[Comicsstudiessociety] New Book: Printing Terror: American Horror Comics as Cold War Commentary and Critique

[Sydney Heifler]

Hi Phil!

I read the book and really enjoyed it!

Best,
Sydney

On Wed, Jan 27, 2021 at 4:30 PM Philip Smith via ComicsStudiesSociety <
comicsstudiessociety at lists.osu.edu> wrote:

> Dear colleagues,
>
> With apologies for cross-posting. My friend Michael Goodrum and I wrote a
> book
> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526135926/__;!!KGKeukY!jRaBtPyy6u00Feaqio7X2kiAyKiifxNqqB9vzAjMjfr4NtUREe0-7FQoqSR0fREQwJk_PDuYD7bh$>
> which Manchester UP were kind enough to publish. It is called *Printing
> Terror: American Horror Comics as Cold War Commentary and Critique. *We
> are rather pleased with it. The blurb is below.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Phil
>
> *Printing Terror *places horror comics of the Cold War in dialogue with
> the anxieties of their age. It rejects the narrative of horror comics as
> inherently, and necessarily, subversive and explores, instead, the ways in
> which these texts manifest white male fears over America's changing
> sociological landscape. It examines two eras: the pre-CCA period of the
> 1940s up to 1954, and the post-CCA era to 1975. The book examines each of
> these periods through the lenses of war, gender, and race, demonstrating
> that horror comics at this time were centered on white male victimhood and
> the monstrosity of the gendered and/or racialised other. It is of interest
> to scholars of horror, comics studies, and American history.
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