Comics: A Global History, 1968 to the Present

ISBN-13: 9780500290965 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 320 str.

Alexander Danner

Opis

Comics is a richly illustrated narrative of extraordinary scope. Examples from all over the world include everything from Crumb and Kirby to RAW; from Metal Hurlant to Marjane Satrapi to nouvelle manga; from both the American mainstream and underground to the evolving and influential British scene. The images here are bright and colorful, dark and brooding, arresting and pleasant, all at the same time. An unprecedented collection includes around 260 expertly chosen illustrations, many reproduced in full-page format for more sophisticated analysis. The authors, two uniquely positioned and knowledgeable authorities, are the first to write a broadly comprehensive history of this most accessible, democratic, and occasionally subversive modern popular art form, displaying an intimate familiarity with schools and styles, writers, artists, and companies across countries and generations. In showing us both post-apocalyptic dreamscapes and portraits of the everyday, Comics looks at this thirty-plus year period through a very unique lens.

Recenzje

'Smart and interesting, and might make you laugh, too' - Observer

Spis treści

Preface; Introduction; Part One: 1968-78 - Part Two: 1978-90 - Part Three: 1990-present - Comics in the 21st Century: An International Art Form; New Forms, New Technologies, New Audiences

O autorze

Dan Mazur is the co-founder of The Boston Comics Roundtable, and co-director of the Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo. Alexander Danner is a part-time instructor at Emerson College in Boston, where he teaches Writing the Graphic Novel and other courses.