David Hajdu

Features

The Ten-Cent Plague: Revisiting the 20th-Century Comic Book Scare

By Jenny Carlson

In this illuminating work, critic David Hajdu revisits the boycotts, bans, and congressional hearings that disenfranchised hundreds of artists and ended the golden days of the comic book industry. [23 April 2008]

Reviews

Heroes and Villians by David Hajdu

By Carmelo Militano

Part of what makes Hajdu such a good music critic and clever pop culture observer is his ability to see beyond the obvious. [18 November 2009]

Positively 4th Street by David Hajdu

By Simon Warner

'Positively 4th Street' draws a potent picture of artists as young men - and women - run through as it is with the spice and spark of success and disappointment, treachery and infidelity, ambition and antagonism. [1 January 1995]