Exactly 12 [cents] and other convictions

By Paul Davies, Davies, Paul

Subjects: Sociology, Comic books, strips, Graphic Satire And Humor, Graphic Novels, Comic books, strips, etc, Fiction - General, Graphic Novels - General, History and criticism, Comic books, strips, etc.

Description: This is a book of observation and comment about comic books-in particular the Marvel hero comics of the early 1960s-and the influence those stories and drawings had on the lives of the young people that grew up with them. The topic is not brought under hard analysis: the comics were originally written for entertainment, and the author's views on them in turn are offered through conversational letters, addressed to two of the founders of the art-form at Marvel.