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Toronto: If you make it there, you can be a Comic Book Star (1939-1945)

War Bears by Margaret Atwood

March 17, 2020 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

People study the history of a nation. They study the history of that nation’s literature. They study how wars happened, the facts during and the aftermath. But do they ever write about the history of the Comic Book? The Graphic Novel? War Bears is an homage to “The Canadian Whites” and a history of World War Two. Moral back home was important, but also important was the moral of the troops. And the comics that “boys (and gals) back home” made kept spirits up. And […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Young Adult Tagged With: 1939-1945, Canada, Ken Steacy, Margaret Atwood, War comics, World War, World War Two

BlackRaven's CBR12 Review No:122 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Young Adult · Tags: 1939-1945, Canada, Ken Steacy, Margaret Atwood, War comics, World War, World War Two ·
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