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Genre/Form: | Exhibition catalogues Exhibition catalogs History Exhibitions Expositions |
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Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
John Carlin; Paul Karasik; Brian Walker; Stanley Crouch; Hammer Museum.; Museum of Contemporary Art (Los Angeles, Calif.) |
ISBN: | 030011317X 9780300113174 |
OCLC Number: | 60881709 |
Notes: | "This catalogue was published in conjunction with Masters of American Comics, an exhibition organized by The Hammer Museum and The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles." |
Description: | 316, [5] pages : illustrations (some color) ; 33 cm |
Contents: | Masters of American comics: an art history of twentieth-century American comic strips and books / John Carlin -- Winsor McCay, The master's hand / Tom De Haven -- Lyonel Feininger, Lightning at the crossroads / Brian Walker -- George Herriman, Blues for Krazy Kat / Stanley Crouch -- E.C. Segar, Segar's Popeye / Jules Feiffer -- Frank King, Walt Wallet lives! / Karal Ann Marling -- Chester Gould, Villainy / Robert Store -- Milton Caniff / Pete Hamill -- Charles M. Schulz / Patrick McDonnell -- Will Eisner, Eisner by Pettibon / Raymond Pettibon -- Jack Kirby, Lo, from the demon shall come -- the public dreamer!!! / Glen David Gold -- Harvey Kurtzman, Harvey Kurtzman's hysterical materialism / J. Hoberman -- R. Crumb, It's only lines on paper / Françoise Mouly -- Art Spiegelman, Breakdownable / Jonathan Safran Foer -- Gary Panter, Genius and pal / Matt Groening -- Chris Ware / Dave Eggers. |
Responsibility: | essay by John Carlin ; with contributions by Stanley Crouch [and others] ; edited by John Carlin, Paul Karasik, and Brian Walker. |
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Abstract:
This fascinating book focuses on fifteen pioneering cartoonists--ranging from Winsor McCay to Chris Ware--who brought this genre to the highest level of artistic expression and who had the greatest impact on the development of the form.
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