Comic book historians dez 2021 (3 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Celebrate illustrator-writer Neal Adam's life and works through a career spanning zine that encompasses his comics and advertising achievements. After graduating the School of Industrial Art in 1959, his skill and determination took him quickly into comic strips and advertising in the early 1960s up until his entry into the comic book industry, which began with Warren magazines and later DC Comics. His late 1960s superhero books allowed room in this fantastic genre to allow for illustrative realism which elevated the tastes and expectations of a hungry audience. In the 1970s he began a public relations campaign that struck a blow against corporate interests, allowing Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster to claim credit for creating Superman. His emotional and artistic impact from his Superman vs. Muhammad Ali comic book continues to be felt, and he left mainstream comic book penciling to focus on publishing independent comics. He continued his excellence in an advertising career in the 1980s and returned to mainstream superhero comics and the convention circuit in the 2000s to finally answer some fan favorite questions like who the Green Lantern and Green Arrow were based on, which actor was his favorite Superman, and so on.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Comic Book Historians, Alex Grand and Jim Thompson provide historical insight into the comic book legend Frank Thorne with essays and a one of a kind interview shortly before his death, discussing his works. Born in 1930, Thorne's career spans from the late 1940s where he utilized and expanded on inspirations like Alex Raymond, Hal Foster, and Neil O'Keefe. As a late 1940s graduate of the Art Career School in Manhattan, Thorne has worked at Dell, Gold Key, and DC Comics. He received an explosion of fan activity in the 1970s and 80s with his comic work centered around strong beautiful female characters like Red Sonja and other famous femme fatales like Ghita, Lann for Heavy Metal, Ribit for Comico, Danger Rangerette for National Lampoon, and Moonshine McJugs for Playboy. During his career, he had a working relationship with Hugh Hefner as well as frequent interactions with other prominent comic figures like Alex Toth, Gary Groth, Jim Steranko, and Neal Adams. Thompson, Jim (illustrator).…

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