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White,
David Manning,
and Robert W. Abel, eds. The Funnies: An
American Idiom. New York: Free Press of Glencoe,
1963.
- Preface . . . vii
- Contributors . . . xi
- Contents . . . xiii
- Introduction:
Comic
Strips and American Culture--David Manning White and
Robert H. Abel . . . 1
- "From Little Nemo to
Li'l Abner," Heinz Politzer . . . 39
- "The Revolt Against
Naturalism in the Funnies," Ruell Denny . . . 55
- "Comics and the
American Image Abroad," David Manning White . . . 73
- "The Comic Strip in
American Life: A British View," Anonymous . . . 81
- "Cavalcade of the
Funnies," Clark Kinnaird . . . 88
- "Our Serious Comics,"
Kenneth E. Eble . . . 99
- "The Comics as
Non-Art," Karl E. Fortress . . . 111
- "One Shade of Gray:
The Art of Personal Journalism Complicated by Conscience,"
Robert H. Abel . . . 113
- "The Krazy Kat that
Walks by Himself," Gilbert Seldes . . . 131
- "Woofed with Dreams,"
Robert Warshow . . . 142
- "Sunday with the
American Gods," Neil Bradford Olson . . . 149
- "Fifty Million
Readers," Heywood Broun . . . 152
V. Children of the
Comics
- "Can Children Corrupt
Our Comics?" George Newton Gordon . . . 158
- "Quo Peanuts?" Martin
Jezer . . . 167
VI. The Researchers
Report
- "Who Reads the
Funnies--And Why?" Edward J. Robinson and David Manning
White . . . 179
- "The World of Sunday
Comics," Francis E. Barcus . . . 190
- "Male and Femal
Relations in the American Comic Strip," Gerhart Saenger
. . . 219
- "Comic Strips and
Their Adult Readers," Leo Bogart . . . 232
- "Mental Health
Attitudes of Youth as Influenced by a Comic Strip," Arnold
M. Rose . . . 247
VII. Coda: The
Creators Speak Out
- "Discourse on Humor:
The Comedy of Charile Chaplin," Al Capp . . . 263
- "Mary Worth and the
Affluent Society," Allen Saunders . . . 274
- "Pogo Looks at the
Abominable Snowman," Walt Kelly . . . 284
- Bibliography . . . 293
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