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LEAPING TALL BUILDINGS : THE ORIGINS OF AMERICAN COMICS
by Irving, Christopher
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1576875911
- ISBN 13
- 9781576875919
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About This Item
Brooklyn: powerHouse Books, 2012. Hardcover. Fine. Kushner, Seth. SHARP CORNERS. White lettering to spine and illustrated covers. Brightly colored endpapers in fuschia, electric yellow, and deep sky-blue. Wonderfully illustrated both in black and white and color. Clean, tight, bright. 240 pp. The history of American comics through the stories of comics' most important and influential creators -- tracing the medium's journey all the way from its beginnings as junk culture for kids to its current status as legitimate literature and pop culture. Featuring artists such as Jerry Siegel, Will Eisner, Jerry Robinson, Al Jaffee, Neal Adams, Peter Kuper, Stan Lee and many more.
Synopsis
Christopher Irving is a pop culture journalist who has written four prior books on the history of comics, as well as dozens of articles. Irving also served as Associate Editor on the multiple-Eisner-Award- winning Comic Book Artist magazine. Irving’s work on Graphic NYC with Seth Kushner has been featured in multiple mainstream media outlets, including Italy’s La Repubblica . Irving currently resides in Brooklyn, New York. Seth Kushner is an environmental portrait photographer fascinated by all types of people. His work has appeared in The New York Times Magazine , Time , Newsweek , Businessweek , L’Uomo Vogue , The New Yo rker, and others. Kushner was chosen by Photo District News magazine as one of their “30 Under 30″ several years ago and is twice-winner of heir Photo Annual Competition. The New York Times declared Kushner’s first book, The Brooklynites (powerHouse Books, 2007), a “terrific coffee table book.” Currently, Seth is working on his web series CulturePOP Photocomix, mixing his photgraphy with a comic book-typw format on ACT-I-VATE.com. Seth resides in his hometown of Brooklyn, New York with his wife, son, and way too many cameras and comics.
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- Bookseller
- The Sensible Magpie
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 896
- Title
- LEAPING TALL BUILDINGS : THE ORIGINS OF AMERICAN COMICS
- Author
- Irving, Christopher
- Illustrator
- Kushner, Seth
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 1576875911
- ISBN 13
- 9781576875919
- Publisher
- powerHouse Books
- Place of Publication
- Brooklyn
- Date Published
- 2012
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