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The first global history of comics around the world from the late 1960s to the present day Comics, manga, bandes dessinées, fumetti, tebeo, historietas… no matter the name, they have been a powerful medium across four continents for decades. This is the history of comics around the world from the late 1960s to the dawn of the 21st century.Comics is a richly illustrated narrative of extraordinary scope. Examples from all over the world include everything from Crumb and Kirby to RAW; from Metal Hurlant to Marjane Satrapi to nouvelle manga; from both the American mainstream and underground to the evolving and influential British scene. The images here are bright and colorful, dark and brooding, arresting and pleasant, all at the same time.



About the Author

Dan Mazur

Dan Mazur is an independent cartoonist, editor, journalist and screenwriter. His comics have appeared in anthologies including I Saw You, Inbound, Wake Up! and Colonial Comics. He is the co-writer with Alexander Danner of Comics: A Global History, 1968 to the Present published by Thames & Hudson. He wrote the comic "Cold Wind," included as a notable in "The Best American Comics of 2013." He is co-founder of the Boston Comics Roundtable, and MICE: the Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo, and founder of Ninth Art Press. He has edited the comics anthologies, Inbound, Show and Tell, In a Single Bound, the Greatest of All Time Comics Anthology and Boston Powers, and is publisher of SubCultures, What's Your Sign Girl? and The Shirley Jackson Project. He was a creative director at Lawrence Gordon Productions and Vice President of Creative Affairs at Largo Films. As a screenwriter, his produced credits include Brave New World (Universal Television/NBC) , Virtual Nightmare (UPN) and Night of the Scarecrow (Republic Pictures) .



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