Comic Book Encyclopedia
Comic Book Encyclopedia

Author: Ron Goulart

Publisher: It Books

Published: 2004-10-26

Total Pages: 384

ISBN-13: 9780060538163

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A 4–colour, illustrated best–of–the–best of the comic book world – with writers/creators who launched an industry (Jack Kirby, Stan Lee), amazing graphic novels (Preacher, The Watcher), legendary artists (Jim Lee) and characters as wide–ranging as Archie, The Gay Ghost, Batman, Blue Devil and the Fantastic Four. Never before has there been a single volume of superheroes, graphic novels, strange comic icons, legendary writers and artists of the comic world. Comic Book Encyclopedia is the multiverse of comic legend and lore for every comic–book fan, and for everyone who wants to understand the characters, history, and universal appeal of this world. Collected into a single volume, this is the best–of–the–best of comics. From the 1930s to today, it includes everything a young, budding comic reader – or an experienced pro – needs to know and/or read.

Will Shuster
Will Shuster

Author: Joseph Dispenza

Publisher:

Published: 1989

Total Pages: 188

ISBN-13: 9780890131992

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This illustrated biography celebrates the life and art of one of New Mexico's most famous, vibrant and beloved artists. Will Shuster was a founding member of the legendary artists' circle Los Cinco Pintores. He was a lifelong friend of painter John Sloan and contributed his artistic energy to establishing the Santa Fe art colony in the 1920s. This community of artists included, among others, poet Alice Corbin and painters William Penhallow Henderson, Gustave Baumann and Randall Davey.

The Taos Society of Artists
The Taos Society of Artists

Author: Robert Rankin White

Publisher:

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 168

ISBN-13:

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This definitive documentary history of the Society that made the northern New Mexico town famous as an art colony.

Los Cinco Pintores
Los Cinco Pintores

Author: Edna C. Robertson

Publisher: Museum of New Mexico Press

Published: 1975

Total Pages: 24

ISBN-13:

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Details the lives of five Santa Fe painters, including Willard Nash, Jozef Bakos, Will Shuster, Walter Mruk and Fremont Ellis.

Gasoline Alley
Gasoline Alley

Author: Frank King

Publisher:

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781613774403

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"Forty-plus years earlier, Walt Wallet found baby Skeezix in a basket on his doorstep and in the 1964-1966 strips reproduced in this volume. Skeezix is now middle-aged and has a family of his own. For the first time since they appeared in newspapers fifty years ago, readers can enjoy these classic strips featuring Walt and his wife Phyllis, Skeezix and his wife Nina, Corky, Clovia, Slim, Avery, Mr. Pert, Joel, Rufus, and a whole cast of familiar characters. Reproduced from syndicate proofbooks and featuring an enlightening introduction by Rick Norwood."--

Serenading the Light
Serenading the Light

Author: David Clemmer

Publisher:

Published: 2003-10-01

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 9780971915015

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Serenading the Light celebrates a collection of works, by and large, of New Mexican artists of the early twentieth century. Nearly twenty years in the making, this compilation includes most of the names always associated with this time and place such as Victor Higgins, Maynard Dixon, Oscar Berninghaus, Fremont Ellis and Frank Tenney Johnson. The book also goes beyond those names to include masterful works by others not so well known.Printed in full color and beautifully cloth-bound with a 4/c tipped on image and clear acetate jacket.