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Carmine Infantino is the artistic and publishing visionary whose mark on the comic book industry pushed conventional boundaries. As a penciler and cover artist, he was a major force in defining the Silver Age of comics, co-creating the modern Flash and resuscitating the Batman franchise in the 1960s. As art director and publisher, he steered DC Comics through the late 1960s and 1970s, one of the most creative and fertile periods in their long history. Join historian and inker Jim Amash (Alter Ego magazine, Archie Comics) and Eric Nolen-Weathington (Modern Masters book series) as they document the life and career of Carmine Infantino, in the most candid and thorough interview this controversial living legend has ever given, lavishly illustrated with the incredible images that made him a star. Carmine Infantino: Penciler, Publisher, Provocateur shines a light on the artist's life, career, and contemporaries, and uncovers details about the comics industry never made public until now.
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Jim Amash has had a mulit-faceted career in the arts. As a fine artist, he has exhibited in galleries and museums. He has written for newspapers, gallery catalogs, DC's Archive series, various TwoMorrows magazines, and is an associate editor for Alter Ego magazine. He has illustrated books, video games, television commercials, and for several newspapers. He has also inked for all of the major comic book companies for the last twenty years, and is a frequent contributor at Archie Comics.
Summary
- Carmine Infantino is the artistic and publishing visionary whose mark on the
comic book industry pushed conventional boundaries. As a penciler and cover
artist, he was a major force in defining the Silver Age of comics, co-creating
the modern Flash and resuscitating the Batman franchise in the 1960s. As art
director and publisher, he steered DC Comics through the late 1960s and 1970s,
one of the most creative and fertile periods in their long history.
- Join historian and inker Jim Amash (Alter Ego magazine, Archie
Comics) and Eric Nolen-Weathington (Modern Masters book series) as
they document the life and career of Carmine Infantino, in the most candid and
thorough interview this controversial living legend has ever given, lavishly
illustrated with the incredible images that made him a star. Carmine
Infantino: Penciler, Publisher, Provocateur shines a light on the
artist’s life, career, and contemporaries, and uncovers details about the
comics industry never made public until now.
