Twelve-Cent Archie New Edition with Full Color Illustrations |
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| Author:
| Beaty, Bart |
| Series title: | Comics Culture Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8135-9446-0 |
| Publication Date: | May 2017 |
| Publisher: | Rutgers University Press
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $29.95 |
Book Description:
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For over seventy-five years, Archie and the gang at Riverdale High have been America's most iconic teenagers. Yet they have been relatively ignored by scholars--until now.
Twelve-Cent Archie is both the first academic study of these comics and an innovative creative work in its own right. In a hundred short chapters, renowned comics scholar Bart Beaty takes us on a witty, eclectic tour of the Archie universe, addressing everything from the history of the American teenager...
More DescriptionFor over seventy-five years, Archie and the gang at Riverdale High have been America's most iconic teenagers. Yet they have been relatively ignored by scholars--until now. Twelve-Cent Archie is both the first academic study of these comics and an innovative creative work in its own right. In a hundred short chapters, renowned comics scholar Bart Beaty takes us on a witty, eclectic tour of the Archie universe, addressing everything from the history of the American teenager to the mystery of Jughead's hat.