Comic book activities included with this unit is a slide collection containing examples of comic book superheroesheroines, domestic scenes, and animal images. Marvel and dc fireside book series back in 1974 stan lee and marvel came up with the wonderful idea to compile the origins of some of their greatest characters in a book format, similar to what jules feiffer did with the great comic book heroes back in 1965. By 1993 he began writing and illustrating books aimed at. William erwin eisner march 6, 1917 january 3, 2005 was an american cartoonist, writer, and entrepreneur.
A combination of kid gang characters, an international cast of young boys fighting nazis or in their own parlance, the ratzies. In the great comic book heroes 1965, jules feiffer wrote. In 1965, feiffer wrote what is arguably the first critical history of the comic book super heroes of the late 30s and early 40s, including plastic man, batman, superman, the spirit, and others. Fantagraphics is proud to publish jules feiffers long. You most likely know jules feiffer as the writer of one of your. Eisner was also featured in other films, such as ron manns cult hit comic book confidential. The great comic book heroes by jules feiffer goodreads. In 2011, ign ranked the spirit 21st in the top 100 comic book heroes of all time.
Join reed richards, susan storm, johnny storm and ben grimm as they travel to the stars and return with fantastic powers. From a script by cartoonist and illustrator of the classic childrens book the phantom tollboth jules feiffer, altman somehow did the impossible, creating a feature length, live action cartoon. Jules feiffer s historic essay, available again in a compact and affordable size. I enjoyed many of the comics until that point, but for some reason that comic seemed so much different than anything else. See more ideas about comic books art, art and comic books. Uncommonly good collectible and rare books from uncommonly good booksellers. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. Jules ralph feiffer born january 26, 1929 is an american cartoonist and author, who was considered the most widely read satirist in the country. The amazing adventures of kavalier and clay, by michael. Out of print for over 30 years, feiffer s book discusses the role that the patriotic superhero played during world war ii.
Preamble ramble to a slight history of golden age comic. Paying only scant attention to the genres history and more attention to its form, this course will focus on the golden age of the graphic novel, beginning in the late 1970s and continuing to the present day. Sammy klayman is a young man from brooklyn with a love for pulp fiction and comic books, and is struggling with his sexual identity. The great comic book heroes is widely acknowledged to be the first book to analyze the juvenile medium of superhero comics in a critical manner, but without denying the iconic hold such works have over readers of all ages. Booms premise would have been familiar to comic book fans. It was the great comic book heroes edited by jules feiffer. Jules feiffer looks at some of the great heroes of the. Stan lee and the rise and fall of the american comic book, by jordan raphael and tom spurgeon, provides a detailed examination of lees development as a writer, his role in the creation of marvel comics and in the comicbook renaissance of the early 1960s, and his place in the inexorable decline of the industry throughout the 1990s.
Maurice horns book a history of the comic strip published coauthored with pierre couperie. New york february 23, 2012 the museum of comic and cartoon art mocca and the will and ann eisner family foundation are proud to. My first encounter with dark they were and goldeneyed in bedfordbury and the first volume of. His work as a writer covers everything from the plays knock knock and little murders to the screenplay for the robert altman film popeye to the great comic book heroes one of the first ever and one of the best essays on comic book fandom in america. Now that im getting the momentum back up to continue my semiregular feature of a slight history of golden age comic book super heroes, ii thought id recap a little of what ive written before to catch up any new readers.
A classic example is lois lane, the tough, self sufficient career woman who is constantly in need of rescue by superman, and who yearns for little more than to be his wife. See also his book and articles titled the great comic book heroes. Available in eisenhower copy center eh 011 as of 9 july 2012. The life and work of steve ditko is discussed for most of the show, then the spectre, books about comic book heroes and jules feiffer are talked about as well musical spotlight. In 1965, bonanza books released the great comic book heroes, a 192page book of reprinted 1940s comic book stories compiled, introduced and annotated by jules feiffer. I sight bring on the bad guys as having the most lasting impact for introducing me to marvels vast array of costumed characters and more importantly, stan lees corny carnival huckster style of narration, which provided me with a verbose vocabulary but an affable.
In 1978, he popularized the term graphic novel with the publication of his book a contract with god. The origins and early adventures of the classic superheroes of the comic books jules feiffer on. Jules feiffer the great comic book heroes wrote the introduction, while laura siegel larson, jerry siegels daughter, contributed an. Jules feiffer tackles drawing a page of comics much in the way that a painter tackles a canvas. If you hate hisher recommendation, you can scoff heavily and storm off or you could actually love it and check it out. New gods by the late 1960s, carmine infantino was overseeing the entire line of comics, holding court in matters ranging from animated cartoons to toy production. That girls had a preference for my brand of literature would have been more of a frightening image to me than any number of men being beaten up by wonder woman. The great comic book heroes by jules feiffer comic book nation. The life and work of steve ditko is discussed for most of the show, then the spectre, books about comic book heroes and jules feiffer are talked about as well. Fantagraphics is proud to publish jules feiffer s long outofprint and seminal essay of comics criticism, the great comic book heroes, in a compact and affordable size. Id looked covetously at jules feiffers great comicbook heroes in the window of the indica bookshop in southampton row but couldnt afford a copy. During heavy snow storms stores that stayed open were hard to find.
Captain storm, easy company and many more of the very best war comics. As no good reproduction materials existed, feiffer worked in concert with dcs jack adler to pioneered a process by which old comic books could be. He was one of the earliest cartoonists to work in the american comic book industry, and his series the spirit 19401952 was noted for its experiments in content and form. By the author of the comic book heroes, killing monsters, and scores of successful comic books and screenplays, men of tomorrow is the first book to tell the surprising story of the young jewish misfits, hustlers and nerds who invented the superhero and the comic book industry. Storm was one of the first black comic book characters, and the first black female, except for misty knight, who debuted in a comic dated march 1975, to play either a major or supporting role in the big two comic book houses, marvel comics and dc comics. The amazing adventures of kavalier and clay is a novel about magic, manhood, superheroes, and growing up jewish in america in the 1930s and 1940s. Moreover, feiffers great comic book heroes was remarkable in that much of the book consisted of reprints of classic golden age superhero stories at. In 1965, feiffer wrote what is arguably the first critical history of the comic book superheroes of the late 1930s and early 1940s, including plastic man, batman, superman, the spirit and others.
Find the great comic book heroes by feiffer, jules at biblio. Jules feiffer, american cartoonist and writer who became famous for his feiffer. And witness the ffs cataclysmic first battles with the mole man, doctor doom and prince namor, the mysterious submariner, in a way youve never seen before. Part of that is a love for the socalled golden age of comics, fostered by my reading of the works of jules feiffer the great comic book heroes and roy thomass various revivals of that eras heroes the invaders, liberty legion, justice society of americaallstar squadron. Well, i cant comment on the image girls had of wonder woman. Get the best deals for vintage comic book spinner rack at. The great comic book heroes by jules feiffer, paperback. When it came out i had no idea that there was a golden age of comics in the 1940s, that would take. In addition to his memoir, the book includes the first generally available golden age reprints, including early superman, batman, flash, green lantern, hawkman and wonder woman stories.
In scribbled lettering, feiffer laid out the storys origins. The pulitzer prizewinning authors classic essay on the fourcolor characters he thrilled to as a youth and that inspired him to become one of the 20th centurys most renowned cartoonists. Originally published in two volumes as the comic strip century by kitchen sink press, 1995. It is a compact volume that celebrates a modern mythology that has come a very, very long way since it was conceived by siegel and shuster in 1938. As i mentioned at the top of the week, one of the things that most excited me about finding an old copy of jules feiffers great comic book heroes was that it contained stories featuring golden age heroes whose original exploits ive never had the opportunity to read much of. Given feiffers complex rehashing of the bombs vexed cultural life, it is worth revisiting boom in full to appreciate how its form and content expanded the mediums critical horizons. In this expanded intro and afterword to jules feiffers the great comic book heroes, he explains how the art and business of comic books has. Back in 1974 stan lee and marvel came up with the wonderful idea to compile. He wrote the animated short munro, which won an academy award for best animated short film in 1961. In 1979 feiffer created his first graphic novel, tantrum. Even though this is a comic book podcast, al starts the conversation off asking about the film in the mood for love. Posts about comic books written by half price books, jim, julie, and becky. Jules feiffers the great comic book heroes is published by dial press.
But few were prepared for what would happen when respected toronto. When i was an impressionable kid, i would spend hours pouring over the books at my local library. This is because the list is intended as a guide for libraries, who can only purchase books which are in print. Nonfiction books graphic novels at hmcpl libguides. Some outofprint suggestions are included at the end the book and are also listed at the bottom of this page. Feiffer, jules, 1929 american comics artist and writer about comics. He gets in there with a muscular expressive line and then its all, wow, feiffer has landed another punch, all with such graceful fluidity. Jules feiffers book the great comic book heroes published by dial press crown publishers. These examples correspond to many of the comic book characters discussed above. I dont recall how i learned of the great comic book heroes by jules feiffer. Busy arnold, publisher of the quality comics comicbook line, began exploring an expansion into newspaper.
He won the pulitzer prize in 1986 as americas leading editorial cartoonist, and in 2004 he was inducted into the comic book hall of fame. More than a dozen years after he was already tabbed a national treasure by former assistant jules feiffer in the great comic book heroes. Marvel tales reprints was the first time al saw steve ditko. An anthology of graphic fiction, cartoons, and true stories. Feiffer jules, the great comic book heroes, new york, dial, 1965, 189 p. I really like namor, in part because hes just such a horrible superhero. One book in particular i would come back to again and again and again. Hes written adult books for children and childish books for adults. Preamble ramble to a slight history of golden age comic book super heroes.