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Origins of the American Comic Book

1933: Eastern Color Printing Co. (in CT) launches booklets of

reprinted newspaper strips as premiums for manufacturers

(e.g., Gulf Oil, Procter & Gamble)

Effort spearheaded byHarry Wildenberg & M.C. (Max) Gaines

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Origins of the American Comic Book

1934: Eastern Color Printinglaunches first stand-alone comic

book in definitive periodical format, Famous Funnies

(again, reprinting newspaper strips)

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Origins of the American Comic Book

Late ’34: NYC-based Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson launches first comic book series consisting of new, original material, New Fun

The co. he founded later became Detective Comics, Inc., then National Periodical Pub., then eventually “DC.”

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Origins of the American Comic Book

Late mid-30s: Assembly-line “shop system” of comic book production

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Origins of the American Comic Book

Early ’38: National’s Action Comics No. 1 inaugurates the “costume”

(superhero) genre with Jerry Siegel & Joe Shuster’s

“Superman”

Late 30s – early 40s: Meteoric growth of comic book industry

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Comic Book Sales(rough estimates)

1940: 10 million / month

1942: 12.5 million / month

1944: 20 million / month(thanks in part to servicemen)

1947: 60 million / month

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Comic Book Trendsbesides the Superhero

• “Funny Animal”and related children’s humor comics

(from 1941-1942, with the work ofCarl Barks, Walt Kelly,George Carlson, et al.)

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Funny Animal& Children’s

Humor

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Comic Book Trendsbesides the Superhero

• “Teenage” Comicsà la Archie

(from 1941, but especiallyafter WW2, c. 1946)

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“Teenage” Comics

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“Teenage” Comics

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“Teenage” Comics

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Comic Book Trendsbesides the Superhero

• Crime Comics(from 1942, but especially

after WW2, c. 1946)

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Crime Comics

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Post-WW2

• Romance(1947– )

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Romance Comics

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Post-WW2

• Horror(1950– )

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HorrorComics!

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Post-WW2

• Satire à la Mad(1952– )

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Mad (1952– )

Published by EC, created by

Harvey Kurtzman

(editor & head writer, Nos. 1-28)

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