Bibliograph

The art of the comic book, an aesthetic history, Robert C. Harvey

Type

Label

The art of the comic book, an aesthetic history, Robert C. Harvey

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-283) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The art of the comic book

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

32626720

Responsibility statement

Robert C. Harvey

Series statement

Studies in popular culture

Sub title

an aesthetic history

Summary

Traces the evolution of comic books from their beginnings in the 1930s through the mid-1990s, demonstrating how the words and pictures function together as a unique art form

Table Of Contents

A word to the fore beats a pair of anything -- 1. Slouching toward an aesthetic : the beginning of a critical vocabulary -- 2. Legions in long underwear : the advent of the comic book and the reign of the superhero -- 3. The search for art and meaning : Westerns and the American spirit -- 4. But is it art? : the spirit of Will Eisner -- 5. The heroic avenue to art : experimentation and the mark of Kane -- 6. The comic book as individual expression : Harvey Kurtzman and the revolution -- 7. Style and flash and filigree : manipulating breakdowns, composition, and layout for effect -- 8. Only in the comics : why cartooning is not the same as filmmaking -- 9. The lonely hearts club band : autobiographical angst and other adventures in topics and treatments -- 10. All together now

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