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Unbalanced Production: The Comics Business in the 1940s

Unbalanced Production: The Comics Business in the 1940s

Posted on March 5, 2019March 5, 2019Author CarolPosted in Forgotten Comics Research1 Reply

Learn about the comic book business of the 1940s in this essay highlighting a 1949 MBA thesis written by Charles Cridland, an employee of the David McKay Company, publisher of titles such as ACE COMICS, KING COMICS, and MAGIC COMICS. Cridland’s research documents the growth and economics of the early comic book industry.

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