Download and Read Comics, comix and graphic novels Book PDF
ByRoger Sabin
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“All good books have one thing in common – they are truer than if they had really happened.” -Ernest Hemingway
Synopsis
For more than a century the comic book has been a familiar and popularrtform. As vehemently criticized as it is passionately defended, it hasvolved from humble beginnings into a graphically sophisticated andulturally revealing medium. Encompassing traditions from the USA, Britain,urope and Japan, this work presents a comprehensive survey of comic art. Itraces the history of the medium from |comic papers| for kids, through thenderground |comix| movements of the 1960s and 1970s, to the glossyook-format |graphic novels| of today. Organized thematically, itnvestigates comic art's varied genres - including humour, adventure,nderground and alternative - and charts the rise, fall and rise of theedium.