Customer Reviews
Crammed! - By: , 04 May 2002 
This is the most comprehensive examination of comics & graphic novels I have ever looked at. Tracing the medium from it very beginnings it is CRAMMED with hundreds of colour pictures showing the widest variety of examples. This is a very interesting & thorugh read & a must have for anyone interested in comics, graphic novels & sequential art as a genre.
comic taken seriously. - By: , 03 May 2002 If you are a comic book fan & you like to take your reading a frame at a time in speach bubbles, this is not for you. This is a seriously good, inteligent read examining the history & context of its title. It brings together the widest & most diverse examples the comic book as an artform. Buy it just for the pictures & it won't dissapoint, but read it & you'll realise theres far more to comics than you ever thought possible.
Good introductory reference book - By: , 16 Jul 2001 
This book offers an informative sweep through comics & associated media, taking a broadly historical perspective. An excellent introduction & provider of context, well designed & laid out.
Strangely, it features in "Notting Hill", in Hugh Grant's supposed travel bookshop, sitting slap bang behind him in one of the scenes (once you've seen the book you'll realise that this isn't an anorak-y thing to have spotted - it is very large, very orange & very distinctive).
Dry over view of comic book history, not recommended. - By: , 20 Jun 2001 
It's big, it's reasonably priced, it's not that good.
A brave effort to chronicle comic book history that isn't a total waste of time. Suffers from two major flaws, i, There's not enough detail for die hard comic book fans. ii, The text is so dry & pretencious that readers new to comic books & keen to learn more will have run in fear before the close of the 1st Chapter.
On the plus side, it's bursting with great photos from the best moments of every conceivable comic genre. And I never expected to read a book like this that would devote as much attention to the British comic book market as the American.
But..... nah, I can't recommend it. At least not whilst understanding Comics by Scott McCloud is availible.
An informative and comprehensive reference book of comic art - By: , 18 Feb 1999 This is an excellent collection of comic illustration work. It is very well illustrated with some good quality images. The scope covered by the book is quite wide, but it does lack reference to a great deal of significant modern cartoon work. However, as a reference book or as a collection of comic art, this book is still highly recommended.
