- Hardcover: 240 pages
- Publisher: Phaidon Press Ltd (30 Sep 1996)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0714830089
- ISBN-13: 978-0714830087
- Product Dimensions: 29.7 x 25.4 x 3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
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1,727,720 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #95 in Books > Comics & Graphic Novels > History & Price Guides
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For more than a century the comic book has been a familiar and popular artform. As vehemently criticized as it is passionately defended, it has evolved from humble beginnings into a graphically sophisticated and culturally revealing medium. Encompassing traditions from the USA, Britain, Europe and Japan, this work presents a comprehensive survey of comic art. It traces the history of the medium from "comic papers" for kids, through the underground "comix" movements of the 1960s and 1970s, to the glossy book-format "graphic novels" of today. Organized thematically, it investigates comic art's varied genres - including humour, adventure, underground and alternative - and charts the rise, fall and rise of the medium.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is the most comprehensive examination of comics and graphic novels I have ever looked at. Tracing the medium from it very beginnings it is CRAMMED with hundreds of colour pictures showing the widest variety of examples. This is a very interesting and thorugh read and a must have for anyone interested in comics, graphic novels and sequential art as a genre.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This book offers an informative sweep through comics and associated media, taking a broadly historical perspective. An excellent introduction and provider of context, well designed and laid out.
Strangely, it features in "Notting Hill", in Hugh Grant's supposed travel bookshop, sitting slap bang behind him in one of the scenes (once you've seen the book you'll realise that this isn't an anorak-y thing to have spotted - it is very large, very orange and very distinctive).
Format:Hardcover
This is an excellent collection of comic illustration work. It is very well illustrated with some good quality images. The scope covered by the book is quite wide, but it does lack reference to a great deal of significant modern cartoon work. However, as a reference book or as a collection of comic art, this book is still highly recommended.
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comic taken seriously.
If you are a comic book fan and you like to take your reading a frame at a time in speach bubbles, this is not for you. Read more
Published on 4 May 2002 by Mollydog
Dry over view of comic book history, not recommended.
It's big, it's reasonably priced, it's not that good.
A brave effort to chronicle comic book history that isn't a total waste of time. Read more
Published on 20 Jun 2001
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