Description: Comics as Art: We Told You So by Tom Spurgeon, Michael Dean Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description This is an oral history of Fantagraphics, the iconoclastic independent comic book publisher who reshaped the medium so that cartoonists such as Daniel Clowes, Chris Ware, Joe Sacco, and many more could thrive. Publisher Description In 1976, a group of young men and women coalesced around a fledgling magazine and the idea that comics could be art. In 2016, comics intended for an adult readership are reviewed favorably in the New York Times, enjoy panels devoted to them at Book Expo America, and sell in bookstores comparable to prose efforts of similar weight and intent. Comics As Art: We Told You So tells of Fantagraphics Books key role in helping build and shape an art movement around a discredited, ignored and fading expression of Americana the way insiders share the saga with one another other: in anecdotal form, in the words of the people who lived it and saw it happen. Comics historian and critic Tom Spurgeon and longtime Comics Journal editor Michael Dean assemble an all-star cast of industry figures, critics, cartoonists, art objects, curios, and groundbreaking publications to bring you a detailed account of Fantagraphics first 40 years. Comics as Art is a detailed catalog of the look of a cultural awakening. Its a story that includes appearances by Chris Ware, Art Spiegelman, Harlan Ellison, Jim Shooter, Stan Lee, Dan Clowes, Frank Miller, Peter Bagge, Jaime Hernandez, Gilbert Hernandez, Dave Sim, Steve Geppi, Todd McFarlane and every other major figure in the arts or business end of modern comics. More than a corporate history or a fond look back, Comics As Art: We Told You So makes the warts-and-all case for Fantagraphics Books position near the heart of the modern reclamation of the comics art form. Author Biography Tom Spurgeon is the co-creator of the award-winning The Comics Reporter, which publishes journalism, criticism, and history, and the co-writer of a Stan Lee biography. He edited The Comics Journal for five years. He currently lives in Ohio, where he is organizing the Cartoon Crossroads Columbus convention. Michael Dean lives in Seattle, WA. He has been an editor at The Comics Journal since 1999. Details ISBN 1606999338 ISBN-13 9781606999332 Title Comics as Art: We Told You So Author Tom Spurgeon, Michael Dean Format Hardcover Year 2016 Pages 500 Publisher Fantagraphics GE_Item_ID:96436069; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys
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Book Title: Comics as Art: We Told You So
Language: English
Artist/Writer: Stan Lee, Gilbert Hernandez, Roger Langridge, Kim Deitch, Chris Ware, Robert Goodin, Tim Hensley, Noah Van Sciver, Joe Daly, Eric Reynolds, Roberta Gregory, Lane Milburn, Colleen Coover, David Sandlin, Ho Che Anderson, Ed LUCE, Simon Hanselmann, Dash Shaw, Zak Sally, Carol Lay, Robert Crumb, Peter Kuper, Al Jaffee, Daniel Clowes, Steven Weissman, Bill Griffith, Michael Dougan, Jaime Hernandez, Peter Bagge, James Sturm, Ian Boothby, Ellen Forney, Johnny Ryan, Pat Moriarity, Frank Stack, Sergio Aragonés, Andrice Arp, Paul Karasik, 马岱姝, Mary Fleener, Scott Pellegrini, Carol Swain, R. O. Blechman, Leslie Stein, Rick Altergott
Era: Modern Age (1992-Now)
Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
Genre: Superheroes, Humor/Satire, Non-Fiction, Funny Animal
Publication Year: 2016
Character: Erma, Gary Groth, Ray Dominguez, Batman (Bruce Wayne), Karl, Jenette Kahn, Ed LUCE, Lloyd Llewellyn, Jim Woodring, Flo (Unnamed), Mike Diana, Carolyn, Bill Griffith, "Expert" Art Witnesses, Ignatz Mouse, Lone Stoker, Jim Steranko, Paul Pope, Nellie, Pat Moriarity, Michael Deforge, Old Man Sorrow, Michelangelo, Cerebus, Annie Mok, Michael Fleisher, Charles Burns, Jack Adler, Roger Langridge, Chris Ware, Gary Groth (Photo), Ludwig, Jim Shooter, Bitchy Bitch, Lane Milburn, Tweedlekim, Kim Thompson, David Sandlin, Intergalactic Translator, Zak Sally, Carol Lay, Ryan Cecil Smith, Kim Thompson (Photo), Maggie, Frank Santoro, Michael David Thomas, Chip Kidd, Scott Mccloud, Ivan Brunetti, Gary Groth (Unnamed), Dick Tracy, Sergio Aragones, Jacq Cohen, Jim Galton, Howard the Duck, Luke Lirot, Ell, Kim Deitch, Paul Levitz, Ted Jouflas, Lynn Emmert, Julia Gfrörer, Luba, Colleen Coover, Alfred E. Neuman (Steve Geppi), Spain Rodriguez, Sergeant 1st Class Orville P. Snorkel (As Stuart Baggish), Simon Hanselmann, Mary Magdalen, Tipin' Tipin', The Girl Who Got Away, Charlie Brown, Moon Knight, Joe, Tow Truck Driver, Dave Sim, Roy Thomas, Mike Catron, Michael Dougan, Drinky Crow, Robert Williams, Betty Cooper, Olaf Mayberry, Sean T. Collins, Victor Moscoso, Hopey, Frank Frazetta (Photo), Ed Brubaker, Buddy Bradley (Single-Panel Cameo), Maria, Leslie Stein, Jason Leivian, Noah Van Sciver, Eric Reynolds, Roberta Gregory, Mickey Mouse, Offica Pup (As Pinellas County "Intelligence" Officer), Andy Capp, Virgil, Peter Kuper, The Spirit of Alcoholic Depression, Tweedlegary, Annie Koyama, The Owner, Blaise Larmee, Paul Karasik, Mary Fleener, Fish Face
Universe: Alien
Series Title: We Told You So: Comics As Art
