From Krakow to Krypton

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ISBN: 9780827608436 | 0827608438
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 11/10/2008

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"In From Krakow to Krypton, Arie Kaplan unmasks the Jewish subtexts of these stories and showcases the unique contributions Jews have made to this American art form. The book features original interviews with legendary figures such as Will Eisner, Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Al Jaffee, Neil Gaiman, Jerry Robinson, and Art Spiegelman, giving fans an inside look at the people behind the stories."--BOOK JACKET.

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Foreword
The: Golden Age
(1933-1955) The Birth of the Comics
Famous Funnies	p. 2
Leger and Reuths	p. 6
Supergolem	p. 9
Attack of the Clones	p. 21
People of the (Comic) Book	p. 26
The Spirit of the Times	p. 32
The Leaden Age	p. 44
Why We Fight	p. 58
New Trends and Innocent Seducers	p. 63
The Silver Age
(1956-1978) The Growth and Development of Jewish Comics
Super Family Values	p. 84
Broome Makes a Clean Sweep	p. 87
Stan and Jack	p. 92
The Superhero from Queens	p. 101
Courting the College Crowd	p. 107
Outsider Heroes	p. 111
Openly Jewish, Openly Heroic	p. 116
Kirby's Fourth World	p. 126
Notes from the Underground	p. 137
From Novel Graphics to Graphic Novels	p. 151
The Bronze Age
(1979-the Present) Comics in the Modern World
From Comix to Graphix	p. 162
The Maus That Art Built	p. 171
A Graphic Approach to Jewish History	p. 176
The Martian Jew	p. 188
Children of the Atom ... And Eve	p. 196
Vertigo Visions	p. 203
Up, Up, And Away But Where To?	p. 206
Comics History Timeline	p. 212
Bibliography	p. 216
Index
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From Krakow to Krypton

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