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In a first-of-its-kind collection, award-winning illustrators celebrate the lives of the visionary artists who created the world of comic art and altered pop culture forever.Sixteen Graphic Novel Biographies of: * Walt Disney * Dr. Seuss * Charles Schulz * The Creators of Superman * R. Crumb * Jack Kirby * Winsor McCay * Herg * Osamu Tezuka * MAD creator, Harvey Kurtzman * Al Hirschfeld * Edward Gorey * Chas Addams * Rodolphe Topffer * Lynd Ward * Hugh Hefner The story of cartoons - the multibillion-dollar industry that has affected all corners of our culture, from high to low - is ultimately the story of the visionary icons who pioneered the form. But no one has told the story of comic art in its own medium - until now. In Masterful Marks, top illustrators - including Drew Friedman, Nora Krug, Denis Kitchen, and Peter Kuper - reveal how sixteen visionary cartoonists overcame massive financial, political, and personal challenges to create a new form of art that now defines our world.
