Comic Book Women Audiobook Libro.fm

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The history of comics has centered almost exclusively on men Comics historians largely describe the medium as one built by men telling tales about male protagonists neglecting the many ways in which women fought for legitimacy on the page and in publishers studios Despite this maledominated focus women played vital roles in the early history of comics The story of how comic books were born and how they evolved changes dramatically when women like June Tarp Mills and Lily Rene are placed at the center rather than at the margins of this history and when characters such as the Black Cat Patsy Walker and Seorita Rio are analyzed

Comic Book Women offers a feminist history of the golden age of comics revising our understanding of how numerous genres emerged and upending narratives of how male auteurs built their careers Considering issues of race gender and sexuality the authors examine crime horror jungle romance science fiction superhero and Western comics to unpack the cultural and industrial consequences of how women were represented across a wide range of titles by publishers like DC Timely Fiction House and others This revisionist history reclaims the forgotten work done by women in the comics industry and reinserts female creators and characters into the canon of comics history