Comics, Comix & Graphic Novels

By Roger Sabin

Book Overview

Comics, Comix & Graphic Novels is the first ever fully documented study to explore the graphic qualities of the comic book, and the development of the genre into a sophisticated and culturally revealing popular art form. This book traces the history of the comic from early cartoon-like woodcuts through to the graphic strips of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Organized thematically it explores the various genres of the comic book - including humour, adventure, girls' comics, underground and alternative. The fascinating careers of the creators of the best-known characters - from Superman and Tintin to Tank Girl - are revealed in depth, as are the stories behind the much-loved comics such as Beano and The Incredible Hulk . The most recent artists are also illustrated and discussed, including Harvey Kurtzman ( Mad ), Chris Donald ( Viz ), Art Spiegelman ( Maus ) and Katsuhiro Otomo ( Akira ).

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0714839930
• ISBN13: 9780714839936
• Release Date: April 2001
• Publisher: Phaidon Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 3.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.5" x 1.0" x 10.0"
• Age Range: 13 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 8 to Postsecondary