Home Comics Art The birth of irony ComicsArtCultureOld Comics The birth of irony By Heidi MacDonald - 11/08/2010 11:30 am 0 Facebook Twitter Pinterest Linkedin ReddIt Email Tumblr If this cover to FOUR COLOR No. 423, September 1952 were published today it would totally be hipsteriffic. Via Tom. Related RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR INTERVIEW: Geof Darrow talks Komodo dragons and Moebius influence in new SHAOLIN COWBOY INTERVIEW: GODZILLA VS. KONG storyboard artist Richard Bennett on comics and kaiju PREVIEW: Check out five reimagined masterpieces from Anita Kunz’s ANOTHER HISTORY OF ART Hot Now! Biggest names in comics industry celebrate Spidey’s 60th anniversary with AMAZING... 05/13/2022 2:31 pm Preview: Vixen: NYC the upcoming Webtoon/DC collab 05/11/2022 4:15 pm Small Press Spotlight: Check out exclusive panels from THE ILL-EFFECTS OF... 05/11/2022 2:00 pm INTERVIEW: DARK CRISIS writer Joshua Williamson talks the importance of legacy... 05/12/2022 2:30 pm SILBER LININGS: GUITAR HERO and ROCK BAND made us better appreciate... 05/14/2022 11:30 am Fraction & Lieber return to Metropolis for SUPERMAN’S PAL JIMMY OLSEN’S... 05/16/2022 12:00 pm LATEST POSTS Review: MEN – shock and awe or shock and blah? Hannah Lodge - 05/17/2022 10:00 am MULTIVERSUS cinematic trailer brings together the best of Warner Bros. 05/16/2022 6:03 pm A Year of Free Comics: Things get creepy in IRIS COMPLEX 05/16/2022 6:00 pm Latest images Netflix SANDMAN images give us our best look yet at Gwendoline Christie as Lucifer 05/16/2022 6:00 pm ADVERTISEMENT