Corpse on the Imjin!

Corpse on the Imjin! PDF Author: Harvey Kurtzman
Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
ISBN: 1606995456
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 240

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EC reprint series kicks off with war-story masterpieces from the legendary Harvey Kurtzman. The creation of MAD would have been enough to cement Harvey Kurtzman’s reputation as one of the titans of American comics, but Kurtzman also created two other comics landmarks: the scrupulously-researched and superbly-crafted war comics Two-Fisted Tales and Frontline Combat. Here were finally war comics without heroic, cigar-chomping sergeants, wisecracking privates from Brooklyn, or cartoon Nazis and “Japs” to be mowed down by the Yank heroes, but an unflinching look at the horror and madness of combat throughout history.

Corpse on the Imjin!

Corpse on the Imjin! PDF Author: Harvey Kurtzman
Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
ISBN: 1606995456
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 240

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Book Description
EC reprint series kicks off with war-story masterpieces from the legendary Harvey Kurtzman. The creation of MAD would have been enough to cement Harvey Kurtzman’s reputation as one of the titans of American comics, but Kurtzman also created two other comics landmarks: the scrupulously-researched and superbly-crafted war comics Two-Fisted Tales and Frontline Combat. Here were finally war comics without heroic, cigar-chomping sergeants, wisecracking privates from Brooklyn, or cartoon Nazis and “Japs” to be mowed down by the Yank heroes, but an unflinching look at the horror and madness of combat throughout history.

Came the Dawn

Came the Dawn PDF Author: Wallace Wood
Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
ISBN: 1606995464
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 208

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Taking its title from one of Wallace Wood’s all-time classics, the evil little paranoid thriller “Came the Dawn,” this collection features page after page after page of Wood’s sleek and meticulously crafted artwork put in the service of cunning twist-ending stories, most often from the typewriter of EC editor Al Feldstein. These tales range from supernatural shockers from the pages of Tales From the Cryptand The Haunt of Fear (“The Living Corpse,” “Terror Ride,” “Man From the Grave,” “Horror in the Freak Tent”) to often pointedly contemporary crime thrillers from Crime SuspenStories (“The Assault,” “The Whipping,” and “Confession,” which was singled out for specific excoriation in the anti-comics screed Seduction of the Innocent, thus giving it a special cachet), but the breathtaking art and whiplash-inducing shock endings are constants throughout.

50 Girls 50

50 Girls 50 PDF Author: Al Williamson
Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
ISBN: 1606995774
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 265

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Barely old enough to drink when he joined the EC Comics stable, Al Williamson may have been the new kid on the block, but a lifetime of studying such classic adventure cartoonists as Alex Raymond (Flash Gordon) and Hal Foster (Prince Valiant) had made him a kid to reckon with ― as he proved again and again in the stories he created for EC’s legendary “New Trend” comics, in particular Weird Science and Weird Fantasy.

Messages in a Bottle

Messages in a Bottle PDF Author: B. Krigstein
Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
ISBN: 1606995804
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 273

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Bernard Krigstein began his career as an unremarkable journeyman cartoonist during the 1940s and finished it as a respected fine artist and illustrator ― but comics historians know him for his explosively creative 1950s, during which he applied all the craft, intelligence and ambition of a burgeoning “serious” artist to his comics work, with results that remain stunning to this day. Krigstein’s legend rests mostly on the 30 or so stories he created for the EC Comics, but dozens of stories drawn for other, lesser publishers such as Rae Herman, Hillman, and Atlas (which would become Marvel) showcase his skills and radical reinterpretation of the comics page, in particular his groundbreaking slicing and dicing of time lapses through a series of narrow, nearly animated panels. Greg Sadowski, who has previously written and designed a Harvey Award-winning biography of Krigstein, has assembled the very best of Krigstein’s comics work, starting with his earliest creative rumblings, through his glory days at EC, to his final, even more brilliantly radical stories for Atlas Comics ― running through every genre popular at the time, be it horror, science fiction, war, western, or romance (but no super-heroes).

Masterful Marks

Masterful Marks PDF Author: Monte Beauchamp
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451649215
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 126

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In a first-of-its-kind collection, award-winning illustrators celebrate the lives of the visionary artists who created the world of comic art and altered pop culture forever. Sixteen Graphic Novel Biographies of: • Walt Disney • Dr. Seuss • Charles Schulz • The Creators of Superman • R. Crumb • Jack Kirby • Winsor McCay • Hergé • Osamu Tezuka • MAD creator, Harvey Kurtzman • Al Hirschfeld • Edward Gorey • Chas Addams • Rodolphe Töpffer • Lynd Ward • Hugh Hefner The story of cartoons—the multibillion-dollar industry that has affected all corners of our culture, from high to low—is ultimately the story of the visionary icons who pioneered the form. But no one has told the story of comic art in its own medium—until now. In Masterful Marks, top illustrators—including Drew Friedman, Nora Krug, Denis Kitchen, and Peter Kuper—reveal how sixteen visionary cartoonists overcame massive financial, political, and personal challenges to create a new form of art that now defines our world.

KRAZY!

KRAZY! PDF Author: Bruce Grenville
Publisher: Douglas & McIntyre Limited
ISBN: 9781553653547
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 275

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Book Description
A groundbreaking, international review of comic art, graphic novels, animated cartoons, manga, anime, video games and visual art. The public's appetite for comics, animated cartoons, anime, manga, graphic novels and computer/video games is at an all-time high. Visual pop culture in all its forms now dominates the globe. KRAZY! is a celebration of the growing significance of this delirious visual culture. Organized into seven sections, one for each art form, the book highlights the greatest works of each genre, as chosen by seven great practitioners. The energy and intensity of the images leaps off every page, enhanced by behind-the-scenes commentary by such heavyweights as Art Spiegelman, Will Wright and Canadian comic book author and illustrator, Seth. Other contributors include Tim Johnson,! director of Antz and Over the Hedge, Kiyoshi Kusumi, a global authority on manga, and Toshiya Ueno, a highly regarded media theorist and critic. Published to accompany a landmark exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery, KRAZY!! is a dizzying introduction to the art forms that will dominate the new century. This book was published in partnership with the Vancouver Art Gallery.

Masters of American Comics

Masters of American Comics PDF Author: John Carlin
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 030011317X
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 341

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Book Description
Presents the work of America's most popular and influential comic artists, and includes critical essays accompanying each artist's drawings.

How Many Spots, Triceratops?

How Many Spots, Triceratops? PDF Author: Bang on the Door (Firm)
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780192725561
Category : Counting
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Book Description
Can you count the spots on the triceratops? Help the triceratops count his spots and lots more and have fun finding out all the numbers along the way!Oxford Children's Books is thrilled to have secured the exclusive licence for the publshing programme for the Bang on the Door Animals range. The award-winning Bang on the Door brand is known and loved around the world, and its groovy, huggable characters are instantly recognised from theirstationery and gift merchandise.* Bang on the Door products are recognised for their quality of design, attention to detail, and superior production value (including a specialist eight colour printing process) and this will be reflected in our publishing.* The three year programme will include books in an exciting range of formats and finishes, at a variety of price points so there will be something for everyone* Boasts an award-winning team, who beat off Barbie and Coca-Cola to win Brand of the Year in 2000

The Art of Harvey Kurtzman

The Art of Harvey Kurtzman PDF Author: Denis Kitchen
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
ISBN: 9780810972964
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 256

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Book Description
Shares hundreds of illustrations, paintings, pencil sketches, illustrated correspondence, and vintage photos from this master of American comics.

The Art of Harvey Kurtzman

The Art of Harvey Kurtzman PDF Author: Denis Kitchen
Publisher: ABRAMS
ISBN: 1613122659
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 272

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The definitive anthology of the pioneering cartoonist and creator of Mad magazine, featuring 100s of classic and never-before-seeen illustrations. It’s difficult to overstate Harvey Kurtzman’s influence on pop culture. He discovered Robert Crumb and gave Gloria Steinem her first job in publishing. Terry Gilliam also started at his side, where he met John Cleese, and the genesis of Monty Python was formed. And Art Spiegelman has stated on record that he owes his career to him. Harvey Kurtzman was an astonishingly talented and influential artist, writer, editor, and satirist. The creator of MAD and Playboy’s “Little Annie Fanny” was called, “One of the most important figures in postwar America” by the New York Times. Kurtzman’s groundbreaking “realistic” war comics of the early ’50s and various satirical publications (MAD, Trump, Humbug, and Help!) had an immense impact on popular culture, inspiring a generation of underground cartoonists and comedians. The Art of Harvey Kurtzman includes hundreds of never-before-seen illustrations, paintings, pencil sketches, newly discovered lost E.C. Comics layouts, color compositions, illustrated correspondence, and vintage photos from the rich Kurtzman archives.