old news: WaPo reviews of Ian Gordon and William Savage's books on comics history

HOLY COW!

July 26, 1998

More than 27 years ago

 

By Dennis Drabelle

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/entertainment/books/1998/07/26/holy-cow/aca05af5-747d-4885-b7d2-c6cde16afef3/

COMIC STRIPS AND CONSUMER CULTURE: 1890-1945 By Ian Gordon Smithsonian. 233 pp. $29.95 COMMIES, COWBOYS, AND JUNGLE QUEENS Comic Books and America, 1945-1954 By William W. Savage Jr. Wesleyan. 151 pp. $14.95 paperback

 Reviewed by Dennis Drabelle, who writes frequently about comics.