Comics through Time : A History of Icons, Idols, and Ideas [4 volume set]

Focusing especially on American comic books and graphic novels from the 1930s to the present, this massive four-volume work provides a colorful yet authoritative source on the entire history of the comics medium.

• Provides historical context within individual entries that allows readers to grasp the significance of that entry as it relates to the broader history and evolution of comics

• Includes coverage of international material to frame the subsets of American and British comics within a global context

• Presents information that will appeal and be of use to general readers of comics and supply coverage detailed enough to be of significant value to scholars and teachers working in the field of comics