Tijuana bibles : art and wit in America's forbidden funnies, 1930s-1950s

Tijuana bibles : art and wit in America's forbidden funnies, 1930s-1950s / [edited by] Bob Adelman ; introductory essay by Art Spiegelman ; commentary by Richard Merkin ; essay by Madeline Kripke.

Comic strips in general were an American phenomenon, and at their zenith the Sunday funnies were as important as breakfast. But the anonymous creators of the Tijuana Bibles turned the saccharine tradition of the comics on its head, cheerfully savaging every sacred cow in the pasture in their pursuit...

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Other Authors: Adelman, Bob (Editor), Spiegelman, Art (author of introduction.), Merkin, Richard (writer of supplementary textual conten.), Kripke, Madeline (writer of supplementary textual conten.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Simon & Schuster Editions, [1997]
Subjects:
Underground comic books, strips, etc > United States.
Erotic comic books, strips, etc > United States.
The Dr. Mark D. Nevins '86 Collection for the Study of Comics and Graphic Novels
Gift of Mark D. Nevins, Ph.D. (Class of 1986), 2018
Erotic comics.
Comic books > U.S.A. > 1930-1959 > Reprints.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introductory essay: those dirty little comics / Art Spiegelman
  • The lingo of the Tijuana Bibles / Madeline Kripke
  • See you in the funny pages!
  • Our fellow Americans: heebs, wops, traveling salesmen, and the farmer's daughter
  • There's no bizness like show bizness!
  • Gun molls, heavyweights, and assorted tyrants
  • Odds 'n' ends: or, Hot nuts and wild gooses
  • The wide stylistic range of the Tijuana Bibles / Richard Merkin
  • Talking dirty: the vocabulary of the Tijuana Bibles / Madeline Kripke
  • Those naughty end pages / Richard Merkin
  • Bibliography / Madeline Kripke
  • List of titles and index of subjects parodied.

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