Click for more images from the book ... Masters Of American Comics is designed to accompany an exhibition about American Comics greatest creators, commencing November 2005 in Los Angeles, visiting Milwaukee and Newark during 2006 & 2007. The line up of creative greats is truly impressive, with 15 artists discussed. These include Winsor McCay, Lyonel Feininger, George Herriman, E.C Segar, Frank King, Chester Gould, Milton Caniff, Will Eisner, Art Spiegelman, Charles M. Schulz & Harvey Kurtzman.
Many of the accompanying images are taken from the original B&W artwork, but shot in full colour to show all the graduations, tones, blue pencil, erasures & artistic sweat that went into their creation. Many of these will have never been seen, before.
There is also an introductory essay from John Carlin, plus explanatory texts to accompany each creator section, index & selected bibliography. For anyone interested in the artists described herein or the illustrated American Comic Strip and its history, this book will prove an irresistible purchase.
Authors: Various contributors, edited by John Carlin, Paul Karasik & Brian Walker
Artists: Winsor McKay, Milt Caniff, Art Spiegelman, Charles M Schulz, Will Eisner, Harvey Kurtzman et al
Publisher: Hammer Museum/ Museum Of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles/ Yale University Press, 2005
Number of pages: 328
Format: Hard Cover; Part Colour illustrations
Size: 10" x 13" (25cm x 33cm)
ISBN: 030011317X
Price: £35.00
