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In 1965, he wrote The Great Comic Book Heroes, the first history of the comic-book superheroes of the late 1930s and early 1940s and a tribute to their creators. In 1979, Feiffer created his first graphic novel, Tantrum. By 1993, he began writing and illustrating books aimed at young readers, with several of them winning awards.
Jul 3, 2008 · The Great Comic Book Heroes. By Jules Feiffer. Paperback, 80 pages. List Price: $8.95. Comic books, World War II, the Depression, and I all got going at roughly the same time. I was...
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Feb 23, 2024 · "Jules Feiffer's The Great Comic Book Heroes: The Pulitzer Prize-winning author's classic essay on the four-color characters he thrilled to as a youth and that inspired him to become one of the 20th century's most renowned cartoonists."--BOOK JACKET. Originally published in 1965. Notes. Obscured text on back cover due to sticker attached.
Aug 22, 2014 · From The Comics Journal #200 (December 1997) In this expanded intro and afterword to Jules Feiffer's The Great Comic Book Heroes, he explains how the art and business of comic books has evolved since its origin. In 1965, Bonanza Books released The Great Comic Book Heroes, a 192-page book of reprinted 1940s comic book stories “compiled ...
The Great Comic Book Heroes is widely acknowledged to be the first book to analyze the juvenile medium of superhero comics in a critical manner, but without denying the iconic hold such works have over readers of all ages.
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Mar 30, 2003 · by Jules Feiffer (Author) 4.3 26 ratings. See all formats and editions. by Jules Feiffer. Fantagraphics is proud to publish Jules Feiffer's long out-of-print and seminal essay of comics criticism, The Great Comic Book Heroes, in a compact and affordable format.
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Jules Feiffer, American cartoonist and writer who became famous for his Feiffer, a satirical comic strip notable for its emphasis on very literate captions. The verbal elements usually took the form of monologues in which the speaker exposed his own insecurities. Learn more about Feiffer’s life and career.
