| The Comics Journal Library Vol. 4: Drawing the Line Contributor(s): Groth, Gary (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1560975970 ISBN-13: 9781560975977 Publisher: Fantagraphics Books OUR PRICE: $20.66 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 2004 Annotation: The fourth volume in "TCJ Library's ongoing series of lavish coffee-table-book collections of interviews drawn from the "Utne Award-winning magazine's archives, this volume gathers together the epic, exhaustive interviews with four of the sharpest social commentators of our times: Ralph Steadman, Jules Feiffer, Edward Sorel, and David Levine. Steadman is the caustic illustrator of classic works like George Orwell's "Animal Farm and Hunter S. Thompson's "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and "Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72. Feiffer is the Pulitzer Prize-winning creator of the comics classics "Munro, Tantrum and "Sick, Sick, Sick and author of the seminal history of comics, "The Great Comic Book Heroes, as well as screenplays for "Carnal Knowledge, Little Murders and "Popeye. Sorel is the co-founder of the world-famous Pushpin Studio and illustrator whose work has appeared regularly in publications like "The Village Voice and "The Atlantic and books like "Moon Missing and "Making the World Safe for Hypocrisy. Levine is of course the keen-eyed caricaturist whose work has lent dignity and consistency to the pages of "The New York Review of Books every issue for nearly 40 years. Each definitive conversation will boast the generous amounts of illustration that "TCJ Library readers have come to expect from each volume, as well as a full-color gallery of rarely seen work. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Artists, Architects, Photographers - Art | Techniques - Cartooning |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2006355400 |
| Series: Comics Journal |
| Physical Information: 0.45" H x 11.14" W x 11.92" (2.14 lbs) 156 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The fourth volume in The Comics Journal Library's ongoing series of lavish coffee-table-book collections of interviews drawn from the Utne Award-winning magazine's archives, this volume gathers together the epic, exhaustive interviews with four of the sharpest social commentators of our times: Ralph Steadman, Jules Feiffer, Edward Sorel, and David Levine. Each definitive conversation will boast the generous amounts of illustration that TCJ Library readers have come to expect from each volume, as well as a full-color gallery of rarely seen work. |
Contributor Bio(s): Groth, Gary: - Gary Groth is the co-founder of The Comics Journal and Fantagraphics Books. He lives in Seattle. |