Animators, Cartoonists, & Illustrators - Biography, Popular Culture Art, Comic Book Artists & Cartoonists, History & Criticism - Cartoons & Comic Strips, Comic Books - History & Criticism
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Overview
Joe Simon, first editor of Marvel Comics and a creator of Captain America, takes you back to the birth of the comic book industry, the early backroom publishing offices, collaborations (and feuds) among writers, artists and publishers, the art studios, working conditions, and the creators of superheroes that generated fortunes for the publishers but often left the creators struggling to survive.Synopsis
In this book, original Captain America creator, Joe Simon tells the compelling, definitive history of the creators who gave us Superman, Captain America, Archie, Captain Marvel, Spider-Man and more. Meet the crime comics editor who would himself be accused of a gruesome murder; the horror artist who was periodically released from a mental hospital in order to meet his publishing dead-lines; the famous Senator Estes Kefauver, whose sub-committee investigated comic books as a cause of juvenile delinquency; and dozens of other fascinating personalities. Will Eisner said, "The Comic Book Makers is like a school reunion, lavish with anecdotes that fill in the gap of threadbare memory. The Comic Book Makers is avery valuable work by a member of one of the most important teams in comic book history. Joe Simon deserves applause."Book Details
Published
May 1, 2003
Publisher
Vanguard
Pages
208
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9781887591331