The Origins of Comics: From William Hogarth to Winsor McCay
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| Rating | : | 4.52 (543 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1617031496 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 168 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-09-17 |
| Language | : | English |
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Together, Bart Beaty and he have translated The System of Comics by Thierry Groensteen and Of Comics and Men: A Cultural History of the American Comic Book by Jean-Paul Gabilliet, both published by University Press of Mississippi. Together, Nick Nguyen and he have translated The System of Comics
"Essential!!!" according to P. Karasik. Finally! This brilliant book delineates and discusses the real origins of comics. Believe it or not, this topic has rarely been examined in such depth, and never is such an accessible and handsome format. Buy this book!. Five Stars Tibbits great history. Five Stars I love it
Rather than beginning his inquiry with the popularly accepted “sequential art” definition of the comic strip, Smolderen instead wishes to engage with the historical dimensions that inform that definition. This study remaps the history of this influential art form.. In The Origins of Comics: From William Hogarth to Winsor McCay, Thierry Smolderen presents a cultural landscape whose narrative differs in many ways from those presented by other historians of the comic strip. In tracing this evolution, Smolderen distinguishes himself from other comics historians by following a methodology that explains the present state of the form of comi
From the Inside Flap In English for the first time, a foundational text that places the beginning of comics well before Rodolphe Töpffer