Good Girl Art

By Ron Goulart

Book Overview

Noted comics historian Ron Goulart has produced the final word on good girlsin the comic books with Good Girl Art. Chronicling the history of the good girlin comics from the beginning, in the comic book sweatshops of the late 1930s, through the war years, the 1950s, to the present. Good Girl Art also covers themany outstanding European comic artists to embrace the use of the good girl intheir comics. Good Girl Art covers the publishers, comic books and artists. With insights that only Goulart can provide, readers are given an in-depth andbehind-the-scenes history of good girl art in the comics. Good Girl Art alsouses rarely seen original artwork by such legendary comic artists as Matt Baker, Lee Elias, Frank Cho, Adam Hughes, Joe Chiodo and Dave Stevens. Not only isGood Girl Art informative and fun to read, it is truly a pleasure to look atwith over 200 illustrations.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1932563873
• ISBN13: 9781932563870
• Release Date: February 2008
• Publisher: Hermes Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 2.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 9.3" x 12.3"
• Age Range: 13 to 16 years
• Grade Range: Grades 8 to 11