Arguing Comics: Literary Masters on a Popular Medium #[nn]

This collection gathers essays and commentary from major literary figures of the 20th century—including e.e. cummings, Irving Howe, and Marshall McLuhan—who weighed in on the artistic and cultural significance of comic strips and comic books. Spanning the 1940s through the 1960s, the volume presents a range of perspectives from praise to condemnation, offering a window into the early intellectual debates surrounding the medium. Part of the Studies in Popular Culture series, it serves as a scholarly resource for understanding how comics were perceived before gaining academic legitimacy.