The Bronze Age of DC Comics
The Bronze Age of DC Comics
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Explore the evolving universe of DC Comics as underground publications and shifting political tides saw the archetypal Super Hero engage with real life issues such as women’s rights and race relations. Includes an original interview with Green Lantern/Green Arrow writer Denny O’Neil.
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The Bronze Age of DC Comics by Paul Levitz
On December 15, 1978, the dreams of generations of American children finally came true. “You’ll believe a man can fly” read the posters and billboards for the blockbuster film Superman. The hugely popular movie cemented the role of the Super Hero as America’s most enduring archetype, and the comic book as one of the country’s most significant native art forms. That art form, however, was already moving in a new direction. Influenced by the emergence of underground comics and shifting political tides, DC Comics’ line of comics was increasingly aimed at adults, and sold in comic book shops, rather than on newsstands. Socially relevant subjects such as racism and women’s rights had entered the mainstream, and comics weren’t just for kids anymore. This reader-friendly sized edition explores the evolution into the Bronze Age of DC with a careful curation and expansion of material from TASCHEN's XL book, 75 Years of DC Comics, winner of the Eisner Awards, the Oscars of the comic world. Bountiful images bring the story lines, characters and creators to life, alongside an original interview with Green Lantern/Green Arrow writer Denny O’Neil.
“This is an incredibly well researched volume which includes the type of high resolution images that will have DC fans salivating… It’s a wonderful look at the classic characters and forgotten books that have helped shape the minds of generations of readers” * moviesinfocus.com *
“This is an incredible book for anyone who lived through the Bronze Age and saw DC heroes reach maturity, and a must for those who are too young.” * Cleveland.com *
“…a truly definitive tome on this period…The first thing to strike you is the lavish feel and quality, which together with the exquisite binding present something that oozes quality from cover to bronze foiled cover… All beautifully restored and printed for future generations to easily experience…It’s a bronze foiled time machine. Buy it. Be happy.” * Starburstmagazine.com *
“…an absolute joy to look at with extremely high quality paper stock and high res images to ogle at for hours on end and at a very reasonable price.” * OrbitalComics.com Staff Picks *
“The best present you could buy a comics buff…” * The Hollywood Reporter *
“This is an incredible book for anyone who lived through the Bronze Age and saw DC heroes reach maturity, and a must for those who are too young.” * Cleveland.com *
“…a truly definitive tome on this period…The first thing to strike you is the lavish feel and quality, which together with the exquisite binding present something that oozes quality from cover to bronze foiled cover… All beautifully restored and printed for future generations to easily experience…It’s a bronze foiled time machine. Buy it. Be happy.” * Starburstmagazine.com *
“…an absolute joy to look at with extremely high quality paper stock and high res images to ogle at for hours on end and at a very reasonable price.” * OrbitalComics.com Staff Picks *
“The best present you could buy a comics buff…” * The Hollywood Reporter *
Paul Levitz was born in Brooklyn, NY in 1956, and entered the comics industry in 1971 as editor/publisher of The Comic Reader, the first mass-circulation fanzine devoted to comics news. He continued to publish TCR for three years, winning two consecutive annual Comic Art Fan Awards for Best Fanzine. His other fan activities included editing the program books for several of Phil Seuling's legendary New York Comic Art Conventions, . He received Comic-con International's Inkpot Award in 2002, the prestigious Bob Clampett Humanitarian Award in 2008, and the Comics industry Appreciation Award from ComicsPro (the trade association of comic shop retailers) in 2010. Levitz also serves on the board of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund.
Levitz is primarily known for his work for DC Comics, where he has written most of their classic characters including the Justice Society, Superman in both comics and the newspaper strip, and an acclaimed run on The Legion of Super-Heroes, a series he's recently returned to write. Readers of The Buyers' Guide voted his Legion: The Great Darkness Saga one of the 20 best comic stories of the last century, and visitors to the site comicbookresources.com selected the same story as #11 of the Top 100 Comic Book Stories of All Time. DC Comics has just issued a new hardcover edition of Legion: The Great Darkness Saga, which made the New York Times' Graphic Books Bestseller List.
Cumulatively, Levitz has written over 300 stories with sales of over 25 million copies, and translations into over 20 languages. As a DC staffer from 1973, Levitz was an assistant editor, the company's youngest editor ever, and in a series of business capacities, became Executive Vice President & Publisher in 1989 and then served as President & Publisher from 2002-2009. He continues as a Contributing Editor, but is now concentrating on his writing.
His current writing projects include Taschen's 75 YEARS OF DC COMICS: THE ART OF MODERN MYTHMAKING, which the LA Times praised for its colossal ambitions, insights and collected rarities and the NY Times called richly conceived history.
Levitz is primarily known for his work for DC Comics, where he has written most of their classic characters including the Justice Society, Superman in both comics and the newspaper strip, and an acclaimed run on The Legion of Super-Heroes, a series he's recently returned to write. Readers of The Buyers' Guide voted his Legion: The Great Darkness Saga one of the 20 best comic stories of the last century, and visitors to the site comicbookresources.com selected the same story as #11 of the Top 100 Comic Book Stories of All Time. DC Comics has just issued a new hardcover edition of Legion: The Great Darkness Saga, which made the New York Times' Graphic Books Bestseller List.
Cumulatively, Levitz has written over 300 stories with sales of over 25 million copies, and translations into over 20 languages. As a DC staffer from 1973, Levitz was an assistant editor, the company's youngest editor ever, and in a series of business capacities, became Executive Vice President & Publisher in 1989 and then served as President & Publisher from 2002-2009. He continues as a Contributing Editor, but is now concentrating on his writing.
His current writing projects include Taschen's 75 YEARS OF DC COMICS: THE ART OF MODERN MYTHMAKING, which the LA Times praised for its colossal ambitions, insights and collected rarities and the NY Times called richly conceived history.
| SKU | Non disponible |
| ISBN 13 | 9783836535793 |
| ISBN 10 | 3836535793 |
| Titre | The Bronze Age of DC Comics |
| Auteur | Paul Levitz |
| État | Non disponible |
| Type de reliure | Hardback |
| Éditeur | Taschen GmbH |
| Année de publication | 2015-09-22 |
| Nombre de pages | 400 |
| Note de couverture | La photo du livre est présentée à titre d'illustration uniquement. La reliure, la couverture ou l'édition réelle peuvent varier. |
| Note | Non disponible |