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Comix: A History of Comic Books in America

by Les Daniels

Other authors: Al Avison (Illustrator), Carl Barks (Foreword), Jack Cole (Illustrator), Reed Crandall (Illustrator), Robert Crumb (Illustrator) — 24 more, Kim Deitch (Illustrator), Steve Ditko (Illustrator), Bill Everett (Illustrator), Al Feldstein (Author), Archie Goodwin (Author), Graham Ingels (Illustrator), Jack Kirby (Illustrator), Harvey Kurtzman (Illustrator), Stan Lee (Author), Jay Lynch (Illustrator), Joe Orlando (Illustrator), Trina Robbins (Illustrator), Spain Rodriguez (Illustrator), George Roussos (Illustrator), Gilbert Shelton (Illustrator), Jerry Siegel (Author), Mickey Spillane (Author), Dick Sprang (Illustrator), Jim Steranko (Illustrator), Bill Ward (Illustrator), Robert Webb (Illustrator), Al Williamson (Illustrator), Skip Williamson (Illustrator), Wally Wood (Illustrator)

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Covers the whole history of comic books in America to 1970--the major creations, the major creators, the major comic book lines, the major comic book enemies. Co-authors Les Daniels and The Mad Peck tell the story of how comic books captured the imagination of millions and became an American institution, and whether or not they deserved to. Adjoining the text, providing an illustrated history of their own, is a large selection of complete comic book stories. No selected snippets. Full stories. "It seems safe to say," the authors write, "that no book to date has contained such a wide range of comic book tales Where else can one find in the same volume such divergent personalities as the Old Witch and Donald Duck, or Captain America and Those Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers?"--Publisher description.… (more)

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741.59The arts › Graphic arts and decorative arts › Drawing & drawings › Cartoons, Caricatures, Comics › History, geographic treatment, biography

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NC1426.D3Fine Arts › Drawing. Design. Illustration › Drawing. Design. Illustration › Pictorial humor, caricature, etc.

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