Masters of American comics / essay by John Carlin ; with contributions by Stanley Crouch ... [and others] ; edited by John Carlin, Paul Karasik, and Brian Walker.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Carlin, John, 1955-

Karasik, Paul.

Walker, Brian, 1952-

Crouch, Stanley.

Hammer Museum.

Museum of Contemporary Art (Los Angeles, Calif.)

Steven Rothman Collection of Comics, Cartoons, and Graphic Novels (University of Pennsylvania)

Comics Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Comic books, strips, etc--United States--History--20th century--Exhibitions.

Comic books, strips, etc.

Cartoonists--United States--Exhibitions.

Cartoonists.

History.

Crumb, R., 1943-.

Gould, Chester.

Schulz, Charles M.

Segar, E. C.

Spiegelman, Art, 1948-.

United States.

Local Subjects:

Crumb, R., 1943-.

Gould, Chester.

Schulz, Charles M.

Segar, E. C.

Spiegelman, Art, 1948-.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Penn Provenance:

Rothman, Steven D. (donor)

Physical Description:

316 pages, 5 unnumbered pages : illustrations (some color) ; 33 cm

Place of Publication:

Los Angeles : Hammer Museum : Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles ; New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, 2005.

Summary:

Comic strips and comic books were among the most popular and influential forms of mass media in 20th-century America. This fascinating book focuses on fifteen pioneering cartoonists, ranging from Winsor McCay to Chris Ware, who brought this genre to the highest level of artistic expression and who had the greatest impact on the development of the form. Organised chronologically, Masters of 20th-Century American Comics explores the rise of newspaper comic strips and comic books and considers their artistic development throughout the century. Featuring a wide selection of original drawings as well as progressive proofs, vintage printed Sunday pages and comic books themselves, the authors also look at how the art of comics was transformed by artistic innovation as well as by changes in popular taste, economics and printing conventions. First appearing in newspaper Sunday supplements, the comic strip became immediately successful and created the largest audience of any medium of its time. subsequently established the mass popularity of superheroes in the 1940s and 1950s before it matured as a vehicle for independent personal expression in the underground comic books and graphic novels of the 1960s. Artists featured in Masters of 20th-Century American Comics: Winsor McCay 'Little Nemo', Lyonel Feininger 'Kin-der-Kids' and 'Wee Willie Winkie', George Herriman 'Krazy Kat', E. C. Segar 'Thimble Theatre starring Popeye', Frank King 'Gasoline Alley', Chester Gould 'Dick Tracy', Milton Caniff 'Terry and the Pirates', Charles Schulz 'Peanuts', Will Eisner 'The Spirit', Jack Kirby 'Captain America' and 'Fantastic Four', Harvey Kurtzman Mad Magazine, R. Crumb Zap Comix, Art Spiegelman Maus and In the Shadow of No Towers, Gary Panter 'Jimbo', Chris Ware Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth.

Contents:

Masters of American comics: an art history of twentieth-century American comic strips and books / John Carlin

Winsor McCay, The master's hand / Tom De Haven

Lyonel Feininger, Lightning at the crossroads / Brian Walker

George Herriman, Blues for Krazy Kat / Stanley Crouch

E.C. Segar, Segar's Popeye / Jules Feiffer

Frank King, Walt Wallet lives! / Karal Ann Marling

Chester Gould, Villainy / Robert Store

Milton Caniff / Pete Hamill

Charles M. Schulz / Patrick McDonnell

Will Eisner, Eisner by Pettibon / Raymond Pettibon

Jack Kirby, Lo, from the demon shall come - the public dreamer!!! / Glen David Gold

Harvey Kurtzman, Harvey Kurtzman's hysterical materialism / J. Hoberman

R. Crumb, It's only lines on paper / Françoise Mouly

Art Spiegelman, Breakdownable / Jonathan Safran Foer

Gary Panter, Genius and pal / Matt Groening

Chris Ware / Dave Eggers.

Notes:

"This catalogue was published in conjunction with Masters of American Comics, an exhibition organized by The Hammer Museum and The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles."

Includes bibliographical references (page [319-321]) and index.

ISBN:

030011317X

9780300113174

OCLC:

60881709

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