Bradford W. Wright

History of comics that covers most of the bases, transitioning to an argument that comics receded both because of the rise of TV and videogames and because the rest of popular culture started catering to adolescents, or to the particular adolescent desires for sex and violence that comics often provided.

Well-written and catalogued. Sufficiently researched. My only qualm is there isn't really enough about the changing role of women in the production of comics or the changing role of the female characters within the narrative. In that respect it was disappointing. In all others, more than adequate.

I loved this book. The history of comic books is an amazing one. :)