Comic Book History of Comics Birth Of A Medium

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Writer Fred Van Lente, Ryan Dunlavey
Artist Ryan Dunlavey
Paperback: Aug 30, 2017, $19.99

The inspiring, infuriating, and utterly insane story of comics, graphic novels, and manga is presented in comic book form! The award-winning Action Philosophers team of Fred Van Lente and Ryan Dunlavey turn their irreverent-but-accurate eye to the stories of Jack Kirby, R. Crumb, Harvey Kurtzman, Stan Lee, Will Eisner, Fredric Wertham, Roy Lichtenstein, and more! Reprinting the classic series in bold new color!

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    Comic Book History of Comics: Birth of a Medium (2017) by Fred Van Lente and Ryan Dunlavey (IDW) I stumbled upon Van Lente & Dunlavey's works after reading the 2022 Eisner-nominated series Hocus Pocus (which is visually inspired and presented in much the same way but about this history of stage magic and mystery). The Comic Book History of Comics series is a simple yet brilliant project that does a great job informing while entertaining the reader. I was able to download this series through the ComiXology Unlimited and could not get enough.

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