Comic strips - talk given to Sydney Libertarians 1961?

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Series[UMA-SRE-20140044] EARLY YEARS ACADEMIC, PERFORMANCE, WRITING AND PERSONAL PAPERSAccession[2014.0038] GERMAINE GREER ARCHIVEIdentifierUMA-ITE-2014004400280Scope and ContentTalk given to Sydney Libertarians, 27 foolscap pages, GG holograph [description from 1997 Greer inventory] Greer has written the talk in ornate cursive script. It is a very detailed analysis of genres of comic strips published in newspapers and a history of the form. Greer writes that comic strips are "pictures in frames", a division created to indicate "chronological sequence of action" and "characters, a cast, are portrayed in action in the frames". Subjects: The Age; The Herald; The Sunday Sun Herald; Pop; Bringing Up Father; Dagwood; Martha Wayne; Dick Tracey; Prince Valiant; Bib and Bub; Joe Palooka; Penny and Teena; Ben Bolt; Pogo; Radish; Blondie; Mr and Mrs America; Ferdinand Flipper; Little Bears and Tigers; The Yellow Kid; Lil Moose; Max and Moritz; Buster Brown; Krazy Kat; Desperate Desmond; Bringing Up Father; Orphan Annie; Girls Teens; Animal Comics; Crime comics; Flash Gordon; Blondie; Peanuts; Ginger Meggs.Access StatusAccess restrictions applyRequest TypeRequest unitUnit2014.0044 Unit 0017

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CreatorGreer, GermaineRoleProvenance

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Date1961

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Comic strips - talk given to Sydney Libertarians 1961?