{"product_id":"the-expanding-art-of-comics-ten-modern-masterpieces-paperback","title":"The Expanding Art of Comics: Ten Modern Masterpieces - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eThierry Groensteen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAnn Miller\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Expanding Art of Comics: Ten Modern Masterpieces\u003c\/i\u003e, prominent scholar Thierry Groensteen offers a distinct perspective on important evolutions in comics since the 1960s through close readings of ten seminal works. He covers over half a century of comics production, sampling a single work from the sixties (\u003ci\u003eBallad of the Salt Sea\u003c\/i\u003e by Hugo Pratt), seventies (\u003ci\u003eThe Airtight Garage of Jerry Cornelius\u003c\/i\u003e by Moebius), eighties (\u003ci\u003eWatchmen\u003c\/i\u003e by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons), and nineties (\u003ci\u003eEpileptic\u003c\/i\u003e by David B.). Then this remarkable critic, scholar, and author of \u003ci\u003eThe System of Comics\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eComics and Narration\u003c\/i\u003e delves into recent masterpieces, such as \u003ci\u003eBuilding Stories\u003c\/i\u003e by Chris Ware. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEach of these books created an opening, achieved a breakthrough, offered a new narrative model, or took up an emerging tendency and perfected it. Groensteen recaptures the impact with which these works, each in its own way, broke with what had gone before. He regards comics as an expanding art, not only because groundbreaking works such as these are increasing in number, but also because it is an art that has only gradually become aware of its considerable potential and is unceasingly opening up new expressive terrain.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThierry Groensteen\u003c\/b\u003e is a comics scholar and translator in Brussels, Belgium. He is author of \u003ci\u003eLa bande dessinée: Une littérature graphique\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLa construction de la cage\u003c\/i\u003e, among other books.\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 252\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.58 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 17, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42716842360895,"sku":"9781496820129","price":75.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/92326083379e22cb3249f0285e4925ae.webp?v=1765076375","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-expanding-art-of-comics-ten-modern-masterpieces-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}