75 Years of Dc Comics the Art of Modern Mythmaking
This is naught short of a DC Comics Smithsonian Museum in a box. Not an showroom. A Museum. Information technology is 3.5" thick. It weighs something like 18 pounds. It comes with a box which functions similar a briefcase. At that place is a handle. The book itself is worth every penny of it'southward $200 sticker toll. I will be exploring this affair for the rest of my life.
This volume is only fantastic! A perfect book for a DC comics fan, and filled with not but history about comic books, but history about the changes in club over the 75 years covered. A social history that was reflected in the way comics were produced and told their stories.
Levitz does a remarkable task in bringing this all together, keeping information technology interesting, readable and getting to the heart of the industry and of the comic books themselves.
The book is huge in dimensions and weight, only past giving in to those dimensions itdoes justice to its subject and does justice to the reprinted fabric that information technology shows.
Any fan of DC Comics would beloved this book!
Every bit I said, simply fantastic!
Beautiful artwork throughout; a story well told. In my teens I was a devotee of the Marvel comics, regarding DC with disdain, but DC's history is longer, with more cultural icons generated over the 75 years.
This took me a long time to get through, but it blew my mind. The second half was definitely more relatable to me. Finishing this book makes me want to hunt down a re-create of the 75 Years of Marvel book as well.
I recommend reading the oversized edition, even though it's definitely unwieldy.
I checked this out from my local library. It weighs 16 pounds. It's the Godzilla of books well-nigh comic books! It fit snugly into my wheel bag, almost as if the bag had been designed to carry information technology. Someone said (I can't remember where I saw this) that this book is not a "java table book"; instead, it is the table. Unless you lot are Shaquille O'Neil (sp?), yous cannot comfortably balance this book on your lap. (There's a good reason the book comes with a carrying case.) One time I had a wait at it, it was hard for me to resist purchasing it. It's more of a movie volume than annihilation else. But information technology does have noun chapters on the different eras of comic books and pre-comic volume media. Each chapter has a fold-out timeline, followed by a generously illustrated narrative. Although the focus is D.C. and its corporate precursors, the narrative includes important developments and contributions by other publishers and other media, like newspapers, film and radio. The bulk of the book, however, consists of reproductions of comic book covers, interior console sequences, and original art, with plenty of full-page spreads. There are multi-paged sequences devoted to specific artists. In that location's a decent subject index, a biographical index, and a bibliography in dorsum. The images take not, as far as I tin can tell, been touched upwardly. And then if the original comprehend or interior art has been dog-eared, chipped, smudged, or creased, it shows upwardly. And I like information technology that way: fidelity to the original, fourth dimension-worn artifact. If y'all dear comic-book art and seriously oversize books, this i'southward for you!
This volume isn't a narrative novel, although information technology does have a narrative history running through information technology. It's a history volume, although it's history is clearly (and proudly) shaped by the writer, who was a participant in that history. And it's an art book, although it contains lots of elements beyond that of a standard art book. This book really does effort to give you a feel of 75 years of DC Comics histories, with a very readable narrative throughout it's 800 pages coupled with full color artwork, memorabilia, notes, quotes, you proper noun information technology. It's a real piece of work of art unto itself, a wonderful testament to both DC Comics and pop culture as a whole. This isn't a cheap book, but gorgeous art rarely is. If you are interested in both the "and then" and "at present" of DC Comics, in a gorgeous piece of work of living history, and in a narrative that does the fabric and the players justice, this is the one.
Everything you ever needed to know about DC, and then some, in one mammoth book. From the early on days of National and All-American Comics upward until the pre-52, Blackest Night, and Geoff John days, Levitz covers it all. About chiefly, he covers it all with humor and with insights that only a true comics veteran could insert. To break upward the towering 720 pages, hundreds of images are inserted and captioned. Non only covers of famous comics, simply strips, toys, and ads. Make no error, trying to learn, read, and pour through all that is independent in this humongous book is an try. But Levitz makes it one that is entirely rewarding, educational, and yes, tremendously fun.
This was terrific--tin can't give 5 stars (didn't make me cry, for instance), simply it was a beautifully-produced book, huge, with an almost-perfect balance of text and illustration (I'd have liked just a smidge more text--25% more would take been thought). It's tall, information technology's wide, it's thick, it's filled with information and art--when I tin can imagine all the alternatives to this, most of them are disappointing. They did a great, great job. (Annotation: v stars = amazing, wonderful, iv = very good book, 3 = decent read, 2 = disappointing, one = awful, just awful. I'm fairly good at picking for myself and then terminate up with a lot of 4s).
A massive (in every aspect) treasure trove of curios, trivia, faithfull reproductions and assorted information on 75 years of one of the most important comics publishing house from the pen of one of it's presidents this volume leads the manner on how a historical retrospective should be addressed. Divided by the now standard "ages" (golden, silver, bronze, nighttime and modern, with a foray into proto-rock historic period) this mammoth volume gives us the lowdown on every aspect of DC Comics, leaving no folio unturned. Highly recommended.
Working my way thru this volume all summer, finally finished this past calendar week. I was hoping for a bit of behind the scenes clay, just instead got a thorough expect into the history of the comics company responsible for Superman, Batman, et al. by someone who was behind the scenes (writer, editor, president, publisher) since the mid-70s. The fine production of the artwork that fills the book is worth the hefty price tag solitary, only Levitz's prose goes a long style explaining the milestones along the fashion. The timelines that end each chapter are a great help in putting everything in context.
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