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<p><b>Arguing that British comics are distinct from their international counterparts, a unique showcase of the major role they have played in the imaginative lives of British youth—and some adults.</b></p> In this entertaining cultural history of British comic papers and magazines, James Chapman shows how comics were transformed in the early twentieth century from adult amusement to imaginative reading matter for children. Beginning with the first British comic, <i>Ally Sloper</i>—known as “A Se
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- Author
- James Chapman
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books
- Published
- 2012
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781861898555
- Category
- art
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Graphic Novel, Fiction
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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