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097 00$aPN6727.K273$bZ46 2018
245 00$aSparring with Gil Kane :$bdebating the history and aesthetics of comics /$cedited by Gary Groth.
250 $aFirst Fantagraphics Books edition.
260 $aSeattle, WA :$bFantagraphics Books,$cc2018.
300 $a307 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
505 00$tPreface /$rby Howard Chaykin --$tIntroduction /$rby Gary Groth --$tEyes fixed on comics /$rby Gil Kane --$tWhat was right and wrong (mostly wrong) about comics? /$rwith Denny O'Neil --$tComics: all style, no content /$rwith Jack Jackson --$tThe virtues and limitations of craft /$rwith Howard Chaykin --$tPoetry of motion /$rby Gil Kane --$tOpposites attract /$rwith Robert Crumb --$tThe beginning of comics books and the genesis of the sub-mariner /$rwith Bill Everett --$tThe majesty of Prince Valiant /$rwith Hal Foster --$tTradition and experimentation /$rwith Noel Sickles --$tThe importance of being irreverent /$rwith Walt Kelly --$tThe comics school of Hard Knocks /$rwith Harvey Kurtzman --$tIs personal expression and commercial comics at odds? /$rwith Gary Groth, Howard Chaykin, and Walt Simonson --$tThe French vs. the American comics scenes /$rwith Jean-Claude Mézières --$tThe aesthetic varieties and immersive worlds of comic strips /$rwith Don Phelps --$tThe state of comics industry, 1971 /$rwith Stan Lee, Will Eisner, et al --$tSkipping the ideal for the real /$rby Gil Kane.
520 $a"In 12 conversations with his professional peers between 1969 and 1988, Gil Kane appreciates comic strips of the past criticizes comic books of the present, and envisions a future of graphic novels. ... In a series of remarkably candid and insightful discussions with other comics artists and writers over the years, Kane examines the fundamentals of the form itself, praises the virtues of individual creators, and challenges the industrial standards imposed on artists that he felt held them back from telling innovative stories." --$cPage 4 of cover.
520 $aGil Kane drew every major comic book character in his 50-year career -- from Spider-Man and the Hulk to Superman and Batman -- and conceived and drew independent "graphic novels" long before the term had any meaning to the larger public. He was also a fascinating raconteur and a formidable analyst, critic, and theorist of comics, a medium he loved. Included in this collection are interviews Kane conducted with a wide array of cartoonists: newspaper strip artists such as Hal Foster (Prince Valiant) and Walt Kelly (Pogo); fellow comic book creators such as Harvey Kurtzman; underground cartoonists Robert Crumb and Jack Jackson; and the literary critic Donald Phelps.
600 10$aKane, Gil$vInterviews.
600 17$aKane, Gil.
650 0$aComic books, strips, etc$xHistory and criticism.
650 0$aGraphic novels$vHistory and criticism.
650 0$aCartoonists$zUnited States$vInterviews.
700 1 $aKane, Gil.
700 1 $aGroth, Gary.