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Featuring over 80 full-color portraits of the pioneering legends of American comic books, including publishers, editors and artists from the industry's birth in the '30s, through the brilliant artists and writers of behind EC Comics in the '50s. All lovingly rendered and chosen by Drew Friedman, a cartooning legend in his own right. Featuring subjects popular and obscure, men and women, as well as several pioneering African-American artists. Each subject features a short essay by Friedman, who grew up knowing many of the subjects included (as the son of writer Bruce Jay Friedman), including Stan Lee, Harvey Kurtzman, Will Eisner, Mort Drucker, Al Jaffee, Jack Davis, Will Elder, and Bill Gaines. More names you might recognize: Barks, Crumb, Wood, Wolverton, Frazetta, Siegel & Shuster, Kirby, Cole, Ditko, Werthem… it's a Hall of Fame of comic book history from the man BoingBoing.com call ""America's greatest living portrait artist!""

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9781606997314

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...Heroes of the Comics... is an invaluable treasure trove of comic book history... packed full of incredible art and insight, and in addition to Drew's wonderful artwork, the brilliantly researched biographical information is also fascinating. --Bob Leeper

[Heroes of the Comics] is not merely a display of Friedman's particular prowess, but a significant work of comics history. --R. Fiore

...Brilliant... it's pretty cool to be able to put a face on these names that you ve seen in the history of comics, and with Friedman's exaggerated, friendly art, it works really well. --Chris Sims

Author Information

Drew Friedman's work has appeared in The New York Times, Mad, New Yorker, Rolling Stone, and many other magazines. He is the author of several collections of comics and cartooning, including All the Presidents, Maverix and Lunatix: Icons of Underground Comix, Old Jewish Comedians, and Any Similarity to Persons Living or Dead is Purely Coincidental. He resides in Pennsylvania with his wife and collaborator, Kathy Bidus, and their beagles.

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