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Helsby, Wendy. Children’s Comics: A teacher’s guide. Leighton Buzzard: Auteur, 2005. 
Added by: joachim (26/03/2026, 22:37)   
Resource type: Book
Language: en: English
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ID no. (ISBN etc.): 1-903663-20-2
BibTeX citation key: Helsby2005
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Keywords: Children’s and young adults’ comics, Didactics
Creators: Helsby
Publisher: Auteur (Leighton Buzzard)		 Views: 8/203
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Abstract
Distinct from ‘magazines’, children’s comics are a discreet and fascinating medium, superficially familiar to us all, yet rarely the subject of investigation in Media Studies. But comics have been with us in their current form for over a hundred years and they remain hugely popular with their audience and very lucrative for their owners.
Beginning with A Short History of Comics — from the eighteenth century’s ‘Dr. Syntax’ to the ‘moral panics’ of the 1950s, and beyond — this Teacher's Guide explores every area of the subject likely to be of relevance to the Media teacher:
  • Comic Language – comic ‘codes’, and how to read them;
  • Industries and Institutions – from conglomerates to cults and cross-media synergy;
  • Censorship – the history of comic book regulation in the USA and the UK;
  • Popular Culture and Audiences – who reads children’s comics? And are they bad for them?
  • Representation – comics and gender, race and nationality;
  • Superheroes and Naughty Kids – the history, and appeal, of Superman, Batman and… Dennis the Menace.

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