COMICS, COMIX & GRAPHIC NOVELS: A HISTORY OF COMIC ART

ROGER SABIN

ISBN 10: 0714839930 / ISBN 13: 9780714839936

Published by PHAIDON PRESS LTD, LONDON, 2001

About this Item

Large format soft cover. Slight wear on cover edges. A very detailed comics history covering American, British and International comics both mainstream and underground. 240 pages with index. Lavish colour and black and white illustration. First published in hard cover in 1996.

Seller Inventory # 006428

Bibliographic Details

• Title: COMICS, COMIX & GRAPHIC NOVELS: A HISTORY OF COMIC ART
• Publisher: PHAIDON PRESS LTD, LONDON
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0714839930
• ISBN 13: 9780714839936
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: First Paperback Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket as Issued
• Seller catalogs:
  • GRAPHIC NOVELS AND COMICS

About this title

Synopsis

Comics, Comix & Graphic Novels is the first ever fully documented study to explore the graphic qualities of the comic book, and the development of the genre into a sophisticated and culturally revealing popular art form.

This book traces the history of the comic from early cartoon-like woodcuts through to the graphic strips of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Organized thematically it explores the various genres of the comic book - including humour, adventure, girls' comics, underground and alternative.

The fascinating careers of the creators of the best-known characters - from Superman and Tintin to Tank Girl - are revealed in depth, as are the stories behind the much-loved comics such as Beano and The Incredible Hulk. The most recent artists are also illustrated and discussed, including Harvey Kurtzman (Mad), Chris Donald (Viz), Art Spiegelman (Maus) and Katsuhiro Otomo (Akira).

About the Author

Roger Sabin is an arts journalist and lecturer at Central St Martin's College of Art, London. He is the author of the highly acclaimed Adult Comics: An Introduction.