HeyJaredHistory of Comic Books Podcast
A brief rambling history of comic books and the people who made them.
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Archives - Robert Savon Pious (opens the original)
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And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief biography of Robert Savon Pious, a black artist and historian who also contributed to the Golden Age of Comic Books.
Archives - The Life of Elmer Cecil Stoner (opens the original)
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And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief biography of Elmer Cecil Stoner, one of the first black artists to openly work in American comic books during the Golden Age.
Archives - Chester Gould, the Father of Dick Tracy and the American Crime Comic (opens the original)
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And now for a reposting of this rambling and too brief second part of this biography of Chester Gould, as he takes his Dick Tracy creation into one of the most popular characters in comics while fending off numerous imitators.
Archives - Chester Gould, the Father of Dick Tracy and the American Crime Comic (opens the original)
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And now a resposting of the first part of this too brief and rambling biography of Chester Gould, the creator of Dick Tracy that also brought about the American Crime Comic genre.
Archives - Rube Goldberg, the Dean of Cartoonists (opens the original)
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And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief biography of Rube Goldberg, the dean of cartoonists.
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