Heroes of the Comics HC (2014 FB) Portraits of the Pioneering Legends of Comic Books comic books

1st printing. By Drew Friedman. Foreword by Al Jaffee. Portraits of: Max Gaines, Malcolm Wheeler Nicholson, Harry "A" Chesler, Sheldon Mayer, Creig Flessel, Jerry Iger, Will Eisner, Jerry Siegel & Joe Shuster, Bob Kane, Bill Finger, Martin Goodman, Joe Simon, Jack Kirby, Stan Lee, Bill Everett, Carl Burgos, Jerry Robinson, George Roussos, John Goldwater, Bob Montana, Lev Gleason, Charles Biro, C.C. Beck, William Moulton Marston, Irwin Hasen, Mort Meskin, Syd Shores, Lou Fine, Alex Schomburg, Carmine Infantino, Reed Crandall, Bob Powell, Mac Raboy, Dick Sprang, Wayne Boring, L.B. Cole, Dick Briefer, Basil Wolverton, Jack Cole, Dan Barry, Alfred Harvey, George Carlson, Walt Kelly, Carl Barks, John Stanley, Woody Gelman, Otto Messmer, Gil Kane, Gardner Fox, Boody Rogers, Matt Baker, Lily Renee, Al Hollingsworth, Al Jaffee, Dave Berg, Graham Ingels, Johnny Craig, Al Feldstein, William M. Gaines, Harvey Kurtzman, Will Elder, John Severin, Wally Wood, Joe Orlando, Jack Davis, George Evans, Marie Severin, Jack Kamen, Frank Frazetta, Jack Oleck, Ramona Fradon, Al Hartley, Jesse Marsh, Steve Ditko, Ogden Whitney, Joe Kubert, Howard Nostrand, Mort Drucker, Russ Heath, Alex Toth, Bernard Krigstein and Fredric Wertham. DREW FRIEDMAN TURNS HIS KEEN EYE TOWARDS THE GREAT COMIC BOOK ALL-STARS - Featuring approximately 75 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 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, Wood, Wolverton, Frazetta, Siegel & Shuster, Kirby, Cole, Ditko, Wertham... it's a Hall of Fame of comic book history from the man BoingBoing.com calls "America's greatest living portrait artist!" Hardcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 160 pages, full color. Cover price $34.99.