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CARLIN, JOHN, PAUL KARASIK AND BRIAN WALKER (EDS.) - Masters of American Comics

Title: Masters of American Comics
Description: Los Angeles: Hammer Museum and The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, 2005. 030011317X. First Printing. Hard Cover. ISBN: 030011317X. Publisher's pictorial boards, blue lettering on spine, pictorial endpapers. Profusely illustrated in full color. This catalogue was published in conjunction with Masters of American Comics, an exhibition jointly organized by the Hammer Museum and The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. The exhibition also travelled to The Jewish Museum and The Newark Museum, and The Milwaukee Art Museum from 2005-2007. Comic strips and comic books were among the most popular and influential forms of mass media in 20thcentury America. This fascinating book focuses on 15 pioneering cartoonists - ranging from Winsor McCay to Chris Ware - who brought this genre to the highest level of artistic expression and who had the greatest impact on the development of the form.. This volume is in virtually perfect condition, unmarked, unread, tight, square and clean. A large, heavy book - additional shipping charges may apply. FINE. Color drawings. Folio 13" - 23" tall. 327 pp. Fine with No dust jacket as issued .

Keywords: 030011317x Comic Strips; Art; Peanuts; Gasoline Alley; Dick Tracy; Exhibition Catalog; Popeye; Comics; Illustrated Books; Art, Antiques & Photography Catalogs Comic Books

Price: US$ 45.00 Seller: Round Table Books, LLC
- Book number: 19155

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