{"product_id":"funnybooks-michael-barrier-9780520283909","title":"Funnybooks: The Improbable Glories of the Best American Comic Books","description":"\u003ci\u003eFunnybooks\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of the most popular American comic books of the 1940s and 1950s, 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\u003ci\u003e (Donald Duck, Uncle Scrooge), \u003c\/i\u003eJohn Stanley \u003ci\u003e(Little Lulu), \u003c\/i\u003e and Walt Kelly\u003ci\u003e (Pogo) \u003c\/i\u003erepay 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Barrier\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520283902\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520283909\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/27\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2015","brand":"Michael Barrier","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43980992020735,"sku":"9780520283909","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ef229eb0-1679-43db-af36-5800b1659fc2.jpg?v=1683253065","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/funnybooks-michael-barrier-9780520283909","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}