Author: BARKER, MARTIN.
Title: Comics: ideology, power and the critics.
Description: First Edition; Roy. 8vo; pp. x, 320; numerous b/w. illustrations, figures and tables, notes and references, index, original grey cloth, title lettered in silver on spine, dustjacket faded on spine, previous owner's bookplate on front endpaper, otherwise a very good copy. Manchester; Manchester University Press; 1989. The book systematically re-examines claims about media influence through the arguments over comics. There are case-studies on the Beano and other funnies, Jackie and romance, Action and violence, Bunty and fantasy, and Disney and cultural imperialism. In each case, the book both re-examines the theories and methods used, and returns to the original comics - reproducing some for readers.

Keywords: Culture media Comics Social Comment Literature books on books critisim boo