The Comic Book History of Comics (3)
After reading The Comic Book History of Comics, first I will say it was a very interesting and informative read while being somewhat humorous. I also found a lot of the subjects they talked about fascinating like how comics evolved and the shifts in media. Although what I found to be particularly interesting to me was how comics were developed and viewed in different cultures. Like how in American comics were more dominated by a particular genre for certain eras; like how WWII brought about the age of superheroes while in Europe their comics were never really dominated by a certain genre but instead had a wide variety of different genres and franchises. It was interesting the respect American comic creators got from Europe while American's themselves held some contempt for them and the fact that Europe did not have harsh censorship compared to the comic code in America which gave them the freedom of a more adult audience and market. Along with that, it was really interesting and I