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Hi i need any thing about the history of comic books
any of these questions
â¢Did comic books originate in newspapers or another source?
â¢What year did comic books first start coming out?
â¢What was the cause of the anti comic book movement?
â¢What were the first comic book companies?
â¢Who made the first comic book?
â¢Why did people make comic books?
Answer
I can't tell you a whole lot--I found some of this in books (compilations of old strips & books, etc)
the 1st comic books were reprints of comic strips from the paper; I have no idea who published them, but at a guess, I would say either the comic strip syndicate or the newspapers. Check the 1st link below for more on the original non-newspaper ones.
Comic strips were major things in the 20s & 30s--people wanted to read them, follow the plot lines in Dick Tracy, Brenda Starr, Little Orphan Annie, etc., no matter how old they were. Probably the thinking behind reprinting the old strips.
The anti- movement was after the 1st superhero comics, and actually was in the 50s, I think. If you can find a copy of Seduction of the Innocent by Wertham, you'll see how he whipped up public opinion on the grounds of reading comics (esp the old EC ones--Tales of the Crypt Keeper, etc--very gory) led to bad behavior of all types in America's Youth.
I can't tell you a whole lot--I found some of this in books (compilations of old strips & books, etc)
the 1st comic books were reprints of comic strips from the paper; I have no idea who published them, but at a guess, I would say either the comic strip syndicate or the newspapers. Check the 1st link below for more on the original non-newspaper ones.
Comic strips were major things in the 20s & 30s--people wanted to read them, follow the plot lines in Dick Tracy, Brenda Starr, Little Orphan Annie, etc., no matter how old they were. Probably the thinking behind reprinting the old strips.
The anti- movement was after the 1st superhero comics, and actually was in the 50s, I think. If you can find a copy of Seduction of the Innocent by Wertham, you'll see how he whipped up public opinion on the grounds of reading comics (esp the old EC ones--Tales of the Crypt Keeper, etc--very gory) led to bad behavior of all types in America's Youth.
How should one study history books?
A Boy
Should I read all the pages on a book? How should I take notes? Should I write down a timeline?
This is not for exams but for personal study. How should I absorb the information in a history book?
Answer
Some (or most) authors seem to have a certain slant or bias as to what they are writing. Everyone who studies history seems to have an angle, either left or right, commie or democratic etc.
But at least most of them seem to know their subjects & some even seem to like them (possible exceptions might be Ghenghis Khan & his ilk).
I have wound up reading a lot of history books over the past 20 years, beginning with the Roman Empire & going back to cro-magnon man & earlier.
Since then I branched out to European history, specifically British history as there are more books written in english & I don't read other languages well at all.
In the last few years I began reading about the War of 1812 & learned an awful lot that was never taught in school.
WW 2 & WW 1 & the Civil war have also made it to my reading lists & I even found a couple of books on Vietnam that took a right wing slant that I agree with being a Viet Vet myself & only hearing about all the leftists over the past 40 years. The Korean war as well.
I say read them without notes, just let it sink in slowly.
The best history books read like novels, but that is not an easy task to do.
Read history because as the now trite saying is "those who forget history are doomed to relive it".
Sometimes when a certain book becomes too dense I just bring it back to the library.
In school I have learned that we did not really learn about much at all when it came to the end result.
Some (or most) authors seem to have a certain slant or bias as to what they are writing. Everyone who studies history seems to have an angle, either left or right, commie or democratic etc.
But at least most of them seem to know their subjects & some even seem to like them (possible exceptions might be Ghenghis Khan & his ilk).
I have wound up reading a lot of history books over the past 20 years, beginning with the Roman Empire & going back to cro-magnon man & earlier.
Since then I branched out to European history, specifically British history as there are more books written in english & I don't read other languages well at all.
In the last few years I began reading about the War of 1812 & learned an awful lot that was never taught in school.
WW 2 & WW 1 & the Civil war have also made it to my reading lists & I even found a couple of books on Vietnam that took a right wing slant that I agree with being a Viet Vet myself & only hearing about all the leftists over the past 40 years. The Korean war as well.
I say read them without notes, just let it sink in slowly.
The best history books read like novels, but that is not an easy task to do.
Read history because as the now trite saying is "those who forget history are doomed to relive it".
Sometimes when a certain book becomes too dense I just bring it back to the library.
In school I have learned that we did not really learn about much at all when it came to the end result.
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