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The new Smithsonian book of comic-book stories : from Crumb to Clowes / edited by Bob Callahan.
LIBRA - Rare Comics Collection PN6726 .N48 2004
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Comic books, strips, etc--United States.
- Comic books, strips, etc.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Penn Provenance:
- Rothman, Steven D. (donor)
- Physical Description:
- ix, 397 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Washington [D.C.] : Smithsonian Books, [2004]
- Summary:
- A panorama of some of the most creative and subversive art of modern times, this one-of-a-kind anthology celebrates the artistry and insight of comic book art, graphic novels, and graphic journalism from the 1960s to the present.
- Contents:
- Introduction: No more yielding but a dream / Bob Callahan
- Pt. 1. The undergrounds. I remember the sixties / R. Crumb
- The death of Fat Freddy / Gilbert Shelton and Paul Mavrides
- Karla in Kommieland / Kim Deitch
- Down at the Kitty Kat / Spain
- Sweet void of youth / Justin Green
- Labor / Carol Tyler
- Jack the bellboy and Mr. Boats / Harvey Pekar and R. Crumb
- Pt. 2. Silver age of superheroes. The strange death of Captain America / Stan Lee and Jim Steranko
- The Hate Monger / Stan Lee and Jack Kirby
- Enemy ace / Bob Kanigher and Joe Kubert
- The final chapter / Stan Lee and Steve Ditko
- Pt. 3. A raw generation. Izzy the cockroach and the meaning of life / Will Eisner
- Farewell to Charlie Chaplin / Rick Geary
- The three swans / Melinda Gebbie
- Nervous rex: the malpractice suite / Art Spiegelman
- Dream of the pork rinds fiend / KAZ
- Robot love / Charles Burns
- Jimbo / Gary Panter
- The honeymoon [from Maus] / Art Spiegelman
- Pt. 4. Dark fiction and deep fantasy. Born again / Frank Miller with Klaus Jackson and Lynn Varley
- Dr. Manhattan / Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons
- A midsummer night's dream / Neil Gaiman, with art by Charles Vess and Malcolm Jones III
- Pt. 5. The contemporary edge. Hebron / Joe Sacco
- Locos / Jaime Hernandez
- Pipo / Gilbert Hernandez
- The do-nothing decade / Dori Seda
- Caricature / Daniel Clowes
- Near miss / David Mazzucchelli
- Nobody left at the Café Guerbois / Eddie Campbell
- The Bard must die / Frank Stack
- Pt. 6. A contemporary feast. From Jimmy Corrigan / Chris Ware
- San Francisco / Lynda Barry
- Peeker / Jim Woodring
- Architectural curiosities / Ben Katchor.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 394-397).
- ISBN:
- 1588341836
- 9781588341839
- OCLC:
- 55018892
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