Home Comics Art The birth of irony ComicsArtCultureOld Comics The birth of irony By Heidi MacDonald - 11/08/2010 11:30 am 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinReddItEmailTumblr If this cover to FOUR COLOR No. 423, September 1952 were published today it would totally be hipsteriffic. Via Tom. Share this: Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Mastodon (Opens in new window) Mastodon Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Tumblr Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Print (Opens in new window) Print Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Like this:Like Loading... RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR Review: VERMEER OF THE BORSCHT BELT and The Art of Not Forgetting – Inside Drew Friedman’s Universe Critical Thinking: The World’s Greatest Detective vs. the Ghetto SDCC ’23: Jim Lee declares: “Comic Con belongs to the comics again” LATEST POSTS Zidrou and Frank Pé’s THE BEAST is coming in May Dean Simons - 02/16/2026 4:15 pm Beat’s Bizarre Adventure: A valentine for Train Man 02/16/2026 4:00 pm INTERVIEW: Exploring guilt and horror in HEAVY with Trevor Fernandes-Lenkiewicz 02/16/2026 3:30 pm ComicsPRO ’26: Bad IDea’s new Waid/Lapham comic will only be available to 99 retailers 02/16/2026 2:15 pm ADVERTISEMENT
