Woke Me Up This Morning
| Author | : Alan Young |
| Publisher | : Univ. Press of Mississippi |
| Total Pages | : 358 |
| Release | : 2012-09-29 |
| ISBN-10 | : 1604737328 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9781604737325 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (325 Downloads) |
Download or read book Woke Me Up This Morning written by Alan Young and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2012-09-29 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Creators and Context. Starting in the mid-1980s, a talented group of comics creators changed the American comic industry forever by introducing adult sensibilities and aesthetics into popular genres such as superhero comics and the newspaper strip. Frank Millers Batman The Dark Knight Returns 1986 and Alan Moore and Dave Gibbonss Watchmen 1987 in particular revolutionized the genre. During this same period, underground and alternative genres began to garner critical acclaim and media attention, as best represented by Art Spiegelmans Maus. The Rise of the American Comics Artist is an insightful volume surveying the
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