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: Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Mastodon (Opens in new window) Mastodon Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Tumblr Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Click to 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 ANGOULÊME: Official Selection leaks, Association FIBD barks back, and more Dean Simons - 12/10/2025 2:00 pm SUPERGIRL trailer countdown video reveals a funeral for a friend 12/10/2025 1:30 pm The Marvel Rundown: ULTIMATE WOLVERINE #12 is a gripping lesson in life and pain 12/10/2025 1:00 pm SUPERGIRL’s second movie poster gives a better look at Milly Alcock’s heroine 12/10/2025 12:57 pm ADVERTISEMENT