(May 2012)
IDW,
2012 Series
Published in English
(United States)
- Price
- 21.99 USD
- Pages
- 228
- On-sale Date
- 2012-05-23
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- IDW Publishing
- Brand
-
IDW
- ISBN
-
978-1-61377-197-6
- Barcode
- 978716137719 76
- Editing
- Chris Ryall [editor-in-chief]; Fred Van Lente ? [original editor]
- Color
- Color Cover; Black and White Interior
- Dimensions
- standard Modern Age U.S.
- Paper Stock
- Cardstock Cover; Bond Interior
- Binding
- squarebound; trade paperback
- Publishing Format
- one-shot
Issue Notes
2012 graphic novel, originally published in comic format by Evil Twin Comics in 2008.
Legalese!
illustration / 2 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Synopsis
- Trademark and copyright information of characters used in the main story.
- Reprints
- from Comic Book Comics (Evil Twin Comics, 2008 series) #3 ([February] 2008) [Artwork rearranged and reduced to fit inside two pages.], #1 (March 2008) [Artwork rearranged and reduced to fit inside two pages.], #2 (October 2008) [Artwork rearranged and reduced to fit inside two pages.], #4 (October 2009) [Artwork rearranged and reduced to fit inside two pages.], #5 ([March] 2011) [Artwork rearranged and reduced to fit inside two pages.], #6 ([November] 2011) [Artwork rearranged and reduced to fit inside two pages.]
- in The Comic Book History of Comics (IDW, 2016 series) #1 (November 2016)
-
Funnies Get Famous
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- humor; non-fiction
- Synopsis
- Traces the origins of comic art, including Outcault's Yellow Kid and McCay's Little Nemo, plus how the animation work of Max Fleischer grew up contemporaneously.
- Reprints
- from Comic Book Comics (Evil Twin Comics, 2008 series) #1 (March 2008)
-
Amazing Spicy Science Mystery Stories!
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; non-fiction
- Synopsis
- Recounts the rise of pulp magazine adventures and how they inspired young Jack Kirby and Jerry Siegel, leading to Kirby's employment by Max Fleischer.
- Reprints
- from Comic Book Comics (Evil Twin Comics, 2008 series) #1 (March 2008)
-
Toon Feud
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; non-fiction
- Synopsis
- Recounts Kirby's time employed by Max Fleischer and how Fleischer originally found more success than Disney by being cost-conscientious, but Fleischer's labor troubles and Disney's success with Snow White saw Disney eclipse Fleischer before the end of the 1930s.
- Reprints
- from Comic Book Comics (Evil Twin Comics, 2008 series) #1 (March 2008)
-
New Action Fun
comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- humor; non-fiction
- Synopsis
- Explores the creation of Superman and the beginning of Kirby's career in comic books.
- Reprints
- from Comic Book Comics (Evil Twin Comics, 2008 series) #1 (March 2008)
-
America [Heart]'s Comics
comic story / 11 pages
- Genre
- humor; non-fiction
- Synopsis
- Recounts Joe Simon & Jack Kirby's time working for Martin Goodman, creating Captain America. Eventually they leave for DC Comics, believing that Stan Lee had betrayed them to Goodman.
- Reprints
- from Comic Book Comics (Evil Twin Comics, 2008 series) #2 (October 2008)
-
Our Artists At War!
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- humor; non-fiction
- Characters
- Real people: Joe Simon; Charles Addams; Will Eisner; Walt Disney; Walt Kelly; Bert Christman; Jack Kirby.
Featured characters/properties: Morticia Addams; Uncle Fester; The Spirit; Beetle Bailey; Mickey Mouse; Pogo; The Sandman. - Synopsis
- As the USA joins World War II, many comic book creators find themselves working for the military.
- Reprints
- from Comic Book Comics (Evil Twin Comics, 2008 series) #2 (October 2008)
-
All You Need Is Love
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; non-fiction
- Synopsis
- Recounts how readers' tastes in comic books changed after World War II, with Archie comics and romance books taking the lead.
- Reprints
- from Comic Book Comics (Evil Twin Comics, 2008 series) #2 (October 2008)
-
Crime Oh Man, Does It Pay!
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; non-fiction
- Synopsis
- Recounts how Charles Biro helped launch a wave of crime comics, but his partner Bob Wood was eventually arrested for murder.
- Reprints
- from Comic Book Comics (Evil Twin Comics, 2008 series) #4 (October 2009) which is reprinted
- from Awesome: The Indie Spinner Rack Anthology (Evil Twin Comics, 2007 series) (October 2007)
-
The House Of Fear
comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- humor; non-fiction
- Synopsis
- Recounts how William Gaines' comics helped lead to a new wave of horror and crime comics, while Fredric Wertham began denouncing the comics medium.
- Reprints
- from Comic Book Comics (Evil Twin Comics, 2008 series) #2 (October 2008)
-
[no title indexed]
cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; war
- Reprints
- from Comic Book Comics (Evil Twin Comics, 2008 series) #2 (October 2008)
-
This Isn't A Senate Hearing! This Is... Madness
comic story / 15 pages
- Genre
- humor; non-fiction
- Reprints
- from Comic Book Comics (Evil Twin Comics, 2008 series) #3 ([February] 2008)
-
Fanbase Presents...
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- humor; non-fiction
- Synopsis
- Recounts the rise of comic book fandom, the return of DC's super heroes in the Silver Age and Jack Kirby's reluctant return to working for Stan Lee.
- Reprints
- from Comic Book Comics (Evil Twin Comics, 2008 series) #3 ([February] 2008)
-
Tales To Marvel (At)
comic story / 14 pages
- Genre
- humor; non-fiction
- Synopsis
- Recounts the rise of Marvel Comics in the 1960s and the special attention Stan Lee received from the media, at the cost of his working relationship with Kirby, while Ditko's objectivist outlook likewise drove him from the company.
- Reprints
- from Comic Book Comics (Evil Twin Comics, 2008 series) #4 (October 2009)
-
Pop
comic story / 9 pages
- Genre
- humor; non-fiction
- Synopsis
- Recounts Roy Lichtenstein's appropriation of comic book art, the 1960s' Batman TV show and their lasting impact on how comic books were perceived.
- Reprints
- from Comic Book Comics (Evil Twin Comics, 2008 series) #3 ([February] 2008)
-
The Texas Mafia!
comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor; non-fiction
- Synopsis
- Recounts how the underground comic book movement began.
- Reprints
- from Comic Book Comics (Evil Twin Comics, 2008 series) #4 (October 2009)
-
Feed Your Head
comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- humor; non-fiction
- Synopsis
- Recounts the career of Robert Crumb and the rise of other underground cartoonists.
- Reprints
- from Comic Book Comics (Evil Twin Comics, 2008 series) #4 (October 2009)
-
Mouse Pirates
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; non-fiction
- Synopsis
- Recounts the legal battle the Disney corporation launched against the publication of Air Pirates Funnies.
- Reprints
- from Comic Book Comics (Evil Twin Comics, 2008 series) #5 ([March] 2011)
-
Heavy Mettle
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; non-fiction
- Synopsis
- Recounts stories of the French comic book marketplace from Tintin to Métal Hurlant and how while US comics fell out of favor in France, the French influence opened up a space for creator-owned comic books in the USA.
- Reprints
- from Comic Book Comics (Evil Twin Comics, 2008 series) #4 (October 2009)
-
The Grabbers
comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- humor; non-fiction
- Synopsis
- Recounts the many legal battles in the comic book industry, from Siegel & Shuster over Superman to Jack Kirby seeking the return of his Marvel Comics art.
- Reprints
- from Comic Book Comics (Evil Twin Comics, 2008 series) #5 ([March] 2011)
-
It Rhymes With Traffic Hovel
comic story / 11 pages
- Genre
- humor; non-fiction
- Synopsis
- Describes the history of the term "graphic novel" and the troubles behind classifying comic books as literature.
- Reprints
- from Comic Book Comics (Evil Twin Comics, 2008 series) #6 ([November] 2011)
-
1986 AD
comic story / 13 pages
- Genre
- humor; non-fiction
- Synopsis
- Recounts how Alan Moore developed Marvelman and Watchmen, leading to an influx of imitators and work for many other British comics writers in the US market.
- Reprints
- from Comic Book Comics (Evil Twin Comics, 2008 series) #5 ([March] 2011)
-
The God Of All Comics
comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- humor; non-fiction
- Synopsis
- Recounts the rise of manga in Japan, primarily through the career of Osamu Tezuka and how manga in turn influenced US comic books.
- Reprints
- from Comic Book Comics (Evil Twin Comics, 2008 series) #6 ([November] 2011)
-
No More Wednesdays
comic story / 18 pages
- Genre
- humor; non-fiction
- Synopsis
- Recounts the rise of the direct market, the black & white comic book crash of the 80s, Marvel's bankruptcy in the 90s and the threat of online piracy.
- Reprints
- from Comic Book Comics (Evil Twin Comics, 2008 series) #6 ([November] 2011) [The graphic novel has an extra page with several of the characters and people featured in several chapters.]
-
Notes On Sources
text article / 7 pages
- Synopsis
- Bibliography used by Fred Van Lente.
Indexer Notes
A more extensive listing is found on http://www.eviltwincomics.com/cbc_notes.html.
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Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
Introduction
-
2.
Legalese!
-
3.
Funnies Get Famous
-
4.
Amazing Spicy Science Mystery Stories!
-
5.
Toon Feud
-
6.
New Action Fun
-
7.
America [Heart]'s Comics
-
8.
Our Artists At War!
-
9.
All You Need Is Love
-
10.
Crime Oh Man, Does It Pay!
-
11.
The House Of Fear
-
12.
[no title indexed]
-
13.
This Isn't A Senate Hearing! This Is... Madness
-
14.
Fanbase Presents...
-
15.
Tales To Marvel (At)
-
16.
Pop
-
17.
The Texas Mafia!
-
18.
Feed Your Head
-
19.
Mouse Pirates
-
20.
Heavy Mettle
-
21.
The Grabbers
-
22.
It Rhymes With Traffic Hovel
-
23.
1986 AD
-
24.
The God Of All Comics
-
25.
No More Wednesdays
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26.
Notes On Sources
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