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Author
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Never before has graphic storytelling been so prominent or garnered such respect: critics and readers alike agree that contemporary cartoonists are creating some of the most innovative and exciting work in all the arts. For nearly a decade Chute has been sitting down for extensive interviews with the leading figures in comics, and now she offers fans a chance to share her ringside seat. Chute's in-depth discussions reveal a creative community that...
Author
Publisher
A.A. Knopf
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
Jerry Siegel & Joe Shuster, two misfit teens in Cleveland, were more like Clark Kent than Superman. Both boys escaped into the worlds of science fiction and pulp magazine tales. In 1934, they created the superhero, but it was four years before they convinced a publisher to take a chance on their Man of Steel in a new format--the comic book.
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Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"What's Up, Doc?" Find out in this lively biography of the most celebrated director in animation history! Charles Martin "Chuck" Jones was an American animator, cartoon artist, screenwriter, producer, and director of ?many classic animated cartoon shorts. They starred Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, the Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote, Pep? Le Pew, Porky Pig and a slew of other Warner Brothers characters. When he moved ?on to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, his work...
Publisher
Soundview Media Partners
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
An intricate and multi-layered film, presenting many of the sub-themes that challenge a group of twenty-something friends finding their way: the complexities of loneliness within a group, the comradery among men, the friendship between women, the interaction amid the genders and the tug of potential gay love all play a role within the story's arc. It is however, the relationship between Ben and Juliette that takes center- stage, a relationship that...
31) I was a child
Author
Publisher
Blue Rider Press, a member of Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date
[2015?]
Language
English
Description
"An illustrated memoir by New Yorker cartoonist Bruce Eric Kaplan"--
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Will Eisner (1917–2005) is universally considered the master of comics storytelling, best known for The Spirit, his iconic newspaper comic strip, and A Contract With God, the first significant graphic novel. This seminal work from 1978 ushered in a new era of personal stories in comics form that touched every adult topic from mortality to religion and sexuality, forever changing the way writers and artists approached comics storytelling. Noted historian...
34) Beef with tomato
Author
Publisher
Hang Dai Editions
Pub. Date
[2015?]
Language
English
Description
A native New Yorker is tired of the big city life filled with drugs and crime so he moves from Alphabet City to Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn for a quieter life.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The definitive biography of Al Hirchfeld, renowned caricaturist and artist.
Al Hirschfeld knew everybody and drew everybody. He occupied the twentieth century, and illustrated it. Hirschfeld: The Biography is the first portrait of the renowned artist's life-as spirited and unique as his pen-and-ink drawings. Beginning in the 1920s, he caricatured Hollywood actors, Washington politicians, and-his favorite-celebrities of the stage. Broadway belonged...
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