The ART OF JOE KUBERT HC (The Joe Kubert Archives) - Hardcover

Bill Schelly

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1606994875 ISBN 13: 9781606994870

Publisher: Fantagraphics Books, 2011

Synopsis

The Art of Joe Kubert is a deluxe, full-color coffee table book that honors this legendary creator with beautifully reproduced artwork from every phase of his career as well as critical commentary by the book’s editor, comics historian and Kubert biographer Bill Schelly. Schelly’s text parallels the visual evolution of the artist’s work, tracing his life and career from his early days drawing Hawkman in the Golden Age, to his creation of Tor, his involvement in creating 3-D comics in the 1950s, his tour de force stints on DC’s war comics ― Sgt. Rock, The Unknown Soldier and the groundbreaking Enemy Ace ― in the 1960s, to illustrating the adventures of Tarzan in the 1970s. And before finding a creative safe haven at DC Comics in the ’50s, Kubert drew for many smaller and more obscure companies, including Holyoke, Quality, Fiction House, Harvey, St. John, and others ― all of which are represented, including a 50-page section of comic-book stories in the horror, crime, and SF genres from the pre-Comics Code era, reprinted in full color for the first time.

About this title

About the Authors

Bill Schelly (1951-2019) was an Eisner Award-winning biographer and chronicler of comics fandom, who wrote books about comics luminaries Harvey Kurtzman, Joe Kubert, John Stanley, Otto Binder, and comedic silent film star Harry Langdon. His final book was the expanded edition of his autobiography, Sense of Wonder, in 2018.

Approaching the middle of his ninth decade, Joe Kubert draws with more vigor than most cartoonists one third his age.

Edition details

• Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1606994875
• ISBN 13: 9781606994870
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Joe Kubert
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224
• Editor: Bill Schelly