This book examines the early history of the graphic novel in the 1970s, after the term was coined but before this art form achieved popular success and critical acclaim. Unearthing a treasure trove of fanzines, adverts, and unpublished letters, it gives readers an exciting inside look at a pivotal moment in the development of the graphic novel.

PAUL WILLIAMS is a Senior Lecturer in Twentieth-Century Literature at the University of Exeter in the U.K. The author of the books Race, Ethnicity and Nuclear War: Representations of Nuclear Weapons and Post-Apocalyptic Worlds (2011) and Paul Gilroy (2012), he has also published numerous articles and book chapters on the history of comics.
 

Contents
Preface
Abbreviations
Introduction
1) The Death of the Comic Book
2) Eastern Promise
3) Making Novels
4) The 'Graphic Novel' Triumphant
5) Putting the 'Novel' into 'Graphic Novel'
6) Comics as Literature?
Conclusion
Appendix
Acknowledgments
Bibliography