books.google.com - "Originally published in France and long sought in English translation, Jean-Paul Gabilliet's Of Comics and Men: A Cultural History of American Comic Books documents the rise and development of the American comic book industry from the 1930s to the present. The book intertwines aesthetic issues and critical...http://books.google.com/books/about/Of_Comics_and_Men.html?id=J1t8g_yX1wcC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareOf Comics and Men