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Post by Rob Allen on Sept 8, 2014 18:20:19 GMT -5
"1001 Comics You Must Read Before You Die" was my bathroom reading a few months ago. It's not very exciting and almost put me off comics for life Not to be confused with Tony Isabella's 1,000 Comic Books You Must Read, which is quite good. www.amazon.co.uk/000-Comic-Books-Must-Read/dp/0896899217 |
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Post by paulie on Sept 9, 2014 16:16:49 GMT -5
"1001 Comics You Must Read Before You Die" was my bathroom reading a few months ago. It's not very exciting and almost put me off comics for life Not to be confused with Tony Isabella's 1,000 Comic Books You Must Read, which is quite good. www.amazon.co.uk/000-Comic-Books-Must-Read/dp/0896899217If memory serves Tony's tome omitted Master of Kung Fu. Surely, this would disqualify it from 'recommended reading'? |
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Post by dupersuper on Sept 9, 2014 21:39:37 GMT -5
"1001 Comics You Must Read Before You Die" was my bathroom reading a few months ago. It's not very exciting and almost put me off comics for life Not to be confused with Tony Isabella's 1,000 Comic Books You Must Read, which is quite good. www.amazon.co.uk/000-Comic-Books-Must-Read/dp/0896899217I have that. Sometimes I'll look through it like "got it, got it, need it, got it, don't want it, need it, got it..." |
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Post by Hod on Sept 16, 2014 3:10:49 GMT -5
Ok, so it's not a book, but the 2010 documentary on the history of DC comics, plus the PBS 3 hour special on the history of superheroes were both very enjoyable.
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Post by hondobrode on Sept 16, 2014 12:49:00 GMT -5
![]() Les Daniels and Ron Goulart are both excellent resources. I haven't read the TwoMorrows series, though I'm looking forward to it. Perusing Amazon, I see this, "A Complete History of American Comic Books", which looks to be fairly comprehensive, though I haven't read it yet. "This book is an updated history of the American comic book by an industry insider. You’ll follow the development of comics from the first appearance of the comic book format in the Platinum Age of the 1930s to the creation of the superhero genre in the Golden Age, to the current period, where comics flourish as graphic novels and blockbuster movies. Along the way you will meet the hustlers, hucksters, hacks, and visionaries who made the American comic book what it is today. It’s an exciting journey, filled with mutants, changelings, atomized scientists, gamma-ray accidents, and supernaturally empowered heroes and villains who challenge the imagination and spark the secret identities lurking within us." |
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Post by Cei-U! on Sept 16, 2014 18:55:38 GMT -5
Sounds more like "A Complete History of American Super-Hero Comic Books" to me.
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Post by Jasoomian on Sept 16, 2014 20:11:28 GMT -5
The Comic Book History of Comics by Fred Van Lente is a pretty wide ranging history of comics, starting from the very earliest books. If feels a little bit chaotic, in part because it is in comic form, but has a lot of info and stories about the creators, publishers, and business of comic books. I still need to read it all the way through, but so far have enjoyed reading random chapters now and then for interesting stories about the history of comics. I just read his story on Wertham as reprinted in CBLDF's Defend Comics FCBD 2014. It was quite good, had a lot of information. The inside back cover had an ad for a a collected edition... (What I've read of Van Lente's ACTION PHILOSOPHERS! is quite good too). |
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