Heroes of the comics
By: Drew Friedman ; [foreword by Al Jaffee]
Published: 2014
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781606997314
Subjects: History; Biography; Cartoonists; History and criticism; Caricatures and cartoons; American Authors; Comic books, strips
Other titles: Drew Friedman's heroes of the comics :
Description: Friedman features portraits of the pioneering legends of American comic books. Each drawing is accompanied by a one-page synopsis of their life and work.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / -- by Al Jaffee -- Introduction / -- by Drew Friedman; title: Max Gaines --; title: Malcolm Wheeler Nicholson --; title: Harry "A" Chesler --; title: Sheldon Mayer --; title: Creig Flessel --; title: Jerry Iger --; title: Will Eisner --; title: Jerry Siegel & Joe Shuster --; title: Bob Kane --; title: Bill Finger --; title: Martin Goodman --; title: Joe Simon --; title: Jack Kirby --; title: Stan Lee --; title: Bill Everett --; title: Carl Burgos --; title: Jerry Robinson --; title: George Roussos --; title: John Goldwater --; title: Bob Montana --; title: Lev Gleason --; title: Charles Biro --; title: C.C. Beck --; title: William Moulton Marston --; title: Irwin Hasen --; title: Mort Meskin --; title: Syd Shores --; title: Lou Fine --; title: Alex Schomburg --; title: Carmine Infantino --; title: Reed Crandall --; title: Bob Powell --; title: Mac Raboy --; title: Dick Sprang --; title: Wayne Boring --; title: L.B. Cole --; title: Dick Briefer --; title: Basil Wolverton --; title: Jack Cole --; title: Dan Barry --; title: Alfred Harvey --; title: George Carlson --; title: Walt Kelly --; title: Carl Barks --; title: John Stanley --; title: Woody Gelman --; title: Otto Messmer --; title: Gil Kane --; title: Gardner Fox --; title: Boody Rogers --; title: Matt Baker --; title: Lily Renée --; title: Al Hollingsworth --; title: Al Jaffee --; title: Dave Berg --; title: Graham Ingels --; title: Johnny Craig --; title: Al Feldstein --; title: William M. Gaines --; title: Harvey Kurtzman --; title: Will Elder --; title: John Severin --; title: Wally Wood --; title: Joe Orlando --; title: Jack Davis --; title: George Evans --; title: Marie Severin --; title: Jack Kamen --; title: Frank Frazetta --; title: Jack Oleck --; title: Ramona Fraden --; title: Al Hartley --; title: Jesse Marsh --; title: Steve Ditko --; title: Ogden Whitney --; title: Joe Kubert --; title: Howard Nostrand --; title: Mort Drucker --; title: Russ Heath --; title: Alex Toth --; title: Bernard Krigstein --; title: Al Williamson --; title: Fredric Wertham.