{"product_id":"anatomy-of-comics-damien-macdonald-9782080159335","title":"Anatomy of Comics: Famous Originals of Narrative Art","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn illustrated history of the most important and exceptional comics of the past 150 years.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis comprehensive history of the world's best comics art includes masterpieces by cartoonists from Richard Felton Outcault in 1896 to Chris Ware today. These comics--populated by meta-humans, hybrids, and superheroes--present imagined fantastical worlds that have attracted generations of devoted fans. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA critical reference, this book is also a celebration of the characters who have accompanied readers from their first forays into reading through adolescence, and on into adulthood--from Tarzan to Tintin, Little Nemo to Betty Boop, the Fantastic Four to Batman, the Silver Surfer to \u003ci\u003eSin City\u003c\/i\u003e, or the underground comics of Robert Crumb. A motley crew of characters--spandex-wrapped heroes with impossible muscles, hard-boiled detectives in soft hats, emancipated vamps, space-opera acrobats in chain-mail underpants, zombies, and scrawny underground freaks--span all genres of this international art form. Featuring important American and European artists, this broad retrospective decodes the symbolism and artistry of a richly creative form of reading pleasure.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Damien MacDonald\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 208015933X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9782080159335\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Flammarion-Pere Castor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs","brand":"Damien MacDonald","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48852779892991,"sku":"9782080159335","price":19.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/anatomy-of-comics-damien-macdonald-9782080159335","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}