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Pieper, Gail W., with Kenneth D. Nordin and Joseph Ursitti. Understanding the Funnies: Critical Interpretations of Comic Strips. Lisle, IL: Procopian Press, 1997. 180pp.

Publisher's on-line information

  • Acknowledgments ... vii
  • Information about the Authors ... ix
  • A New Approach to Newspaper Comics - Gail W. Pieper ... 1
  • The Art of Peanuts and Calvin and Hobbes: A Critical Evaluation - Kenneth D. Nordin and William Scarlato ... 4
  • Commies, H-Bombs, and the National Security State: The Cold War in the Comics - Anthony A. Harkins ... 12
  • Male and Female Relationships in Comics [sic] Strips: A Longitudinal Analysis 1950-1992 - Kenneth D. Nordin ... 37
  • Dick Tracy and His Creators: A Study in Continuity and Change - Mary Kane and Gail W. Pieper ... 47
  • Jungian Archetypes in American Comic Strips: The Hero's Side - James F. Iaccino ... 62
  • Tess Trueheart (Tracy): Then and Now - Arthur T. Broes with Gail W. Pieper ... 77
  • Cosmo's Cosmos - Gail W. Pieper and Marie Clear ... 89
  • One Hundred Years of Comics in Italy - Written by Antonio Sassu; translated by William Worden ... 110
  • Sanmao, Kenkoy, Tokai: The Comic Strip in Asia - John A. Lent ... 140
  • Subject Index ... 173
  • Index of Comic Strips ... 179



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