Comics, Comix & Graphic Novels: A History of Comic Art

by Roger Sabin

Book Overview

Comics, Comix & Graphic Novels is the first ever fully documented study to explore the graphic qualities of the comic book, and the development of the genre into a sophisticated and culturally revealing popular art form. This book traces the history of the comic from early cartoon-like woodcuts through to the graphic strips of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Organized thematically it explores the various genres of the comic book - including...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0714839930
• ISBN13: 9780714839936
• Release Date: April 2001
• Publisher: Phaidon Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 3.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 10.0" x 11.5"
• Age Range: 13 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 8 to Postsecondary