The Art of Painted Comics

• The history of painters in comics goes back to the dawn of pulp magazine covers. From "The Shadow" and "The Spider" to "The Black Bat" and so many other characters, painter's works have graced the covers of comics and pulps, which have influenced many artists over the decades. This deluxe coffeetable art book, edited and overseen by Alex Ross -- one of the comic industry's most recognized painters, whose expertise has helped guide and define its contents -- is the most important, most comprehensive prestige hardcover retrospective of the history of painters in comics, of all time.

Summary

• The history of painters in comics goes back to the dawn of pulp magazine
  covers. From "The Shadow" and "The Spider" to "The Black Bat" and so many other
  characters, painter's works have graced the covers of comics and pulps, which
  have influenced many artists over the decades. This deluxe coffeetable art book,
  edited and overseen by Alex Ross — one of the comic industry's most
  recognized painters, whose expertise has helped guide and define its contents
  — is the most important, most comprehensive prestige hardcover
  retrospective of the history of painters in comics, of all
  time.

Product details

• Authors: Chris Lawrence, Jeremy Haun, Chris Lawrence, Alex Ross, James Tynion IV, Chris Various Artists
• Assisted by: Alex Ross (Illustration), Various Artists (Illustration), Alex Ross (Editor), Alex Ross (Editor)
• Publisher: Diamond US
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 16
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.06.2016
• EAN: 9781606903537
• ISBN: 978-1-60690-353-7
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 229 mm x 305 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 2105 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Comic, cartoon, humour, satire; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies