Comic Book Women: Characters, Creators, and Culture in the Golden Age

by Blair Davis and Peyton Brunet

Book Overview

2023 Peter C. Rollins Book Award, Southwest Texas Popular Culture and American Culture Associations (SWPACA)

A revisionist history of women's pivotal roles as creators of and characters in comic books.

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1477324127
• ISBN13: 9781477324127
• Release Date: March 2023
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.8"