This lavish volume takes an in-depth look at the history of comics in a manner decidedly unlike the dry timelines and profiles of most reference-style titles. Via alphabetical entries, the authors take an irreverent, often hilarious, behind-the-scenes look at creators, companies, characters, collectors, and conventions, pulling no punches when exposing some of the darker sides of the industry. Containing countless stories gleaned from over 150 interviews of comics industry veterans, Comics Between the Panels is loaded with ...
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This lavish volume takes an in-depth look at the history of comics in a manner decidedly unlike the dry timelines and profiles of most reference-style titles. Via alphabetical entries, the authors take an irreverent, often hilarious, behind-the-scenes look at creators, companies, characters, collectors, and conventions, pulling no punches when exposing some of the darker sides of the industry. Containing countless stories gleaned from over 150 interviews of comics industry veterans, Comics Between the Panels is loaded with more than half a century of insider information on the talented and eccentric creators who forged the comics industry and art form. Features 670 illustrations and photos -- including dynamic and bizarre cover art compiled under such curious headings as Atomic Bombs, Death with Indignity, Gorillas, Headlights, Hooded Menaces, and Skulls.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Near Fine copy in dust jacket. There is a tiny dent and a few faint scratches on the back of the jacket. Oversize. Heavy.
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Near Fine in Very Good jacket. First Edition. Cloth hardbound quarto; clean, unmarked text; 498 pp. Near Fine copy in Very Good dust jacket; light rubbing and bumping of corners, edges, and spine head and foot; otherwise, excellent. Unclipped dust jacket shows wear and light soil; few stray marks and scratches; rubbing and bending along edges; "Autographed" sticker on front. COPY IS SIGNED BY CO-AUTHOR, STEVE DUIN, dated August '99.
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