Description: The graphic history of the medium continues – with the long birth of the graphic novel, spanning from1835 Switzerland to the USA today! How French and Belgian comics broke away from the American tradition – and inspired Heavy Metal and a sci-fi comics revolution! Starring: Will Eisner! Moebius! Gil Kane! Herge! All this and a brand-new HER-story of Comics story (and World History of Comics variant cover) too!
Description: The full-color history of funny books moves into the 1980s! In comics that doesn’t mean feathered hair and bad sweaters, but the fight for creators’ rights, highlighted by Jack « King » Kirby’s attempt to liberate his artwork and the British invasioin spearheaded by Moore, Gibbons, Gaiman and Morrison! All this and a brand-new HER-story of Comics (and World History of Comics variant cover) too!
Description: Manga strikes back! Out of the ashes of World War II, Japan rises to achieve total world dominance of comics and anime! How did this happen? The simple answer is that Japan had Osamu Tezuka – « The God of Manga » – and all other nations didn’t! His story is in this issue! Plus: The Her-Story of Comics continues! And the insane legal story of the Air Pirates’ struggle against Disney!
Description: Fred and Ryan conclude their tour of the history of our favorite medium by looking at the birth of the direct retailing market and how it influenced comics’ creation. They also look at the past and future of distributing comics, including web comics and beyond!
