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Sparring With Gil Kane: Debating The History and Aesthetics of Comics
Sparring With Gil Kane Debating The History and Aesthetics of Comics Author:Gil Kane Gil Kane drew every major comic book character in his 50-year career ? from Spider-Man and the Hulk to Superman and Batman ? and conceived and drew independent ?graphic novels? long before the term had any meaning to the larger public. He was also a fascinating raconteur and a formidable analyst, critic, and theorist of comics, a medium he loved... more ». Included in this collection are interviews Kane conducted with a wide array of cartoonists: newspaper strip artists such as Hal Foster (Prince Valiant) and Walt Kelly (Pogo); fellow comic book creators such as Harvey Kurtzman; underground cartoonists Robert Crumb and Jack Jackson; and the literary critic Donald Phelps.« less