The promotional aspects of the book are pitched at children, as it should be after all, the work is exactly what i wish i had as a kid, but the beauty of the organizing conceit is that many of the best cartoonists in the world were making childrens comics, so what the book really is is an anthology of masteful drawing and. He wrote the animated short munro, which won an academy award for best animated short film in 1961. Signed by editor jules feiffer without inscription on full title. Jules feiffer s lines are wavy, but his aim is unerring. The great comic book heroes by jules feiffer, author. The great comic book heroes the golden age of comic books. In 1965, feiffer wrote what is arguably the first critical history of the comic book superheroes of the late 1930s and early 1940s, including plastic man, batman, superman, the. The bob marley story, circus galacticus, rotten island options and adapts academy award winner jules feiffer s graphic novel, trapped in a comic book as an epic animated liveaction feature. Fantagraphics is proud to publish jules feiffer s long outofprint and seminal essay of comics criticism, the great comic book heroes, in a compact and affordable size in 1965, feiffer wrote what is arguably the first critical history of the comic book superheroes of the late 1930s and early 1940s, including plastic man, batman, superman, the spirit and othe.
The great comic book heroes by jules feiffer alibris. Seller assumes all responsibility for this listing. The 50 best nonsuperhero graphic novels you think im not aware that im the voyeur god of this story. The verbal elements usually took the form of monologues in which the speaker sometimes pathetic, sometimes pompous exposed his own insecurities. Apr, 2003 the great comic book heroes is widely acknowledged to be the first book to analyze the juvenile medium of superhero comics in a critical manner, but without denying the iconic hold such works have over readers of all ages.
For many who purchased the book or studied a library copy, the great comic book heroes is fondly remembered for providing a first exposure to a battery of artists and cartoonists from joe shuster to bob kane to will eisner. In 1965, feiffer wrote what is arguably the first critical history of the comic book super heroes of the late 30s and early 40s, including plastic man. More than a toy, or apparel or certainly candy, the enjoyment of a book would linger well past the twelve days of christmas. Great comic book heroes great comic book heroes by feiffer. Jules feiffer, american cartoonist and writer who became famous for his feiffer, a satirical comic strip notable for its emphasis on very literate captions. On the site you can find new weekly blog posts, a huge key issue cover gallery, and tons of additional. Comic books, world war ii, the depression, and i all got going at roughly the same time. Esa2538 the great comic book heroes jules feiffer fantagraphics 2003 1st edition. Great comic book heroes hc 1965 dial press comic books. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. Editions of the great comic book heroes by jules feiffer. An introductory page with just the book title on it, used to separate the introduction from the reprints. He won the pulitzer prize in 1986 as americas leading editorial cartoonist, and in 2004 he was inducted into the comic book hall of fame. Out of print for over 30 years, feiffer s book discusses the role that the patriotic superhero played during world war ii.
Feiffer also looks at the comic book juvenile delinquency controversy of the 1950s and the. A new compilation, out of line, takes an extensive look at his many careers. Dec 30, 2010 vanguard animation producerscreenwriter michael chase walker the last unicorn, catch a fire. Jules feiffer books list of books by author jules feiffer. Great comic book heroes by feiffer, jules a copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. See more ideas about cartoon, shit happens and the phantom tollbooth. Compiled, introduced and annotated by jules feiffer. The great comic book heroes by jules feiffer 1st print 1977 batman superman np16. The great comic book heroes, the origins and early adventures of the classic superheoes of the comic books. It makes the reader is easy to know the meaning of the contentof this book.
Lucy shelton caswell, curator of the billy ireland cartoon library and museum at the ohio state. The verbal elements usually took the form of monologues in which the speaker exposed his own insecurities. Out of print for over 30 years, feiffer discusses the role that the patriotic superhero played during world war ii in. The great comic book heroes july 3, 2008 jules feiffer offers a critical history of comic books. Find the great comic book heroes by feiffer, jules at biblio. For many who purchased the book or studied a library copy, the great comic book heroes is fondly remembered for providing a first exposure to a battery of artists and cartoonists from joe shuster to bob kane to will. This copy of the great comic book heroes is the 1965 big hardcover book by jules feiffer, published by the dial press. This book gives the reader new knowledge and experience. This item will ship to united states, but the seller has not specified shipping options. Feiffer, for his part, takes full advantage of the form, using the comic book toolbox to make very cool choicestwo books in and feiffers noir graphic novel trilogy is starting to feel like a lifes work. The illustrations are nicely reproduced, with several complete stories some origin stories, but for the most part the selections are unremarkable. Not only that, the xmen story was created to represent the minority groups getting ostracized from society and fighting their way to equality.
Female comic book heroes the 15 strongest and most powerful. The great comic book heroes by jules feiffer the dial. Taking us back to the days when not only jerry seigel and joe shusters superman, and bob kanes batman rid mythical cities of villains, but plastic man, the human torch and captain marvel also battled for truth and justice. In 1965, feiffer wrote what is arguably the first critical history of the comic book super heroes of the late 30s and early 40s, including plastic man, batman, superman, the spirit, and others. The great comic book heroes by jules feiffer paperback, 80 pages list price. The great comic book heroes, by jules feiffer fonts in use. Trapped in a comic book to become animationliveaction hybrid. This auction posted by dave, for faster service please address any questions to dave. Jules feiffer person jules feiffer is credited in 32 issues. One of them is the book entitled the great comic book heroes.
Jan 26, 2018 then, in the mid1950s, came feiffers perfectly timed hiring at the village voice, where for four decades his selftitled strip was a creative space to hone his counterculture voice and. Most of them, as i remember, were the rhymed adventures of bugpeople in a place called bugville. When i was an impressionable kid, i would spend hours pouring. Jules ralph feiffer born january 26, 1929 is an american cartoonist and author, who was considered the most widely read satirist in the country. Modern age legion of superheroes comics not signed ebay. Jules feiffer began his career as an assistant to will eisner on the spirit newspaper section and went on to be a syndicated cartoonist, a playwright, and bestselling author. It had an early superman story by his creators, siegel and shuster.
Its an enjoyable and nostalgic, if brief, ride, and worthwhile if the price is right. Feiffer maintains quite an output of stories both drawn and written or strictly in prose. The great comic book heroes by jules feiffer first. Affable and friendly, feiffer has a wiseguy attitude about him, leveled off with a genuine modesty and friendliness. Feiffers lively cover to his 1961 strip collection boy, girl, boy, girl random house. Feiffer ends his fabulous 1965 essay on comic book history with an argument that comics are junk, but that junk is good, even necessary.
The 10 most prominent nondcmarvel superhero universes of. He labels comics junk only to vigorously defend our need for them. The great comic book of heroes by jules feiffer librarything. Great comic book heroes by jules feiffer and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Fantagraphics is proud to publish jules feiffers long. The great comic book heroes, the origins and early. Jules feiffer, born january 26, 1929, new york, new york, u. Mar 12, 2019 spawn one of the biggest nonmarvel and dc superheroes of all time is coming to mortal kombat 11 later this month. Beloved children s book author jules feiffer didn t start out with kidfriendly fare. Amazon price new from used from paperback please retry. Nov 11, 2014 along the way they discuss tantrum a novelinpictures, not a graphic novel the impetus behind the classic the great comic book heroes, his experiences writing for film and the theater, and his relationship with will eisner and his time on the spirit.
The great comic book heroes has 1 available editions to buy at half price books marketplace. At 17 he fulfilled a dream by being apprenticed to will eisner, the creator of the comic book hero the spirit. Apr, 2017 you most likely know jules feiffer as the writer of one of your favorite books from childhood, 1961s the phantom tollbooth. The great comic book heroes is widely acknowledged to be the first book to analyze the juvenile medium of superhero comics in a critical manner, but without denying the iconic. From 1949 to 1951, jules feiffer drew clifford, which appeared in will eisners the spirit section, an eightpage comic book insert syndicated to newspapers. The introduction itself is worth the price of admission for its interesting and revealing look at feiffers views of the great superheroes, told in the. This is a great interview, and andy and derek are grateful for the time. The great comic book heroes, the origins and early adventures of the classic superheoes of the comic books, in glorious color jules feiffer on. Buy the great comic book heroes by jules feiffer online at alibris. The great comic book heroes by feiffer jules abebooks. Jan 31, 2014 the book is called kill my mother, which, i assure you, has nothing to do with autobiography, feiffer says. The book is slender and offers little text by feiffer, but reprints in color early stories of the original superheroes.
Likewise, valiants bloodshot comes to cinemas, kicking off that companys. The great comic book heroes1965 jules feiffer hardcover book w dust jacket hi, im karen. His books include munro, tantrum, passionella, and sick, sick, sick, plus the groundbreaking comics history book, the great comic book heroes. For many who purchased the book or studied a library copy, the great comic book heroes is fondly remembered for providing a first exposure to a battery of artists and. At 89 today, is jules feiffer our greatest living cartoonist. After first gaining notoriety and a pulitzer prize for his stark, darkly comic political cartoons, he redrew himself as the creator of such charming kids tales as i m not bobby. One of his most celebrated plays, and a favorite of mine, is the 1967 dark comedy, little murders. Writer, artist who began as an assistant to will eisner in the 40s, won an oscar for his animated short munro in 1961. With cousin joseph, feiffer builds on his latelife conversion to cinematic noir, bowing, as ever, to youthful heroes will eisner and milton caniff, but ultimately creating a masterpiece that through his unique perspective and comic strip noir style illuminates the very origins of hollywood and its role in creating the bipolar nation weve become.
Great comic book heroes by feiffer jules for sale online. As a comics fan back in the day, actual books about comics were few and far between. Feiffer said, i was always going to be a cartoonist. An interview with jules feiffer comics alternative. One that did make it onto the traditional bookstore shelves was jules feiffers the great comic book heroes.
He designed his own strips, drew the characters and wrote the dialogue. In this expanded intro and afterword to jules feiffers the great comic book heroes, he explains how the art and business of comic books has. The historically flawed press release gets it right when describing kill my mother as a work of noiractionromance. Sep 21, 2010 the great book heroes annotated and compiled by jules feiffer is a collectors delight. Fantagraphics is proud to publish jules feiffer s long outofprint and seminal essay of comics criticism, the great comic book heroes, in a compact and affordable size. He knew at once that he wanted to be a comic book artist. The great comic book heroes by jules feiffer 1st print.
Standing outside the gutters and frames of the comic book panels, sure, that is where the gods and demons, the archons and aliens lurk the invisibles, grant morrison and various see more. The definitive book on the age of the great action heroes, compiled, introduced and annotated by the inimitable jules feiffer. The great comic book heroes book by jules feiffer 1. This homage by feiffer to the great comic book heroes has become almost legendary since its first appearance in 1965, but it is mainly feiffer s essays on the comic books that distinguishes it. The great comic book heroes as a nonfiction author, feiffer is most revered in comics circles for his standard the great comic book heroes bonanza books, dial press, 1965, which he wrote in commission of e. The 50 best nonsuperhero graphic novels comics, grant. Great comic book heroes paperback july 1 1977 by jules feiffer author 1. The work was one of the first academic studies of comics, more specifically superhero comics. This particular strip first saw print in the january 14, 1951 section.
Between 1945 and 1950, i read quite a few comic books to our thenunlettered son. Fortunately we have this blog to set the record straight. See all formats and editions hide other formats and editions. May 25, 2010 jules feiffer s comic strip and outlook influenced a number of cartoonists who came after. Jun 10, 2017 ororo munroe was one of the first black characters ever in comic books, and she was certainly the first black woman featured in a marvel or dc comic book. Feiffer ends his fabulous 1965 essay on comic book history with an argument that comics are.
When jules feiffer, author of the great comic book heroes, was 8 or 9 years old in the late 1930s, comic books were in their infancy. As a playwright, screenwriter, and, most famously, as the inhouse cartoonist at the village voice from 1956 to 1997, feiffer has turned a. In 1965, feiffer wrote what is arguably the first critical history of the comic book superheroes of the late 1930s and early 1940s, including plastic man, batman, superman, the spirit and others. Out of print for over 30 years, the great comic book heroes is widely acknowledged to be the first book to analyze the juvenile medium of superhero comics in a critical manner. It goes back to my early years, when i was an addict of hardboiled crime. Written in 1964 the book traces the early days of comic strips and is well illustrated with the first issues of prominent superheroes. In the book, feiffer writes about the unique place of comics in the space between high and low art and the power that this space offers both the creator and the reader. In 1965, bonanza books released the great comic book heroes, a 192page book of reprinted 1940s comic book stories compiled, introduced and annotated by jules feiffer. The book was designed by paul bacon, who passed away in june 2016 at the age of 91. Jules feiffer s the great comic book heroes is a loving appreciation of the golden age of hero comics.
The great book heroes annotated and compiled by jules feiffer is a collectors delight. The great comic book heroes is widely acknowledged to be the first book to analyze the juvenile medium of superhero comics in a critical manner, but without denying the iconic hold such works have over readers of all ages. The great comic book heroes was a distillation of the dawn of the superhero comics in the early 1940s. Uncommonly good collectible and rare books from uncommonly good booksellers. Great comic book heroes 1965 hc w dj by jules feiffer. May 19, 2015 at 86, jules feiffer has drawn comic strips, written books and plays, and is now experimenting with graphic novels. The great comicbook heroes compiled, introduced and. The great comic book heroes by jules feiffer goodreads. Jules feiffer the eric carle museum of picture book art. Cartoonist jules feiffer born january 26, 1929 put together this homage to the comic books of his youth in 1965. The great comic book heroes jules feiffer, ed first. In the book, feiffer writes about the unique the place of comics in the space between high and low art and the power which this space offers both the creator and reader. The great comic book heroes by jules feiffer batman.
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