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Schumer,
Arlen. 2003. The Silver Age of Comic Book Art. Portland,
OR: Collectors Press. ISBN: 1888054867 (hardcover - 192pp.), 1888054859
(softcover - 176pp.).
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- Book a Presentation by the Author
- [Preface ... 4]
- Introduction ... 6
- [Carmine] Infantino:
"I began as an artist, but
I ended up as a designer" ... 22
- Steve Ditko: "I liked
drawing, the kind of
drawing done for comics" ... 42
- Jack Kirby: "I
achieved perfection, my type of
perfection -- visual storytelling" ... 72
- Gil Kane: "The only
thing that makes [comics]
worth reading is the art" ... 104
- Joe Kubert: "The
artwork is not the
message. The artwork is the medium" ... 116
- Gene Colan: "Every
story I drew was like being
the director of a film" ... 128
- [Jim] Steranko: "I
don't consider myself an
artist...I'm just a storyteller" ... 136
- Neal Adams: "We're
telling stories; some people
think we're creating art" ... 150
- Bibliography ... 175
- ["Man and Superman!"
By Arlen Schumer, color by
Sherri Wolfgang ... 176]
Additional contents of the hardcover edition:
- More Masters of the Silver Age of Comic Book Art ... 177
- Murphy Anderson: "I was just drawing things like I thought they ought to be" ... 178
- [Wally] Wood: "When all is said and done, you still have tbe most freedom working in comics" ... 182
- John Buscema: "The best illustrators in the country can't do this...we do work that is unbelievable" ... 184
- Nick Cardy: "I was looking for a certain perfection in style" ... 188
- Curt Swan: "I wanted to show strength, or [course], and ruggedness...and character" ... 190
Reviews:
- Fiore, Dave. [review.] Blogcritics Magazine: March 24, 2004. Read on-line.
- Hatfield,
Charles. [review.] International
Journal of Comic Art 6.1 (Spring 2004): 350-355.
- Saavedra,
Scott. "Plug-O-Rama!" Comic Book Heaven 2.9 (January
2004):
46-47.
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