Comics Confidential. Thirteen Graphic Novelists Talk Story, Craft, and Life Outside the Box, Leonard, S. Marcus, Hardcover
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Comics Confidential. Thirteen Graphic Novelists Talk Story, Craft, and Life Outside the Box, Leonard, S. Marcus, Hardcover
Comics Confidential
<b>A must-have collection for comics fans and creators everywhere, packed with interviews and original comics by today’s foremost graphic novelists.</b><br><br>Respected anthologist Leonard S. Marcus turns his literary microscope to the world of comics, which has lately morphed and matured at a furious pace. Powerful influences from manga to the movies to underground comix have influenced the thirteen artists and writers interviewed in these pages to create their own word-and-picture narratives. Here are their moving, funny, inspirational stories: true tales from the crucible of creative struggles that led each to become a master of one of today’s most vibrant art forms. The book also contains an original graphic short on the common theme of "the city" from each of the artists, a mini-comic set in a cityscape of their choosing—present-day, historical, or imaginary.<br><br>Featuring interviews with:<br>Harry Bliss<br>Catia Chien<br>Geoffrey Hayes<br>Kazu Kibuishi<br>Hope Larson<br>Danica Novgorodoff<br>Matt Phelan<br>Dave Roman<br>Mark and Siena Cherson Siegel<br>James Sturm<br>Sara Varon<br>Gene Luen Yang
