of profit-sharing deals with major stars, even at some of the major companies.
K1 Jewish History
K1 Comic Books
K1 Graphic Novels
K1 Jewish peoples
K1 Antisemitism
K1 Graphics
K1 Stereotypes
K1 Jewish Art
K1 Publishing industry
K1 Jewish literature
DO 10.1017/S0364009406000134