The Comics Kong Crew Marie Severin (p

Marie Severin (p

Two classic illustrators Stevan Dohanos and John Newton Howitt

For over 30 years

With a new take on the ligne claire style on a rock'n'roll theme with nods to the whodunnit genre

and medieval fairy tales--each featuring exquisite full-page reproductions that allow Doré's genius for line

The Comics Kong Crew Marie Severin (pFrom the dustjacket: This trailblazing survey of an art form preferred by the masses was the pioneer study of the subject. It shows the evolution and subgenres of the comics from The Yellow Kid in 1895 through the first decade of the modern comic book in the 1940s. First published in 1947 and long out of print, this is considered by diehard aficionados of the comics as the best book ever written on the subject, and not just because it was the first.