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399 Pages·2009·9.9 MB·English
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COMIC BOOKS 101 The HISTORY, METHODS and MADNESS CHRIS RYALL and SCOTT TIPTON Comic Books 101: The History Methods and Madness. Copyright © 2009 by Chris Ryall and Scott Tipton. Manufactured in China. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means including information storage and retrieval systems without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer who may quote brief passages in a review. Published by IMPACT Books, an imprint of F+W Media, Inc., 4700 East Galbraith Road, Cincinnati, Ohio, 45236. (800) 289-0963. First Edition. Other fine IMPACT Books are available from your local bookstore, art supply store, online supplier or visit our website at www.fwmedia.com. 13 12 11 10 09 5 4 3 2 1 DISTRIBUTED IN CANADA BY FRASER DIRECT 100 Armstrong Avenue Georgetown, ON, Canada L7G 5S4 Tel: (905) 877-4411 DISTRIBUTED IN THE U.K. AND EUROPE BY DAVID & CHARLES Brunel House, Newton Abbot, Devon, TQ12 4PU, England Tel: (+44) 1626 323200, Fax: (+44) 1626 323319 Email: ACKNOWLEDGMENTS To Jenny, Julie and Lucy, and our families for the enabling, love, patience and support To Sarah Laichas, our editor, for making us and the book look so good, and to F+W's Wendy Dunning and Pam Wissman for the opportunity to look good in the first place To Bernadette BakerBaughman and Gretchen Stelter for believing in and championing the project To Tom Morris and Matt Morris for the initial push To Kevin Smith and Ming Chen for being there at the start To Ted Adams and Darlene Anderson for the guidance, support and leadership To Mark Engblom, David Messina and Nick Roche for the “Toon Chris and Scott art” CHRIS SAYS And to Scott, my first friend in comics, my partner on the website where this book got its start and a friend for whom I'd take a gamma bomb blast any day. SCOTT SAYS And to Chris, who asked me to start this whole Comics 101 thing years ago. If I knew then what I know now … well, I wouldn't change a thing. Special thanks to Gabriel Rodriguez for the cover illustration, Charlie Kirchoff, Tom B. Long and Leonard O'Grady for the interior colors, Clive Barker, Joe Casey, Carr D'Angelo, Paul Dini, Harlan Ellison, Mark Evanier, Joe Hill, Joshua Jabcuga, Stan Lee, Brian Lynch, Jud Meyers, Gene Simmons, David Tipton, J.C. Vaughn, Mark Waid and Marv Wolfman for their invaluable contributions DEDICATION For our mothers, Patricia Ryall and Diane Tipton, who were taken from us three days apart in the fall of 2007, but left us with a lifetime of comic-book encouragement and love. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION BY STAN LEE AUTHORS' PREFACE PART I THE WAY IT BEGAN 1 Newspaper Strips vs. Comic Books 2 The Rise of National Comics 3 The Golden Age 4 Timely Comics 5 Fawcett Comics 6 Dell and Disney 7 EC Comics and the Comics Code Authority 8 Marvel and DC 9 Image Comics 10 Indies and Small Press 11 Manga 12 Collapse and Recovery PART II BREAKING IT DOWN 1 Anatomy of a Comic Book 2 The Comic-Book Page 3 The Roles of Creators 4 Comic Books vs. Graphic Novels PART III GIVE ME DC 1 Superman 2 Batman 3 Wonder Woman 4 The Flash 5 Green Lantern 6 The Justice Society of America 7 The Justice League of America 8 Watchmen PART IV MAKE MINE MARVEL 1 Sub-Mariner 2 Captain America 3 The Fantastic Four 4 The Incredible Hulk

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