ANATOMY OF COMICS FAMOUS ORIGINALS OF NARRATIVE ART
By Damien MacDonald
Flammarion / Paperback with flaps / 6.25” x 8.75” / 256 pages / 250 color illustrations
$40.00 US / ISBN: 978-2-08-028187-6 / Publication date: September 2022
THE ANATOMY OF COMICS: FAMOUS ORIGINALS OF NARRATIVE ART, written by comic book illustrator and curator Damien MacDonald, is a comprehensive history of the world’s best comics art including iconic works by cartoonists from Richard Felton Outcault in 1896 to Chris Ware today. These comics—populated by meta-humans, hybrids, and superheroes—present imagined fantastical worlds that have attracted generations of devoted fans.
A critical reference, this handsome volume is also a celebration of the characters who have accompanied readers from their first forays into reading through adolescence, and on into adulthood—from 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 characters—spandex-wrapped heroes with impossible muscles, hard-boiled detectives in soft hats, emancipated vamps, space-opera acrobats in chain-mail underpants, zombies, and scrawny underground freaks—span 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.
ANATOMY OF COMICS: FAMOUS ORIGINALS OF NARRATIVE ART
By Damien MacDonald
Flammarion, distributed by Rizzoli New York
Paperback with flaps / 6.25” x 8.75” / 256 pages / 250 color illustrations
PRICE: $40.00 U.S. / $55.00 CANADIAN
ISBN: 978-2-08-028817-6
Publication date: September 2022
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