{"product_id":"comics-1964-2024","title":"COMICS 1964-2024","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBased on a 2024 exhibit in Paris, with worldwide contributors.\u003c\/strong\u003e Built around twelve themes encompassing its many worlds, \u003cem\u003eComics\u003c\/em\u003e features artists including \u003cstrong\u003eAndré Franquin, Gotlib, Claire Bretécher, Osamu Tezuka, Moebius, Edmond Baudoin, Alison Bechdel, Ulli Lust, Art Spiegelman, Marjane Satrapi\u003c\/strong\u003e, and \u003cstrong\u003eChris Ware\u003c\/strong\u003e, as well as introductions on each theme by leading authorities of the form, a brand-new interview with renowned cartoonist and journalist \u003cstrong\u003eJoe Sacco\u003c\/strong\u003e, and a foreword by \u003cstrong\u003ePaul Gravett\u003c\/strong\u003e. Profusely illustrated from the original artwork.\n\nStarting in the mid-1960s, comics rapidly evolved into a highly creative art form for a sophisticated readership: in France, the magazine \u003cem\u003eHara-Kiri\u003c\/em\u003e provided new terrains for graphical humor, while the adventures of Jean- Claude Forest's \u003cem\u003eBarbarella\u003c\/em\u003e were published in albums by Éric Losfeld; the launch in Japan of \u003cem\u003eGaro\u003c\/em\u003e in 1964, an avant-garde monthly, introduced the concept of auteur comics; and the release of Robert Crumb's \u003cem\u003eZap Comix\u003c\/em\u003e in 1968 established his reputation as the leader of the underground comics movement in the United States. This major historical survey of the so-called \"ninth art\" establishes a dialogue between the three leading regions of comic book culture -- Europe, Asia, and America -- and offers an immersive odyssey through the medium's development over six decades, ranging from the explosion of the twentieth-century counterculture scene to the most abstract contemporary styles.\n\nHuge coffee-table tome, oversized and well reproduced from what looks like mostly original art.\n\n \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Thames \u0026 Hudson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59643367981342,"sku":"COM24H","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0999\/0684\/7006\/files\/com24h-comics-1964-2024-book.jpg?v=1784515689","url":"https:\/\/shop.budsartbooks.com\/products\/comics-1964-2024","provider":"Bud's Art Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}