The 2003 Harvey Award Winner, Best Anthology—a Paris Review devoted to the art of comics.
The third in The Comics Journal's series of oversized coffe-table volumes, this lush collection of art, comics and commentary kicks off with a gigantic, career-spanning interview with legendary illustrator (and cover artist) William Stout, complete with copious illustrations and paintings. There's also an extensive appreciation of the cartoon work of noted humorist James Thurber (including a gallery of Thurber cartoons and a four-page comics tribute by Ivan Brunetti), Paul Gravett's remembrance of the seminal British indy-comix magazine Escape (complete with new strips drawn just for this volume by many of that magazine's noted cartoonists), critical appreciations of numerous fine cartoonists (Lynda Barry, Tom Hart, Michael Kaluta, and more) by the cream of our best critics — and, as if that weren't enough, a 70-page comics section on the theme of "patriotism," with contributions by Joe Sacco, Phoebe Gloeckner, Bill Griffith, Megan Kelso, Peter Bledvag, Carol Swain, Gilbert Shelton, Penny Van Horn, Ho Che Anderson and many, many more! Color and black-and-white comics and illustrations throughoutBook Description
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The third Comics Journal special edition again offers an impressive lineup of contributors. Touted on the cover is a lengthy interview, accompanied by dozens of gorgeous color illustrations, with illustrator William Stout, whose career includes movie posters and fine-art paintings as well as comics. Other standouts are a tribute to James Thurber, a philippic on the moribund state of newspaper strips, and a too-brief examination of the work of Lynda Barry. As usual, there is also a thick portfolio of original strips, many in full color, on a theme. This time some 40 leading alternative-comics artists, including Kim Deitch, Joe Sacco, Bill Griffith, Phoebe Gloechner, and Ted Rall, address patriotism. Their contributions range from the heartfelt to the rude and from the subtle to the obvious; many deal with flag-waving in wartime. The volume's large format and outstanding production show the artwork off to full advantage, ensuring that the series it belongs to remains an invaluable source of intelligent commentary on the comics medium and an indispensable demonstration of its state of the art. Gordon Flagg
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Grade: A. -- Entertainment Weekly
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Of the next-generation alumni who learned so much so avidly from E.C.'s rich lines of comics-Wrightson, Kaluta, Pound, Schultz, and numerous others-none has really reached into so many of the treasuries of artistic and illustrational traditions beyond comics as has William Stout. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Hutch Owen, Los Angeles, Firesign Theatre, New York, Fred The Clown, Tom Hart, United States, Robert Williams, Self-Published Mini-Comic, Wally Wood, Charlie Brown, Fast Fiction, Jack Kirby, Mail Order Bride, New Hat, Phil Elliott, Roy Krenkel, Beach Boys, Dinosaur Dictionary, Glenn Dakin, Harvey Kurtzman, James Thurber, Rhino Records, Ron Cobb, The Sands New!
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Of the next-generation alumni who learned so much so avidly from E.C.'s rich lines of comics-Wrightson, Kaluta, Pound, Schultz, and numerous others-none has really reached into so many of the treasuries of artistic and illustrational traditions beyond comics as has William Stout. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Hutch Owen, Los Angeles, Firesign Theatre, New York, Fred The Clown, Tom Hart, United States, Robert Williams, Self-Published Mini-Comic, Wally Wood, Charlie Brown, Fast Fiction, Jack Kirby, Mail Order Bride, New Hat, Phil Elliott, Roy Krenkel, Beach Boys, Dinosaur Dictionary, Glenn Dakin, Harvey Kurtzman, James Thurber, Rhino Records, Ron Cobb, The Sands New!
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- Fred the Clown by Roger Langridge on 4 pages
- Why Did Pete Duel Kill Himself by Mark Kalesniko on page 86, page 88, and Back Matter
- The Collected Hutch Owen by Tom Hart on page 70, page 71, and page 72
- Mail Order Bride by Mark Kalesniko on page 87, page 88, and Back Matter
- Dinosaur Dictionary by Donald F. Glut on page 24, and page 26
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