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Item Details
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GRAILPAGES: ORIGINAL COMIC BOOK ART AND THE COLLECTORS
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By: |
Steven Payne, Gene Colan |
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Paperback |
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£14.50 |
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£10.59 |
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£3.91 |
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ISBN 10: |
1605490156 |
ISBN 13: |
9781605490151 |
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Publisher: |
TWOMORROWS PUBLISHING |
Pub. date: |
7 April, 2009 |
Pages: |
128 |
Description: |
Intends to bring to light the hobby of collecting the original, hand-drawn art that was used to create comic books. This book allows you to meet collectors and hear their passion in their own words, as they detail collections ranging from a few key pages, to broad, encompassing collections of literally hundreds of pages of original comic art. |
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Grailpages brings to light the burgeoning hobby of collecting theoriginal, hand-drawn art that was used to create comic books! Beginning more asa novelty, the hobby of collecting original comic art has expanded to a pointwhere some of the seminal pages commonly run more than $10,000 each! AuthorSteven Alan Payne allows you to meet collectors from around the globe and heartheir passion in their own words, as they detail collections ranging from a fewkey pages, to broad, encompassing collections of literally hundreds of pages oforiginal comic art by such artists as Jack Kirby, John Romita Sr., and others!Balancing out the narratives are incisive interviews with industry pros,including writers Gerry Conway, Steve Englehart, and Roy Thomas, and exclusiveperspectives from Silver Age artists Dick Giordano, Bob McLeod, Ernie Chan, TonyDeZuniga, and the unparalleled great, Gene Colan! Completing the book is adiverse sampling of breathtakingly beautiful original comic art, some lavishlypresented in full-page spreads, including pages not seen publicly for decades! |
Reader Age: |
From 16 years |
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US |
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TwoMorrows Publishing |
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Returnable |
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