It’s first of a series of three episodes about America: its history, its people, and its culture. And to start us off, I’m looking at how American history is related through the comics medium by looking at the comic book “A Picture Story of the United States,” The Cartoon History of the United States by Larry Gonick, and A Most Imperfect Union: A Contrarian History of the United States. How do they tell the story of America and how good of a job do they do? Listen and find out.
Content Warning: This episode includes me sharing my political views. Listener discretion is advised.
You can listen here:
Apple Podcasts: Pop Culture Affidavit
Pop Culture Affidavit podcast page
After the jump, there are a few extras …
The covers of the three works I look at in this episode:
If you’d like to read “A Picture History of the United States”, here is where you can find it on Comic Book Plus (as well as a link to other books) …
A Picture History of the United States (first edition)
A Picture History of the United States (second edition)
Comics About the United States (includes others I mentioned on this episode)
Check your local library for A Cartoon History of the United States and A Most Imperfect Union.
Here are links to a few of the sources I used in the episode:
Hogan’s Alley piece about Johnstone and Cushing
Pop Culture Affidavit 