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Author : Jules Feiffer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : UOM:39015060395806
Jules Feiffer's historic essay, available again in a compact and affordable size.
Author : Jules Feiffer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : Comic books, strips, etc
ISBN : UOM:39015058742266
Analyzes origins and developments of the peculiarly indigenous art form. Includes 128 pages of accurate color reproductions of the most famous heroes of all.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : Comic books, strips, etc
ISBN : LCCN:65323962
Author : Jules Feiffer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : UOM:39015064984415
Jules Feiffer's first satirical novel, Harry, the Rat With Women, follows the humorous, existential rise and fall of a narcissistic lothario from influential high-society hanger-on to suicidal cipher. Feiffer's brilliant modern fable comments less on the anomie of narcissism and more on the insecure desire of the world to find a charismatic messiah. Originally published in 1963, the book is a typically scathing tour de force, a wry, hilarious commentary on the American public's seemingly endless love affair with rats - more relevant now than ever.
Author : Drew Friedman
Publisher : Fantagraphics Books
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2014-09-10
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781606997314
Featuring over 80 full-color portraits of the pioneering legends of American comic books, including publishers, editors and artists from the industry’s birth in the ’30s, through the brilliant artists and writers of behind EC Comics in the ’50s. All lovingly rendered and chosen by Drew Friedman, a cartooning legend in his own right. Featuring subjects popular and obscure, men and women, as well as several pioneering African-American artists. Each subject features a short essay by Friedman, who grew up knowing many of the subjects included (as the son of writer Bruce Jay Friedman), including Stan Lee, Harvey Kurtzman, Will Eisner, Mort Drucker, Al Jaffee, Jack Davis, Will Elder, and Bill Gaines. More names you might recognize: Barks, Crumb, Wood, Wolverton, Frazetta, Siegel & Shuster, Kirby, Cole, Ditko, Werthem… it’s a Hall of Fame of comic book history from the man BoingBoing.com call “America’s greatest living portrait artist!”
Author : Gina Misiroglu
Publisher : Visible Ink Press
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2012-04-01
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781578593958
Appealing to the casual comic book reader as well as the hardcore graphic novel fan, this ultimate AtoZ compendium describes everyone’s favorite participants in the eternal battle between good and evil. With nearly 200 entries examining more than 1,000 heroes, icons and their place in popular culture, it is the first comprehensive profile of superheroes across all media, following their path from comic book stardom to radio, television, movies, and novels. The best-loved and most historically significant superheroes—mainstream and counterculture, famous and forgotten, best and worst—are presented with numerous full-color illustrations, including dozens of classic comic covers. Each significant era of the superhero is explored—from the Golden Age of the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s through the Modern Age—providing a unique perspective of the role of the hero over the course of the 20th century and beyond. This latest edition has been revised to reflect updates on existing characters, coverage of new characters, and recent films and media trends in the last several years.
Author : Jules Feiffer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : UOM:39015060395954
Jules Feiffer's historic essay, available again in a compact and affordable size.
Author : Greg Sadowski
Publisher : Fantagraphics Books
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2009-04-20
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781560979715
The enduring cultural phenomenon of comic book heroes was invented in the late 1930s by a talented and hungry group of artists and writers barely out of their teens, flying by the seat of their pants to create something new, exciting, and above all profitable. The iconography and mythology they created flourishes to this day in comic books, video, movies, fine art, advertising, and practically all other media. Supermen! collects the best and the brightest of this first generation, including Jack Cole, Will Eisner, Bill Everett, Lou Fine, Fletcher Hanks, Jack Kirby, Jerry Siegel, Joe Shuster, and Basil Wolverton.
Author : Jon Morris
Publisher : Quirk Books
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2015-06-02
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781594747830
Meet one hundred of the strangest superheroes ever to see print, complete with backstories, vintage art, and colorful commentary. You know about Batman, Superman, and Spiderman, but have you heard of Doll Man, Doctor Hormone, or Spider Queen? So prepare yourself for such not-ready-for-prime-time heroes as Bee Man (Batman, but with bees), the Clown (circus-themed crimebuster), the Eye (a giant, floating eyeball; just accept it), and many other oddballs and oddities. Drawing on the entire history of the medium, The League of Regrettable Superheroes will appeal to die-hard comics fans, casual comics readers, and anyone who enjoys peering into the stranger corners of pop culture.
Author : Jules Feiffer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2003-03-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 0613926250
The editorial cartoonist examines the American art form which produced comic book heroes such as Batman, Superman, and Captain Marvel in the nineteen-thirties and forties.
Author : Marc DiPaolo
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2018-04-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781496816658
Contributions by Phil Bevin, Blair Davis, Marc DiPaolo, Michele Fazio, James Gifford, Kelly Kanayama, Orion Ussner Kidder, Christina M. Knopf, Kevin Michael Scott, Andrew Alan Smith, and Terrence R. Wandtke In comic books, superhero stories often depict working-class characters who struggle to make ends meet, lead fulfilling lives, and remain faithful to themselves and their own personal code of ethics. Working-Class Comic Book Heroes: Class Conflict and Populist Politics in Comics examines working-class superheroes and other protagonists who populate heroic narratives in serialized comic books. Essayists analyze and deconstruct these figures, viewing their roles as fictional stand-ins for real-world blue-collar characters. Informed by new working-class studies, the book also discusses how often working-class writers and artists created these characters. Notably Jack Kirby, a working-class Jewish artist, created several of the most recognizable working-class superheroes, including Captain America and the Thing. Contributors weigh industry histories and marketing concerns as well as the fan community's changing attitudes towards class signifiers in superhero adventures. The often financially strapped Spider-Man proves to be a touchstone figure in many of these essays. Grant Morrison's Superman, Marvel's Shamrock, Alan Moore and David Lloyd's V for Vendetta, and The Walking Dead receive thoughtful treatment. While there have been many scholarly works concerned with issues of race and gender in comics, this book stands as the first to deal explicitly with issues of class, cultural capital, and economics as its main themes.
Author : Will Jacobs,Gerard Jones
Publisher : Crown
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : UOM:39015062497691
The first history of modern costumed-hero comic books, from the start of the Silver Age in 1956 up to today. Focusing on DC and Marvel Comics, the story begins with the efforts of DC to revitalize such Golden Age heroes as the Flash, Superman, and Green Lantern in the wake of the anti-comic furor of the early 1950s. The authors cover the science fiction rage of the late 1950s, the birth of the experimental Marvel Comics Group in 1961, the emergence of such classic Marvel characters as the Fantastic Four and Spider-Man, the "camp" craze set off by the "Batman" TV show in 1966, and the socially conscious and politically relevant comics of the early 1970s. Later chapters describe the slump of the mid-1970s, as the medium lost touch with its young readers, followed by the comics' resurgence of the 1980s, as many new companies help DC and Marvel to extend the boundaries of the field with innovation, daring, and a new sophistication. Factually thorough and written in a lively, narrative style, this history includes behind-the-scenes glimpses at the men who wrote, drew, and published the comics, the impact of their creations on the fans, and critical assessments of the works themselves. Illustrated throughout with examples of comic book art, The Comic Book Heroes will inform and entertain both the hardcore fan and the casual reader of this most popular of American mediums.
Author : Michael Fleisher,Various
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 1401213898
Chronicles the first thirty years of Superman's career, recounting more than one thousand adventures and highlighting the villains and disastrous events Superman has saved his adoptive planet from.
Author : Christopher Hart
Publisher : Turtleback Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1995-09
Category : Caricatures and cartoons
ISBN : 1417676221
Author : Laurence Maslon,Michael Kantor
Publisher : Crown Archetype
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780385348591
Superman, Batman, Spider-Man, Iron Man, Wonder Woman, the Avengers, the X-Men, Watchmen, and more: the companion volume to the PBS documentary series of the same name that tells the story of the superhero in American popular culture. Together again for the first time, here come the greatest comic book superheroes ever assembled between two covers: down from the heavens—Superman and the Mighty Thor—or swinging over rooftops—the Batman and Spider-Man; star-spangled, like Captain America and Wonder Woman, or clad in darkness, like the Shadow and Spawn; facing down super-villains on their own, like the Flash and the Punisher or gathered together in a team of champions, like the Avengers and the X-Men! Based on the three-part PBS documentary series Superheroes, this companion volume chronicles the never-ending battle of the comic book industry, its greatest creators, and its greatest creations. Covering the effect of superheroes on American culture—in print, on film and television, and in digital media—and the effect of American culture on its superheroes, Superheroes: Capes, Cowls, and the Creation of Comic Book Culture appeals to readers of all ages, from the casual observer of the phenomenon to the most exacting fan of the genre. Drawing from more than 50 new interviews conducted expressly for Superheroes!—creators from Stan Lee to Grant Morrison, commentators from Michael Chabon to Jules Feiffer, actors from Adam West to Lynda Carter, and filmmakers such as Zach Snyder—this is an up-to-the-minute narrative history of the superhero, from the comic strip adventurers of the Great Depression, up to the blockbuster CGI movie superstars of the 21st Century. Featuring more than 500 full-color comic book panels, covers, sketches, photographs of both essential and rare artwork, Superheroes is the definitive story of this powerful presence in pop culture.