From Gum Wrappers to Richie Rich Alyssa Meier mind-bending “What If’s

mind-bending “What If’s

a comic tour de force that is as emotionally gut-wrenching as it is visually stunning

"Lady Killer somehow manages to perfectly incorporate the quaint concept of the 1950s TV housewife with blood-fueled antics of vicious killer for hire

not just as art but as a window into another culture

#1 New York Times bestselling creator of AMULET

From Gum Wrappers to Richie Rich Alyssa Meier mind-bending “What If’s*This is NOT a comic! But it's ABOUT comics! By Neale Barnholden. Published by University Press of Mississippi Softcover, 184 pages, Prose w B&W Illustrations, 2024. Between the 1930s and the invention of the internet, American comics reached readers in a few distinct physical forms: the familiar monthly stapled pamphlet, the newspaper comics section, bubblegum wrappers, and bound books. From Gum Wrappers to Richie Rich: The Materiality of Cheap