Faster than a Speeding Bullet : The Rise of the Graphic Novel,9781561633678

Faster than a Speeding Bullet : The Rise of the Graphic Novel

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ISBN13: 9781561633678
ISBN10: 1561633674
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2003-11-01
Publisher(s): Independent Pub Group
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Summary

It took a few years of false starts, but now it's,official: the graphic novel form is the fastest,growing new area in publishing. Stephen Weiner,(author of The 101 Best Graphic Novels), grabs,hold of this rising meteor to offer his readers a,historical tour of this format with a bit of,background on comics as a whole.

Table of Contents

Foreword ix
Will Eisner
Preface xi
The First Comics: Americans Embrace a New Art Form
1(4)
The 1950s:The Shadow of McCarthyism
5(4)
The 1960s:Troubled Heroes for Troubled Times
9(4)
The Comic Book Store: Fans Find a Home
13(4)
The Graphic Novel: Comics Take Themselves Seriously
17(4)
Trade Publishers and Comics: An Uneasy Alliance
21(4)
Opening the Gates:The Comics Field Grows
25(4)
The New Heroes: Would You Let this Man Marry Your Sister?
29(6)
Maus: Surviving and Thriving
35(4)
The Sandman: A New Mythology
39(4)
Bone Wars:The Paradigm Shifts into High Gear
43(4)
Understanding Comics: The Dream of a Common Language
47(4)
A Message in a Bottle: Notes from the Underground
51(8)
The Future: Ready, Set, It's Coming
59(4)
Further Reading 63

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