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 NYCC ’26: Mad Cave unveils programming and creator signing schedule Taimur Dar - 10/02/2026 3:45 pm Interview: Curt Pires talks first-ever LOST FANTASY and FIREBORN crossover 10/02/2026 3:30 pm Josh Williamson and Bruno Redondo team for BATMAN: JUSTICE YEAR 10/02/2026 2:00 pm NYCC ‘26: Ignition Press announces programming for New York Comic Con 10/02/2026 1:15 pm ADVERTISEMENT
