The History of Comics, including Women, continues with the Era of Identity. In 1954 Atlas Comics tried to return to Superheroes again. They tried it bringing back Superheroes like the Sub-Mariner, the Human Torch, and Captain America. But it wasn’t …
The History of Comics, including Women, continues with the Era of Retrenchment. Here we see the rise of the television. The TV becomes the dominant mass media preferred by people, especially by kids. While the TV offered Superman’s adventures for …
The History of Comics, including Women, continues with the Era of Diversification. This is an era where Superheroes falter and other types of comics shine, like funny animals (Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories from Dell), youngsters (Archie), crime comics (Dell’s …
The History of Comics, including Women, continues with the second part of the Era of Proliferation. We’re going to meet Batman and discover how the shop system worked. In May 1939 DC introduced the Batman, created by artist Bob Kane …
The History of Comics, including Women, continues with the Era of Proliferation, a productive time for comics, but a depressive one for the economy. In the Era of Invention part 2 we discovered all about frivolous flapper girls. However, the …
The History of Comics, including Women, continues with the Era of Intention part 3. In part 2 we discovered the pulp heroes that would influence Superheroes of the Depression. But before talking about tough times, let’s explore the pursuit of …
The History of Comics, including Women, continues with the Era of Intention part 2. In part 1 we discovered the origins of comics and great artists. Today we keep up with our list discovering some badass women who made their …
The History of Comics, including Women, might sound like a pretty odd title; however, you’d be surprised how little female authors you can find in books that explain the History of Comics, especially when the medium was born. But, seriously? …
Welcome to comics THORsday! Today we’re going to take a global look at the history of comic books in the US, but taking a look at women in comics. Women started to draw comic strips as soon as 1896! However, …
Welcome to comics THORsday! Today we’re going to take a global look at the history of comic books in the US. During the following weeks, we’ll be taking a closer look at it. However, this week I want to focus …