{"product_id":"atlas-creator-collection-no-4-bernard-krigstein-the-complete-atlas-stories","title":"ATLAS CREATOR COLLECTION NO. 4 BERNARD KRIGSTEIN THE COMPLETE ATLAS STORIES","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe latest volume in Fantagraphics' \u003cem\u003eAtlas Creator Collection\u003c\/em\u003e presents every single story drawn by the legendarily innovative artist in glorious and impeccably restored black and white! While \u003cstrong\u003eBernard Krigstein’s\u003c\/strong\u003e groundbreaking work at EC Comics has been reprinted numerous times, his substantially larger output for Atlas has been unfairly neglected. The \u003cem\u003e78 stories\u003c\/em\u003e in this volume – the vast majority restored from original photostats – will fully rectify that oversight and provide a greater understanding of the achievement of this often-misunderstood graphic-storytelling pioneer.\n\nKrigstein was the only Golden Age artist with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, and he approached the black-and-white idiom of comics from the perspective of a student dissecting the drawings of the old masters — in this case those old masters included Jack Kirby, Mort Meskin, Alex Raymond, Jerry Robinson, and many others. Already a seasoned comic book veteran when he arrived in mid-1951, Krigstein’s two-year tenure at Atlas can be seen as a vital bridge to his artistic maturity. Story by story, page by page, he stretches and refines the Atlas house style expected of its artists to its outer limits, then defies that convention to forge the personal aesthetic he’ll continue to refine at EC.\n\nAfter EC’s collapse in 1956, Krigstein returned to Atlas to create his final body of work in comics: 29 short-form experiments demonstrating the infinite possibilities inherent in the art of graphic narrative. “\u003cem\u003eI used them as a medium for dramatizing the breakdown technique, to show the limitless ways that a comic book story could unfold. I wanted to show that the form was fluid and dynamic and should not be considered a static form.\u003c\/em\u003e”\n\nGuest editor and Krigstein biographer \u003cstrong\u003eGreg Sadowski’s\u003c\/strong\u003e introductory historical essay traces the arc of Krigstein’s development and his efforts to elevate the stature of a medium that was dismissed as disposable juvenile escapism.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"vendor-unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59643986444574,"sku":"ATLA04H","price":110.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0999\/0684\/7006\/files\/ATLA04H.jpg?v=1784524120","url":"https:\/\/shop.budsartbooks.com\/products\/atlas-creator-collection-no-4-bernard-krigstein-the-complete-atlas-stories","provider":"Bud's Art Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}