An edition of Faster Than a Speeding Bullet: The Rise of the Graphic Novel (2003)

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The Rise of the Graphic Novel

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An edition of Faster Than a Speeding Bullet: The Rise of the Graphic Novel (2003)

Faster Than a Speeding Bullet

The Rise of the Graphic Novel

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Graphic novels have exploded off bookstore shelves into movies, college courses, and the New York Times book review, and comics historian and children's literature specialist Stephen Weiner explains the phenomenon in this groundbreaking book-the first history of graphic novels. From the agonizing Holocaust vision of Art Spiegelman's Maus to the teenage angst of Dan Clowes's Ghost World, this study enters the heart of the graphic novel revolution. The complete history of this popular format is explained, from the first modern, urban autobiographical graphic novel, Will Eisner.

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NBM
Language
English
Pages
64

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Graphic novels, History and criticism, Comic books, strips, Fiction, Comic books, Comics, Comic books, strips, etc., history and criticism, Fiction, history and criticism, Comic books, strips, etc
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Faster Than a Speeding Bullet
2012, NBM
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Faster than a Speeding Bullet: The Rise of the Graphic Novel
March 2004, NBM
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Faster Than a Speeding Bullet: The Rise of the Graphic Novel
2003, NBM
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Table of Contents

Foreword by Will Eisner
Page ix
Preface
Page xi
1. The First Comics: Americans Embrace a New Art Form
Page 1
2. The 1950s: The Shadow of McCarthyism
Page 5
3. The 1960s: Troubled Heroes for Troubled Times
Page 9
4. The Comic Book Store: Fans Find a Home
Page 13
5. The Graphic Novel: Comics Take Themselves Seriously
Page 17
6. Trade Publishers and Comics: An Uneasy Alliance
Page 21
7. Opening the Gates: The Comics Field Grows
Page 25
8. The New Heroes: Would You Let this Man Marry Your Sister?
Page 29
9. Maus: Surviving and Thriving
Page 35
10. The Sandman: A New Mythology
Page 39
11. Bone Wars: The Paradigm Shifts into High Gear
Page 43
12. Understanding Comics: The Dream of a Common Language
Page 47
13. A Message in a Bottle: Notes from the Underground
Page 51
14. The Future: Ready, Set, It's Coming
Page 59
Further Reading
Page 63

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 63-64) and ilustrations.

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New York
Other Titles
Rise of the graphic novel

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
741.5/09
Library of Congress
PN6710 .W45 2003, PN6710.W45 2003

Contributors

Foreword
Will Eisner
Book Designer
Chris Shadoian
Cover Art
Jeff Smith
Editor
N. C. Christopher Couch

The Physical Object

Pagination
xi, 64 p. :
Number of pages
64
Dimensions
24 x x centimeters

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL3690116M
Internet Archive
fasterthanspeedi0000wein
ISBN 10
1561633674, 1561633682
ISBN 13
9781561633678, 9781561633685
LCCN
2003058827
OCLC/WorldCat
52727820
Library Thing
606155
Goodreads
2147144
160475

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Work Description

Presents a history and an outlook on the genre of fiction known as "Graphic novels", which began in the early 1950s and, according to the author, their popularity is growing rapidly.

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