This book explores the phenomenon of the story paper, the meanings and values children took from their reading, and the responses of adults to their reading cho

In this pioneering work about the precursor to the comic book, Kelly Boyd traces the evolution of the boys' story paper and its impact on the imaginative world

This book maps the development of the boy detective in British children’s literature from the mid-nineteenth to the early-twentieth century. It explores how t

Arguing that British comics are distinct from their international counterparts, a unique showcase of the major role they have played in the imaginative lives of