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247 Index Abel, Jessica, xiii, xix, 146–47, 166–69, 172–75 Abortion Eve, 138 ACME Novelty Library, The, 106, 108, 115, 122n11, 122n13 Adams, Neal, 44, 242 Adhesive Comics, 94 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, 47, 53, 54, 198 Agatha Christie Comic Strip Editions, 19 American Born Chinese, 13 American Splendor, xvii, 25 Anderson, Ho Che, 164 Animal Man, 15, 16, 17, 20, 22, 40 animation, 91, 95–98, 100–1, 124, 125, 129, 221–23, 232n7 Aragonés, Sergio, 53 Arcade: The Comix Revue, xx, 182 Arkham Asylum, 40 Artbabe, 146 Asterix, 6 Authority, The, 42, 43 authorship, xii, xx, 20–21, 24, 27, 37, 52, 116, 119, 121n6, 124–25, 185, 195–97, 213 Baetens, Jan, 191 Bagge, Peter, xix Ball, David M., xviii, 197 Barks, Carl, 51, 54, 128 Barry, Lynda, 104, 121n4, 141, 148n1, 213, 232n2 Batman, xii, xv, xvi, xvii, 7, 19, 25, 36, 38, 40, 57, 127, 179, 188, 211, 212, 237 Bechdel, Alison, 121n4, 148n1, 232n2 Berger, Arthur Asa, 189 Berger, Karen, 14, 16, 19, 21–22, 23, 24, 27, 39 Beyond Time and Again, xiv Birdland, 154 Bissette, Steve, 6, 7 Black Orchid, 39 Bond, Shelly, 23 Bone, 8–9, 46–54 Bordeaux, Ariel, 144 Boys, The, 42 Breakdowns, 186, 222, 232n5 Brown, Jeffrey, 91 Brown, Joshua, 183–84, 191 Brunetti, Ivan, 128–29 Bruning, Richard, 17 Burns, Charles, xx Campbell, Eddie, 36, 231n2 Camper, Jennifer, 159 Carey, Mike, and Louise Carey, 23 Carey, Percy, 22 Carlin, John, 187 Cartoon Books, 9, 46, 47, 49 Cerebus, 6, 8 Charlton Comics, 38 Children With Glue, 90 Chute, Hillary, xv, xx, 191–92 City, The, 6 City of Glass, 104, 213 Claremont, Chris, 34–35 Clowes, Daniel, xvi, xx, 11 248 INDEX Cole, Jack, 212 Come Over, Come Over, 213 Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, 236 Comical Tragedy or Tragical Comedy of Mr. Punch, The, 39 comics: canon of, 50, 106, 108, 128, 179, 188, 210–11, 217, 237–38, 240; computerized production of, 15–17, 27, 119, 235, 238–39, 241; cultural esteem of, xi, xix, 11, 17, 50–51, 99, 210, 236; film and, xvi–xvii, 11, 16, 25, 27, 33, 34, 42, 43, 44, 49, 51, 53, 70, 91, 93–94, 126, 129, 136, 162n1, 180, 186, 188–89, 205, 213, 221–23, 225; literature and, xviii, xix, xx, 11, 14, 17, 20–22, 26, 27, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 43–44, 47, 50, 52–54, 65, 103–20, 121n4, 121n8, 126, 127, 146–47, 164, 190–92, 196–98, 206–7, 210–18, 231–32n2, 232n3, 232n4; museums and, 184, 186–87, 195; notions of readership, xii, 15, 23, 135, 180–82, 187–88; politics and, xvii, xviii, xix, xx, 4, 11, 31–32, 34–36, 43–44, 58–65, 68–86, 94, 112, 136–37, 138–48, 156, 205–6, 218–31; prizes awarded to, xvi, xx, xxi, 5, 12, 13, 26, 68, 91, 106, 125–26, 132, 194, 197; sequential art, xiv–xv, xvii, xviii, 41, 52, 70, 100, 179, 195, 235, 240–41 Comics Code Authority, 3, 4, 5, 36, 152, 154–56, 158, 161, 181 Comics Journal, The, 34, 165, 167 Comics Retailer, 48 Confessions of a Blabbermouth, 23 Constantine, John, 16, 20, 42 Contract with God, A, xiii–xiv, 6, 14, 216 copyright, 8, 20, 24, 25, 27, 58, 97, 145, 151, 153; property rights for creators, xviii– xix, 8, 10, 15, 20, 24–25, 27, 241–42 Crumb, Robert, xviii–xx, xxi, 4, 37, 70, 131, 156–57, 162n2, 162n4, 182, 186, 231–32n2, 240 Cruse, Howard, 162 Daredevil, xvii, 7 Dark Horse Comics, 10 Dark Knight Returns, The. See Batman DC Comics, xvi, xvii, xx, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 14–27, 36–40, 42–43, 58–65, 153, 156, 161–62, 181, 182, 188–89 Death of Captain Marvel, The, 14 DeFalco, Tom, 21 Deitch, Kim, xx, 128 Delano, Jamie, 16, 20, 34, 39–42 Dell Comics, 181 Detective Comics, 5 Diamond Comic Distributors, 91 Dillon, Steve, 25, 42 DiMassa, Diane, 144, 148, 159–61 direct market, 3–5, 7, 8, 18, 27, 35, 37 Dirks, Rudolph, 104, 121n6 Dirty Plotte, 141–42, 144 Disney, 151, 190, 223 Ditko, Steve, 16 Doherty, Thomas, xx Doom Patrol, 16, 17, 22, 40 Doucet, Julie, 141–42, 144–45, 148 Drooker, Eric, xiv DV8, 42 Eastman, Kevin, 8 Eclipse Comics, 35, 235 Eisner, Will, xiii–xv, 6, 11, 14, 28n6, 47, 164, 188, 216 ElfQuest, 8, 9 Ellis, Warren, 21, 32, 42–43...

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