Famous Originals of Narrative Art
An illustrated history of the most important and exceptional comics of the past 150 years.This comprehensive history of the worlds best comics art includes masterpieces by cartoonists from Richard FeltonOutcault in 1896 to Chris Ware today. These comicspopulated by meta-humans, hybrids, and superheroespresent imagined fantastical worlds that have attracted generations of devoted fans.A critical reference, this book is also a celebration of the characters who have accompanied readers from their first forays into reading through adolescence, and on into adulthoodfrom Tarzan to Tintin, Little Nemo to Betty Boop, the Fantastic Four to Batman, the Silver Surfer to Sin City, or the underground comics of Robert Crumb. A motley crew of charactersspandex-wrapped heroes with impossible muscles, hard-boiled detectives in soft hats, emancipated vamps, space-opera acrobats in chain-mail underpants, zombies, and scrawny underground freaksspan all genres of this international art form. Featuring important American and European artists, this broad retrospective decodes the symbolism and artistry of a richly creative form of reading pleasure.
About Artists & Writers:
Damien MacDonald is a comic book illustrator and curator who published a graphic novel adaptation of Victor Hugos Hunchback of Notre-Dame. His work has been shown in museums and galleries in France, Norway, Belgium, China, and Monaco. He curated the Marginalia exhibition for the Nouveau Muse National de Monaco.