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Book, 2012
Current format, Book, 2012, First edition, Available .
Book, 2012
Current format, Book, 2012, First edition, Available . Offered in 0 more formats
Leaping tall buildings: the origins of American comics gives you the truth about the history of the American comic book--straight from the revolutionary artists and writers behind them. From the founders of the popular comics website Graphic NYC--writer Christopher Irving and photographer Seth Kushner--comes the firsthand accounts of the comic book's story, from its birth in the late 1930s to its current renaissance on movie screens and digital readers everywhere. Kushner's evocative photography captures the subjects that Irving profiles in a hard-hitting narrative style derived from personal interviews with the legends of the art, all of which is accompanied by examples of their work in the form of original art, sketches, and final panels and covers. Leaping Tall Buildings, like comics themselves, uses both words and images to tell the true story of the comic's birth and evolution in America. It is a comprehensive look at the medium unlike any other ever compiled covering high and low art, mass market work and niche innovations. It is the story of an art form and an insider's look at the creative process of the artists who bring our heroes to life.
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