Heroes of the Comics
Heroes of the Comics

Author: Drew Friedman

Publisher: Fantagraphics Books

Published: 2014-09-10

Total Pages: 185

ISBN-13: 1606997319

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Featuring over 80 full-color portraits of the pioneering legends of American comic books, including publishers, editors and artists from the industry’s birth in the ’30s, through the brilliant artists and writers of behind EC Comics in the ’50s. All lovingly rendered and chosen by Drew Friedman, a cartooning legend in his own right. Featuring subjects popular and obscure, men and women, as well as several pioneering African-American artists. Each subject features a short essay by Friedman, who grew up knowing many of the subjects included (as the son of writer Bruce Jay Friedman), including Stan Lee, Harvey Kurtzman, Will Eisner, Mort Drucker, Al Jaffee, Jack Davis, Will Elder, and Bill Gaines. More names you might recognize: Barks, Crumb, Wood, Wolverton, Frazetta, Siegel & Shuster, Kirby, Cole, Ditko, Werthem… it’s a Hall of Fame of comic book history from the man BoingBoing.com call “America’s greatest living portrait artist!”

Government Issue
Government Issue

Author: Richard Graham

Publisher: Harry N. Abrams

Published: 2011-11-01

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 9781419700781

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"Since the 1940s, federal and state government agencies have published comics to disseminate public information. Government Issue reproduces an important selection of these official comics in full-reading format, plus a broad range of excerpts and covers"--

The Death of Fritz the Cat
The Death of Fritz the Cat

Author: R. Crumb

Publisher:

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781560970774

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"Continuing our ongoing commitment to keep this perennial, canonic series in print, we present two of the most often-demanded volumes in The Complete Crumb Comics. Vol. 8: 'Starring Fritz the Cat' features one of Crumb's most notorious comics, 'The Death of Fritz the Cat, ' as well as 'Whiteman Meets Bigfoot, ' the complete Big Ass #2 and Mr. Natural #2, wild jams and loads of photos! This volume covers the years 1971-1972"--Amazon.com

The R. Crumb Handbook
The R. Crumb Handbook

Author: R. Crumb

Publisher: M Q Publications

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 448

ISBN-13:

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The R.Crumb Handbook tells the story of how a loser-schmuck became a culturalcon, and is more than just another celebrity tell-all sexploitation. Thisrand new hardback collection of original cartoons with never beforeublished work, takes the reader on a unique journey through the life andimes of one of the 20th century's most notorious and influential counterulture artists.;"Crumbs material comes out of a deep sense of the absurdityf human life." - Robert Hughes, Art Critic;The only underground cartoonisto be accepted by the fine art world, the R.Crumb Handbook is divided intohe four enemies of man: FEAR; CLARITY; POWER; OLD AGE;Working with his oldrinking buddy and co-author Pete Poplasky, the four chapters are easilyigested. With over 400 pages of cartoons and photographs, Crumb's oftenontroversially-regarded views toward Disneyland, growing up in America,ippie love, art galleries, and turning 60 are revealed.;By tracing hisevelopment as a cartoonist from his tormented childhood in the 1940s througho his coming of age as an artist in the psychedelic revolution of the 1960s,

The Forever People by Jack Kirby
The Forever People by Jack Kirby

Author: Jack Kirby

Publisher: DC Comics

Published: 2020-11-10

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13: 177951140X

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One of the most memorable corners of Jack Kirby’s Fourth World returns in a brand-new collection! This book introduces a group of young, otherworldly adventurers: Big Bear, Mark Moonrider, Serifan, Beautiful Dreamer, and Vykin, five young heroes who, with the help of their mother box, have the ability to summon the mighty Infinity Man. Included in this volume are major battles with Darkseid, Desaad, and Glorious Godfrey, as well as memorable team-ups with Superman and Deadman. Collects The Forever People #1-11.

Crumb Comics
Crumb Comics

Author: R. Crumb

Publisher: Last Gasp

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 9780867194272

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Presents comics, writings, and artwork by the Crumb family, especially Robert, Charles, Jesse, and Maxon, depicting their struggles with a disturbing family life, tragedies, and successes in the world of art. Contains adult content.

A Fistful of Drawings
A Fistful of Drawings

Author: Joe Ciardiello

Publisher: Fantagraphics Books

Published: 2019-01-23

Total Pages: 74

ISBN-13: 1683962273

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In this gorgeous graphic memoir, Joe Ciardiello gracefully weaves together his Italian family history and the mythology of the American West while paying homage to the classic movie and TV Westerns. Featuring John Ford, John Wayne, Clint Eastwood, Sophia Loren, and many more, this book is a paean to Hollywood and a love letter to the Western.

The 500 Years of Resistance Comic Book (Large Print 16pt)
The 500 Years of Resistance Comic Book (Large Print 16pt)

Author: Gord Hill

Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com

Published: 2010-10

Total Pages: 110

ISBN-13: 145960413X

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The 500 Years of Resistance Comic Book is a powerful and historically accurate graphic portrayal of Indigenous resistance to the European colonization of the Americas, beginning with the Spanish invasion under Christopher Columbus and ending with the Six Nations land reclamation in Ontario in 2006. Gord Hill spent two years unearthing images and researching historical information to create The 500 Years of Resistance Comic Book, which presents the story of Aboriginal resistance in a far-reaching format. Other events depicted include the 1680 Pueblo Revolt in New Mexico; the Inca insurgency in Peru from the 1500s to the 1780s; Pontiac and the 1763 Rebellion and Royal Proclamation; Geronimo and the 1860s Seminole Wars; Crazy Horse and the 1877 War on the Plains; the rise of the American Indian Movement in the 1960s; 1973's Wounded Knee; the Mohawk Oka Crisis in Quebec in 1990; and the 1995 Aazhoodena/Stoney Point resistance. With strong, plain language and evocative illustrations, The 500 Years of Resistance Comic Book documents the fighting spirit and ongoing resistance of Indigenous peoples through 500 years of genocide, massacres, torture, rape, displacement, and assimilation; a necessary antidote to the conventional history of the Americas.

Underground Classics
Underground Classics

Author: Denis Kitchen

Publisher: Harry N. Abrams

Published: 2009-05-01

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780810905986

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"Underground Classics" provides the first serious survey of underground comix as art, turning the spotlight on influential and largely under-appreciated artists, including Gilbert Shelton, Kim Deitch, and Trina Robbins. Illustrations throughout.

Hark! A Vagrant
Hark! A Vagrant

Author: Kate Beaton

Publisher: Random House

Published: 2020-05-28

Total Pages: 175

ISBN-13: 1473585279

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Since Kate Beaton appeared on the comics scene in 2007 her cartoons have become fan favourites and gathered an enormous following, appearing in the New Yorker, Harper and the LA Times, to name but a few. Her website, Hark! A Vagrant, receives an average of 1.2 million hits a month, 500 thousand of them unique. Why? Because she's not just making silly jokes. She's making jokes about everything we learned in school, and more. Praised for their expression, intelligence and comic timing, her cartoons are best known for their wonderfully light touch on historical and literary topics. The jokes are a knowing look at history through a very modern perspective, written for every reader, and are a crusade against anyone with the idea that history is boring. It's pretty hard to argue with that when you're laughing your head off at a comic about Thucydides. They also cover whatever's on her mind that week - be it the perils of city living or the pop-cultural infiltration of Sex and the City, featuring an array of characters, from a mischievous pony, to reinvented superheroes, to a surly teen duo who could be the anti-Hardy-Boys. Perceptive, sharp and wonderfully irreverent, Hark! A Vagrant is as informative as it is hilarious, and a comic collection to treasure.