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    Hey Kids! Comics!: Prophets & Loss Vol. 3
    Hey Kids Comics: Schlock of The New #6
    Hey Kids Comics: Schlock of The New #2
    Ebook series5 titles

    Hey Kids! Comics! Series

    By Howard Chaykin

    3/5

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    About this series

    Digging deeper into the sordid, seedy, and always-entertaining lives of the men and women who built the comic book business, volume two of HOWARD CHAYKIN’s acclaimed comic à clef tells the story of those who pushed the boundaries of the lowest common denominator—at their own peril—and those happy enough to ride the waves others created. Along the way there’s exploitation, Blaxploitation, custom toilet paper, death at the dinner table, and plenty more, as fans turn pro and pros turn bitter.

    Collects HEY KIDS! COMICS!, VOL. II: PROPHETS & LOSS #1-6
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherImage Comics, Inc.
    Release dateMay 3, 2023
    Hey Kids! Comics!: Prophets & Loss Vol. 3
    Hey Kids Comics: Schlock of The New #6
    Hey Kids Comics: Schlock of The New #2

    Titles in the series (5)

    • 2

      Hey Kids Comics: Schlock of The New #2
      Hey Kids Comics: Schlock of The New #2

      Hey Kids Comics: Schlock of The New #2

      Howard Chaykin
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      With the soon-to-be self-styled greatest generation grudgingly called to war, it’s high time for those back on the home front to step up and fill in for the fighting men overseas. But when the work needs writers and artists, and the only bodies available are unambitious halfwit hacks and talentless, overeager fans...will this be what kills the comic book cash cow?

      With the soon-to-be self-styled greatest generation grudgingly called to war, it’s high time for those back on the home front to step up and fill in for the fighting men overseas. But when the work needs writers and artists, and the only bodies available are unambitious halfwit hacks and talentless, overeager fans...will this be what kills the comic book cash cow?

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      Hey Kids! Comics!: Prophets & Loss Vol. 3
      Hey Kids! Comics!: Prophets & Loss Vol. 3

      Hey Kids! Comics!: Prophets & Loss Vol. 3

      Howard Chaykin
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      It all begins with a generation of artists who view their life’s work as dismal failures and a waste of that life…in service to a medium that refuses to die, grinding its way through generation after generation…until it collides with creatives who can’t even begin to imagine why anyone would ever want to do anything else.  This is the history of comic books, alongside the misbegotten midwife whose growth, whose refusal to truly grow, serves as its decades-long and distorted mirror… Fandom. Collects HEY KIDS! COMICS!, VOL. 3: THE SCHLOCK OF THE NEW #1-6

      It all begins with a generation of artists who view their life’s work as dismal failures and a waste of that life…in service to a medium that refuses to die, grinding its way through generation after generation…until it collides with creatives who can’t even begin to imagine why anyone would ever want to do anything else.  This is the history of comic books, alongside the misbegotten midwife whose growth, whose refusal to truly grow, serves as its decades-long and distorted mirror… Fandom. Collects HEY KIDS! COMICS!, VOL. 3: THE SCHLOCK OF THE NEW #1-6

    • 6

      Hey Kids Comics: Schlock of The New #6
      Hey Kids Comics: Schlock of The New #6

      Hey Kids Comics: Schlock of The New #6

      Howard Chaykin
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      MINISERIES FINALE Who lives? Who dies? Whose (frequently doubled) voucher gets lost in the mail? HOWARD CHAYKIN’s three-volume journey through comic book history concludes with one last look at how fandom—joyful, toxic, proprietary, take your pick—paradigm shifted from captive audience to creative architect in no time flat. And sure, some of it didn’t happen. But it’s all true.

      MINISERIES FINALE Who lives? Who dies? Whose (frequently doubled) voucher gets lost in the mail? HOWARD CHAYKIN’s three-volume journey through comic book history concludes with one last look at how fandom—joyful, toxic, proprietary, take your pick—paradigm shifted from captive audience to creative architect in no time flat. And sure, some of it didn’t happen. But it’s all true.

    • Hey Kids! Comics!
      Hey Kids! Comics!

      Hey Kids! Comics!

      Howard Chaykin
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      3/5 - 2 ratings

      HEY KIDS! COMICS! takes its cue from nearly a century of turbulence and triumph, despair and drama in the comics racket. Artists and writers, con men and clowns, ganefs and gangsters create the foundations of today 's biggest entertainment business or at least the tail that wags the dog. Some of it really happened, and the names have been changed to protect the innocent and guilty Éalthough in the end, everyone was guilty of something. Collects HEY KIDS! COMICS! #1-5

      HEY KIDS! COMICS! takes its cue from nearly a century of turbulence and triumph, despair and drama in the comics racket. Artists and writers, con men and clowns, ganefs and gangsters create the foundations of today 's biggest entertainment business or at least the tail that wags the dog. Some of it really happened, and the names have been changed to protect the innocent and guilty Éalthough in the end, everyone was guilty of something. Collects HEY KIDS! COMICS! #1-5

    • Hey Kids! Comics! Vol. 2: Prophets & Loss
      Hey Kids! Comics! Vol. 2: Prophets & Loss

      Hey Kids! Comics! Vol. 2: Prophets & Loss

      Howard Chaykin
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      Digging deeper into the sordid, seedy, and always-entertaining lives of the men and women who built the comic book business, volume two of HOWARD CHAYKIN’s acclaimed comic à clef tells the story of those who pushed the boundaries of the lowest common denominator—at their own peril—and those happy enough to ride the waves others created. Along the way there’s exploitation, Blaxploitation, custom toilet paper, death at the dinner table, and plenty more, as fans turn pro and pros turn bitter. Collects HEY KIDS! COMICS!, VOL. II: PROPHETS & LOSS #1-6

      Digging deeper into the sordid, seedy, and always-entertaining lives of the men and women who built the comic book business, volume two of HOWARD CHAYKIN’s acclaimed comic à clef tells the story of those who pushed the boundaries of the lowest common denominator—at their own peril—and those happy enough to ride the waves others created. Along the way there’s exploitation, Blaxploitation, custom toilet paper, death at the dinner table, and plenty more, as fans turn pro and pros turn bitter. Collects HEY KIDS! COMICS!, VOL. II: PROPHETS & LOSS #1-6

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