Anatomy Of Comics

I’ve been reading comic strips and comic books since I was five years old. I began collecting comic books and collected comic strips compilations (along with newspaper clippings) for as nearly as lo

In just a few months I’ll be turning 70 years old. I’ve accumulated quite a collection, as you well can imagine.

Comics and comic books gave me my career. I started drawing cartoons at an early age and eventually I graduated from college with a B.A. in art.

Since then I was employed as graphic designer for close to 30 years with another 11 years teaching art and graphic design.  

I used my talent of drawing cartoons my entire career. Anyone outside the art world (specifically cartooning) has difficulty understanding comic strips and comic books.

In Damien MacDonald’s new book: Anatomy Of Comics published by Flammarion/Rizzoli, the art of comics and comic books is explained.

Filled with black and white and full color examples of comics and comic book art from over the decades the book starts at the genesis of each genre and follows the years up until the present.

Informative text, accompanied by art examples, lead readers through the years.

Besides containing historical text the book the also delves into the meat and bones of what makes comics and comic books what they are.

It’s a engrossing read filled with fascinating facts complemented with awesome art from all over the world.

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