Man of Rock - A Biography of Joe Kubert

Zusammenfassung Joe Kubert's extraordinary career spans the history of the comic book inAmerica: he began drawing comics in 1938! just as Superman made his debut in Action Comics #1! and continues to be one of the most vital cartoonistsworking today! writing and drawing both mainstream comic book characters as wellas! more recently! graphic novels of his own conception. Kubert made his name working for DC Comics on acclaimed series starringSgt. Rock of Easy Co.! Hawkman! Tarzan! and has worked on many of DC's mostcommercially successful properties (Superman! Batman! Flash! et al.). Kubert hascreated comics for virtually every major publisher over an incredible 70 yearsin the business! including Marvel and EC. He started the Joe Kubert School ofCartoon and Graphic Art in the 1980s. In the 1990s! he wrote and drew his owngraphic novels! including Fax from Sarajevo ! which won the Will EisnerComics Industry Award for Best Graphic Novel. He was subsequently inducted intoboth the Harvey Awards' Jack Kirby Hall of Fame and the Will Eisner Comic BookHall of Fame.

Product details

• Authors: Bill Schelly, Bill Schelly, Schelly Bill
• Publisher: Fantagraphics
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2008
• EAN: 9781560979289
• ISBN: 978-1-56097-928-9
• No. of pages: 220
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art; DESIGN / Graphic Arts / Illustration, ART / Individual Artists / Monographs, Biography: arts & entertainment, Individual artists, art monographs, Comic book & cartoon art, Biography: arts and entertainment, Comic book and cartoon artwork