Hey Kids! Comics!, Volume 2: Prophets & Loss

"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 Comics a clef tells the story of those who pushed the boundaries of the lowest common denominator - at their 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."--

About the author

Howard Chaykin is a longtime veteran of the comic book business, serving as an artist and writer for nearly every publisher of comics in the past four decades…and counting. He took the ’90s off to work on mostly unwatchable television, so he missed the money and dreck that was comics in that execrable decade. He is responsible, some might say culpable, for introducing a number of previously unexplored themes to comic books. If you're not hip to what that's supposed to mean, there's always Wikipedia.

Summary

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 Comics à clef tells the
story of those who pushed the boundaries of the lowest common
denominator–at their 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. 1: PROPHETS & LOSS #1-5

Product details

• Authors: Chaykin , Laird Barron, Elizabeth Bear, Howard Victor Chaykin, Howard Victor Chaykin, Caitlin R. Kiernan, John Langan, Sarah Monette, Richard Parks, John Shirley, Charles Stross, Carrie Vaughn
• Assisted by: Paula Guran (Editor)
• Publisher: Diamond US
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 16
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.01.2022
• EAN: 9781534320093
• ISBN: 978-1-5343-2009-3
• No. of pages: 192
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 254 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 422 g
• Series: HEY KIDS COMICS TP
• Subject: Fiction > Comic, cartoon, humour, satire