Four Colour Combat: Canadian Forces in War Comics

Comic books transcend space and time. Regardless of one's grasp of language, comic books allow the reader to insert themselves into the action by way of simple, exciting four-color graphics. Centered around Canadian war stories within American comic books, the comics featured in this book have a unique spirit to them and play a colorful role in popular culture and history storytelling.

Publisher Marketing: Introduction and Acknowledgements 9 Book Introduction 11 The Ground War 15 The Air War 65 Sea Stories 135 The Recent Years 147 Conclusions 149 About the Author 151 Bibliography 153 Publisher Marketing : Comic books transcend space and time. Regardless of one's grasp of language, comic books allow the reader to insert themselves into the action by way of simple, exciting four colour graphics. Centered around Canadian war stories within American comic books, the comics featured in this book have a unique spirit to them and play a colourful role in popular culture and history storytelling. Contributor Bio: Scott, Cord A CORD A. SCOTT is an Associate Professor for the University of Maryland system currently residing in Korea. His publication work includes several topics on aspects of Chicago history, aspects of popular culture in American media as well as American military culture, and aspects of comic books. His book Comics and Conflict was published in 2014. Currently, he is working on cartoons produced in Stars and Stripes during World War I.

Format: Paperback | Pages: 152 | Publication Date: 2019-04-16