Two titles about Jews in the comic strip and comic book world. Available individually as priced below or together for $18.00.
Buhle, Paul, edited by. "Jews and American Comics: An Illustrated History of an American Art Form." New York, The New Press, 2008. ISBN: 978-1-59588-331-4. Quarto in dust jacket, 198 pp., b/w illustrations throughout, contributors, notes, contributor and art list. Hardbound. Very Good. With sections on Jewish comic strips in the Yiddish and Yellow press, Super-Heroes, Underground comics, and the recent personal works on Jewish identity. (58256) $12.50 postpaid within the US. Ro, Ronin. "Tales to Astonish: Jack Kirby, Stan Lee, and the American Comic Book Revolution." New York, Bloomsbury, 2004. First American Edition. ISBN: 1-58234-345-4. Octavo in dust jacket, 298 pp. Hardbound. Very Good. The Golden Age of Comics was a very Jewish product. Kirby created his first great character, Captain America, in 1940. What was most interesting about comics in the 50s was Jewish although the profits were elsewhere. In the 60s and 70s Lee and Kirby rejuvenated the idea of Superheroes. In the 1970s the Kirby went his separate way creating his underappreciated "New Gods" series. Ronin Ro tries to give a fuller picture of Kirby's career, and insights into a personal life which seems to have rarely strayed far from the demands of his drawing board. Churning out 15 pages a week is considered superhuman in the world of the superhero comics, but Kirby kept to a regime like that for decades, working late hours and sleeping until noon, ultimately producing an estimated 25,000 pages in his lifetime. (58260) $10.00 postpaid within the US. We ship and biil to Libraries and Institutions. Individual should prepay. Call 415-831-3228 or email to reserve copies. END Henry Hollander, Bookseller 843 Twenty-Fourth Avenue San Francisco, CA 94121 tel 415-831-3228 http://www.hollanderbooks.com http://hollanderbooks.blogger.com boyc...@hollanderbooks.com --- Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: hasaf...@osu.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org