The medium is the message! Comics come in many forms, from all around the world. What better way to discover them than through a comic book?
The bestselling, mind-blowing graphic history of our favorite medium continues--now focusing on specific regions of the world and their contributions to the comic book art form.
The Graphic Novel! From its Swiss roots in 1835 to today's American bestseller lists, with crucial spin-offs in France and Belgium.
The British Invasion! 2000 AD had a big impact in 1986, as creators from across the pond elevated storytelling to new heights, but the British tradition stretches back much further.
Manga! Japanese artists also have a long history of graphic storytelling, but ninjas, mecha, and magical girls have taken the world by storm in recent decades, and those are only scratching the surface.
Undiscovered territory! Comics and their characters are everywhere, for everyone! From the digital revolution …
The medium is the message! Comics come in many forms, from all around the world. What better way to discover them than through a comic book?
The bestselling, mind-blowing graphic history of our favorite medium continues--now focusing on specific regions of the world and their contributions to the comic book art form.
The Graphic Novel! From its Swiss roots in 1835 to today's American bestseller lists, with crucial spin-offs in France and Belgium.
The British Invasion! 2000 AD had a big impact in 1986, as creators from across the pond elevated storytelling to new heights, but the British tradition stretches back much further.
Manga! Japanese artists also have a long history of graphic storytelling, but ninjas, mecha, and magical girls have taken the world by storm in recent decades, and those are only scratching the surface.
Undiscovered territory! Comics and their characters are everywhere, for everyone! From the digital revolution to comic characters in film, comics have never been more widely available, or appealed to more diverse audiences.
Deftly researched and just as entertaining, the history of comics comes to vivid life with a level of care and appreciation that only a comic insider could bring.
The title of this book made me laugh so I borrowed it online from the library.I don't know a whole lot about comics but this book packed a whole lot of history into it. It starts with the development of the comic strip and then moves into the business ideas behind making books out of comic strips. The early developers of the format are all profiled.The history of comics seems to be mostly about intellectual property disputes. Were comic artists creating work for hire in which case anything they made belongs to the company or were they authors in which case their creations belong to them? For me the book got bogged down in the middle around the 1980s with all kinds of legal challenges.I was more interested in the early creators like the men behind Superman and what Stan Lee may or may not have done for comics.This book …
The title of this book made me laugh so I borrowed it online from the library.I don't know a whole lot about comics but this book packed a whole lot of history into it. It starts with the development of the comic strip and then moves into the business ideas behind making books out of comic strips. The early developers of the format are all profiled.The history of comics seems to be mostly about intellectual property disputes. Were comic artists creating work for hire in which case anything they made belongs to the company or were they authors in which case their creations belong to them? For me the book got bogged down in the middle around the 1980s with all kinds of legal challenges.I was more interested in the early creators like the men behind Superman and what Stan Lee may or may not have done for comics.This book looks mostly at American comics with some side trips to France but it does contain a section on manga too.This would be a great book for any comic book fans in your life who also love history.This review was originally posted on Based On A True Story
