May 12, 2008

Graphic history



From Virginia Commonwealth University's Blake Collection of True Life Comics:-
The Blake Collection of True Life Comics is part of Special Collections and Archives' Comics Arts Collection -- which includes an extensive collection of reference periodicals and books about the art and history of comic strips, comic books, and related subjects; nearly 10,000 comic books dating primarily from the 1970s-1990s; the papers and drawings of two Richmond newspaper political cartoonists, and several other manuscript collections.
Also at the VCU site: An essay by Dr. William E. Blake, Professor Emeritus of VCU's History Department, on True Comics and the liberal humanist orientation of publisher George J Hecht.