A Scroll in TimeA Brief History in American Comics: Part 8: The Growth of Fandoms in the 1980sThe 1980’s comic sales reached a new market, due at least in part to the new specialty “fan shop” comic stores that began arising for…Sep 30, 2017Sep 30, 2017
A Scroll in TimeA Brief History in American Comics: Part 7- Comics and Comix of the 1970'sThe 1970s brought about another generation of new comic artists. Emerging with their own stories, inspired by the comics they read growing…Sep 16, 2017Sep 16, 2017
A Scroll in TimeA Brief History in American Comics: Part 6- The Comic Rebirth of the 1960s“The 1950s backlash that resulted in the Comics Code mainly affected adventure comics… in the 1960s, criticism was focused on the humor…Sep 2, 2017Sep 2, 2017
A Scroll in TimeA Brief History in American Comics: Part 5- Critique and Dark Days of the 1950s“Threatened with artistic sterility, and imprisoned within its own clichés, the American comic strip faced a new and grave danger,”…Jul 15, 2017Jul 15, 2017
A Scroll in TimeA Brief History of American Comics: Part 4- Post-War ComicsNewspaper Comics The end of WWII “precipitated the decline of the American comic strip[3].” After 1946, “humorous strips were no longer…Jun 10, 2017Jun 10, 2017
A Scroll in TimeA Brief History of American Comics: Part 3.5- The Birth of a New FormatThe 1940’s Part II: The Birth of a New FormatApr 16, 2017Apr 16, 2017
A Scroll in TimeA Brief History of American Comics: Part 3- The Continuation of the Comic StripThe 1940’s Part I: The Continuation of the Comic StripApr 15, 2017Apr 15, 2017
A Scroll in TimeA Brief History of American Comics: Part 2- The Uprising of the Comic StripThe American 1920’s and 30’s not only brought the comic strip to a widespread of American homes, but also opened up a multitude of ideas…Feb 11, 2017Feb 11, 2017
A Scroll in TimeA Brief History of American Comics: Part 1- The Creation of the Comic StripThe American comic strip is often viewed as a pivotally new media and/or art deriving from the United States. Similar to Japanese comics…Jan 28, 2017Jan 28, 2017
A Scroll in TimeA Brief History of Japanese Comics Part 6: 60’s and 70's- A Modernizing AgeTo say comics were a part of life of many in Japan in the 60s and 70s may be an understatement. The 50s saw the rise of Osamu Tezuka’s…Dec 10, 2016Dec 10, 2016
