Understanding Superhero Comic Books by Alex Grand

You'll find yourself wanting to turn the page to find out more and more and more. Grand is a wealth of knowledge brought to us in a writing style that keeps you on a fast pace energetic ride. I found it particularly original in its informative writing about creators of color, women and the comic book illustrator's plight. I've been in the industry for 30 years and even I was finding myself being more informed with new discoveries than I could have imagined. Connecting for us the use of comic books throughout popular culture and all types of media and products. Taking us from the very beginning of sequential storytelling to the creation of the comic book, to the comics boom, to the near destruction of comics by Fredric Wertham, to the explosion of Marvel and the Superhero brought to us by Jack Kirby and Stan Lee, to the creative wave in the 90's, to rock bottom and to the rebirth of the comic medium by independent creators. Grand takes us on an incredibly informed journey through the history of comic books and its creators as no other book I've ever read. 'A complete intensive overview of the superhero comic book industry today with its earlier roots in comic strips.'-Tom Palmer, Silver Age Comic Book inker 'WOW! Incredible insight, fair profiling, and incredibly informative! Alexander Grand has done it! Finally, an accurate in-depth book that is balanced and fair to both creators and publishers! Mr. If you've ever been intrigued by the colorful characters that populate comic books-and fill our television and movie screens-this book is for you.'-Tom DeFalco, editor-in-chief of Marvel in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Understanding Super Hero Comic Books is a fascinating study that weaves together the intricate relationships between comic strips, pulp magazines, old movie serials and comic book super heroes.

He is a meticulous researcher and an insightful interviewer. No one does comic book history like Alex Grand.

Understanding Superhero Comic Books by Alex Grand