Faster Than a Speeding Bullet
Subtitle: The Rise of the Graphic Novel
By: Stephen Weiner ; [introduction by Will Eisner].
Publisher: NBM
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 64
ISBN-13: 9781561633678; 9781561633685
Subjects: Graphic novels -- History and criticism; Comic books, strips, etc. -- History and criticism
Other titles: Rise of the graphic novel
Description: Graphic novels have exploded off bookstore shelves into movies, college courses, and the New York Times book review, and comics historian and children's literature specialist Stephen Weiner explains the phenomenon in this groundbreaking book-the first history of graphic novels. From the agonizing Holocaust vision of Art Spiegelman's *Maus* to the teenage angst of Dan Clowes's *Ghost World*, this study enters the heart of the graphic novel revolution. The complete history of this popular format is explained, from the first modern, urban autobiographical graphic novel, Will Eisner.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 63-64) and ilustrations.
Table of contents: title: Foreword by Will Eisner
pagenum: ix; title: Preface
pagenum: xi; label: 1
title: The First Comics: Americans Embrace a New Art Form
pagenum: 1; label: 2
title: The 1950s: The Shadow of McCarthyism
pagenum: 5; label: 3
title: The 1960s: Troubled Heroes for Troubled Times
pagenum: 9; label: 4
title: The Comic Book Store: Fans Find a Home
pagenum: 13; label: 5
title: The Graphic Novel: Comics Take Themselves Seriously
pagenum: 17; label: 6
title: Trade Publishers and Comics: An Uneasy Alliance
pagenum: 21; label: 7
title: Opening the Gates: The Comics Field Grows
pagenum: 25; label: 8
title: The New Heroes: Would You Let this Man Marry Your Sister?
pagenum: 29; label: 9
title: Maus: Surviving and Thriving
pagenum: 35; label: 10
title: The Sandman: A New Mythology
pagenum: 39; label: 11
title: Bone Wars: The Paradigm Shifts into High Gear
pagenum: 43; label: 12
title: Understanding Comics: The Dream of a Common Language
pagenum: 47; label: 13
title: A Message in a Bottle: Notes from the Underground
pagenum: 51; label: 14
title: The Future: Ready, Set, It's Coming
pagenum: 59; title: Further Reading
pagenum: 63