Download or read book Ron Goulart s Great History of Comic Books written by Ron Goulart and published by McGraw-Hill/Contemporary. This book was released on 1986 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Here is the long awaited complete history of comic books from the 1890s to the 1980s--the characters, the classics, the creators, trends in the marketplace, and the business of comic book publishing--by one of the field's top authorities and major collectors. Thoroughly researched, Ron Goulart's Great History of Comic Books boasts more than 200 black-and white illustrations, 24 pages in full color, an invaluable index, and the lively writing style that has made Ron Goulart so popular with comic book fans everywhere. Herein you'll find: the origins and exploits of superheroes; the lives and times of artists, editors, writers, including Jack Kirby, Stan Lee, Siegel and Shuster, Will Wisner, Joe Simon, Sheldon Mayer, Jim Shooter, and many more--in their own words; many rare reprints and early sketches. This definitive one volume account of one of America's liveliest industries, from before Superman to after Spider-Man, is a must for every collector's bookshelf. " -- Back cover
Download or read book Comic Book Culture written by Ron Goulart and published by Collectors Press, Inc.. This book was released on 2000 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of American comic books told almost entirely through reprinted comic book covers.
Download or read book Great American Comic Books written by Ron Goulart and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Comic Book Encyclopedia written by Ron Goulart and published by It Books. This book was released on 2004-10-26 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A 4–colour, illustrated best–of–the–best of the comic book world – with writers/creators who launched an industry (Jack Kirby, Stan Lee), amazing graphic novels (Preacher, The Watcher), legendary artists (Jim Lee) and characters as wide–ranging as Archie, The Gay Ghost, Batman, Blue Devil and the Fantastic Four. Never before has there been a single volume of superheroes, graphic novels, strange comic icons, legendary writers and artists of the comic world. Comic Book Encyclopedia is the multiverse of comic legend and lore for every comic–book fan, and for everyone who wants to understand the characters, history, and universal appeal of this world. Collected into a single volume, this is the best–of–the–best of comics. From the 1930s to today, it includes everything a young, budding comic reader – or an experienced pro – needs to know and/or read.
Download or read book Over 50 Years of American Comic Books written by Ron Goulart and published by Bdd Promotional Book Company. This book was released on 1991 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicles the legendary super heroes, monsters, and caricatures that have told the story of America over the years and the ups and downs of the industry that gave birth to them
Download or read book The Encyclopedia of American Comics written by Ron Goulart and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of comic books and strips, from the creation of Katzenjammer Kids in 1897 to today's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, offers insight into the characters, artists, and syndicates
Download or read book Good Girl Art written by Ron Goulart and published by . This book was released on 2008-02-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Noted comics historian Ron Goulart has produced the final word on good girls in the comic books with Good Girl Art, chronicling the history of the good girl in comics from the beginning, in the comic book sweatshops of the late 1930s, through the war years, the 1950s, to the present. Not only is Good Girl Art informative and fun to read, it is truly a pleasure to look at with over 200 illustrations from such legendary comic artists as Matt Baker, Lee Elias, Frank Cho, Adam Hughes, Joe Chiodo, and Dave Stevens.
Download or read book The Comic Book Reader s Companion written by Ron Goulart and published by Harper Paperbacks. This book was released on 1993 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Information on the history and development of the American comic book with entries on characters and comics from the 1930s to the present.
Download or read book The Adventurous Decade written by Ron Goulart and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Long out of print, The Adventurous Decade is now available again, covering the background and art of such strips as Buck Rogers, Flash Gordon, Tarzan, Scorchy Smith, Dick Tracy, Terry and the Pirates, Prince Valiant, The Phantom, Brick Bradford, The Spirit, and Don Winslow together with many seldom-discussed strips such as Bronc Peeler, Tex Throne, Roy Powers, Dan Dunn and Tailspin Tommy. While the text of the book, based on interviews with such comic strip luminaries as Noel Sickles, Milton Caniff, Roy Crane, Alfred Andriola, Dick Moore, Mel Graff, Leslie Turner and other improtant strip artists, remains unchanged (why change a classic?), the book has been totally redesigned in a 9 inch by 12 inch landscape format to showcase the fabulous artwork from these strips. The reprint is printed on deluxe heavy paper stock with all new illustrations, many taken from rarely seen original artwork.
Download or read book The Great Comic Book Artists written by Ron Goulart and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Cheap Thrills written by Daniel Herman and published by Hermes Press. This book was released on 2006-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book takes an inside look at the artists who created the Silver Age of comics. Based on dozens of interviews, this book carefully shows the development of the art of comic book storytelling from its roots in comic strips and the first generation of comic book artists in the Golden Age. Hundreds of pieces of original artwork illustrate the lengthy text.
Download or read book Cheap Thrills written by Ron Goulart and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on the period between 1920 and 1940, the author examines the creators and characters of popular pulp magazines found in America.
Download or read book Cheap Thrills written by Ron Goulart and published by . This book was released on 2007-04-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Considered the definitive history of the pulps, Cheap Thrills chronicles the history of the pulps, delving into the backgrounds of the well-known and not-so-famous writers who began a professional life as pulp magazine contributors including Harold Lamb, Major George Fielding Eliot, Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, Erle Stanley Gardner, Ray Bradbury, and Tennesse Williams, to name a few."--Back cover.
Download or read book Star Hawks The Complete Series written by Ron Goulart and published by . This book was released on 2004-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On October 3, 1977, Star Hawks premiered and introduced newspaper readers to the best science fiction/action comic strip in the last thirty years. Star Hawks combined the talents of renowned science fiction writer Ron Goulart and famed comic artist Gil Kane. The strip also introduced a two-tiered format to daily newspaper comic strips. Each daily installment of Star Hawks had the look and feel of a Sunday strip. The strip ran for three-and-half years and has never been reprinted in its entirety. This book will reprint the entire continuity of 1,244 strips together with all of the Sunday strips. All the Sunday strips will be presented in full color. The book has an introduction by Ron Goulart together with a comprehensive essay about Star Hawks. Numerous examples of original artwork used in the strip are also used to explain Gil Kane's composition methods.
Download or read book What s Become of Screwloose and Other Inquiries written by Ron Goulart and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collection of short stories by the author Ron Goulart.
Download or read book Cheap Thrills written by Ron Goulart and published by . This book was released on 2009-08 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This release of Ron Goulart¿s classic history of the pulps is more than just a reprint of Goulart¿s first ever history of the pulps. This redesigned edition contains mountains of material not used in the original tome about the great pulps and pulp writers. Presents remembrances by pulp fiction greats not included in the original version. Delves into the backgrounds of the well-known and not-so-famous writers who began professional life as pulp magazine contributors including Harold Lamb, Major George Fielding Eliot, Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, Erle Stanley Gardner, Ray Bradbury, and Tennessee Williams, etc. Looks at it all: the cowboy story, the detective story, science fiction and fantasy, love, sports, and adventure. Color illustrations.
Download or read book Brainz Inc written by Ron Goulart and published by Overamstel Uitgevers. This book was released on 2012-06-05 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dead woman hires Jake to investigate her murder Jake Pace is halfway through mixing a batch of cookies when his lawyer arrives with a corpse. The body in the coffin is an android, built in the shape of recently deceased electronics heiress Sylvie Kirkyard and implanted with a chip that holds Sylvie’s memories. Although she was only twenty-seven, Sylvie had for a long time feared for her life, and took the precaution of insuring her consciousness with Kirktronics’ patented Brainz, Inc. method. Upon her death, the chip was implanted in this electronic body, and the body was brought to Jake. Luckily, as the planet’s smartest private detective, Jake is used to corpses—robotic and otherwise. When the dead girl awakes and asks him to find her killers, Jake doesn’t blink an eye. But fulfilling her last request will be perilous, and by the time it’s over Jake may wish he had a spare body of his own.
