Comic books 101 : the history, methods and madness

Comic books 101 : the history, methods and madness / Chris Ryall and Scott Tipton ; [cover art by Gabriel Rodriguez].

75+ years of comic-book exploits, on the page and behind the scenes! Welcome to Comic Books 101, the complete, definitive and super-cool guide to the universe of caped crusaders, irradiated spiders, fantastic foursomes and the super-talents behind their creation. Want to know when Marvel, DC and so...

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Main Authors: Ryall, Chris (Author), Tipton, Scott (Author)
Other Authors: Rodríguez, Gabriel, 1974- (Illustrator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cincinnati, Ohio : IMPACT, [2009]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Comic books, strips, etc. > History and criticism.
The Dr. Mark D. Nevins '86 Collection for the Study of Comics and Graphic Novels
Gift of Mark D. Nevins, Ph.D. (Class of 1986), 2018
Comics (Graphic works)
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Contributor biographical information
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / by Stan Lee
  • Authors' preface
  • Part I. The way it began
  • Newspaper strips vs. comic books
  • The rise of National Comics
  • The golden age
  • Timely Comics
  • Fawcett Comics
  • Dell and Disney
  • EC Comics and the Comics Code Authority
  • Marvel and DC
  • Image Comics
  • Indies and small press
  • Manga
  • Collapse and recovery
  • Part II. Breaking it down
  • Anatomy of a comic book
  • The comic book page
  • The roles of creators
  • Comic books vs. graphic novels
  • Part III. Give me DC
  • Superman
  • Batman
  • Wonder Woman
  • The Flash
  • Green Lantern
  • The Justice Society of America
  • The Justice League of America
  • Watchmen
  • Part IV. Make mine Marvel
  • Sub Mariner
  • Captain America
  • The Fantastic Four
  • The Incredible Hulk
  • Spider Man
  • The Mighty Thor
  • Iron Man
  • The Avengers
  • The X Men
  • Part V. Around the four color world
  • Disney Comics
  • Image Comics
  • Dark Horse Comics
  • Bone
  • Top Shelf Productions
  • IDW Publishing
  • Part VI. The creators: the men behind supermen
  • Jerry Siegel & Joe Shuster
  • Bob Kane
  • Will Eisner
  • Stan Lee
  • Jack Kirby
  • Steve Ditko
  • Chris Claremont
  • John Byrne
  • George Perez
  • Frank Miller
  • Interlude: Mark Gruenwald
  • Alan Moore
  • Neil Gaiman
  • Grant Morrison
  • Mark Waid
  • Part VII. Hooray for Hollywood
  • Superman
  • Batman
  • Movies
  • Television
  • Supplemental reading
  • Sweet dreams / by Harlan Ellison.

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