The British Comic Book Invasion: Alan Moore, Warren Ellis, Grant Morrison and the Evolution of the American Style

by Jochen Ecke

What makes a successful comics creator? How can storytelling stay exciting and innovative? How can genres be kept vital? Writers and artists in the highly competitive U.S. comics mainstream have always had to explore these questions but they were especially pressing in the 1980s. As comics readers grew older they started calling for more sophisticated stories. They were also no longer just following the adventures of popular characters--writers and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1476674159
• ISBN13: 9781476674155
• Release Date: December 2018
• Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc.
• Length: 281 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.6" x 8.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher