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Pustz, Matthew J. Comic Book Culture: Fanboys and True Believers. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 1999. 244 pp. ISBN 1578062004 (hc), 1578062012 (paper).

Introduction ... 1 
  1. Discovering Comic Book Culture ... 3
  2. EC Fan-Addicts and Marvel Zombies: Historical Comic Book-Reading Communities .. 26
  3. From Speculators to Snobs: The Spectrum of Contemporary Comic Book Readers ... 66
  4. Comics Literacy: Creating Culture through Content ... 110
  5. From Comicons to Web Pages: The Origins of Comic Book Culture ... 157
  6. Conclusion: Creating Comic Book Culture ... 199
Notes ... 215
Bibliography ... 221

Index ... 235


Reviews in Print
  • Kannenberg, Gene Jr. [review.] SHARP [Society for the History of Authorship, Reading & Publishing] News 10.2 (Spring 2001): 13-14.
  • Singer, Marc. [review.] International Journal of Comic Art 2.2 (Fall 2000): 312-14.



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