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Comics, 1964-2024
2024

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From the mid-1960s, the world of comics rapidly evolved into a highly-creative art form for a sophisticated readership: in France, the magazine Hara-Kiri provided new terrains for graphical humour, while the adventures of Jean-Claude Forest's Barbarella were published in albums by Éric Losfeld; the launch in Japan of Garo in 1964, an avant-garde monthly, presented the concept of auteur comics; and the release of Robert Crumb's Zap Comix in 1968 established his reputation as the leader of the underground comics movement in the United States. For the first time, this major historical survey of the ninth art establishes a dialogue between the three leading regions of comic book culture--Europe, Asia and America--and offers an immersive odyssey of the medium through its development over six decades ranging from the explosion of the twentieth-century counterculture scene to the most abstract contemporary styles. Built around twelve themes encompassing the many worlds of the comics imagination, "Comics 1964-2024" features artists including André Franquin, Gotlib, Claire Bretécher, Osamu Tezuka, Moebius, Edmond Baudoin, Alison Bechdel, Ulli Lust, Art Spiegelman, Marjane Satrapi and Chris Ware.

Item Details

ISBN:

  • 9780500028865 (hardcover)
  • 9780500028865

Description: 295 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 32 cm

Other Title: translation of: Bande dessinée 1964-2024. English.

Notes:

  • "This book was published to accompany the exhibition 'Bande dessinée 1964-2024' at the Centre Pompidou, Paris, Galerie 2, from 29 May to 4 November 2024"--Page opposite title page.
  • Translation of: Bande dessinée 1964-2024.
  • Includes bibliographical references.

Contents:

  • Preface / Laurent Le Bon, Xavier Ray, Christine Carrier, Frank Madlener
  • Preface / Michael-Édouard Leclerc
  • Foreword. A new Golden Age realized / Paul Gravett
  • An evolving artform / Benoît Peeters
  • The decade that reinvented comics / Thierry Groensteen
  • Counterculture / Thierry Groensteen
  • Fear / Lucas Hureau
  • Dreams : at the edge of reality / Johanna Schipper
  • Humour / Thierry Groensteen
  • Colour and black and white / Anne Lemonnier
  • History and memory / Joe Sacco in conversation with Paul Gravett
  • Personal stories : autobiographical comics, their forms and themes / Laurent Gerbier
  • Everyday life / Emmanuèle Payen
  • Literature : literature and comics : sister arts / Tristan Garcia
  • Science fiction / Lucas Hureau
  • Cities / Emmanuèle Payen
  • Geometry : bringing infinity within reach / Marguerite Demoëte.

LCCN: 2024936717

Control Number: 3359893

Publisher: New York : Thames & Hudson, 2024.
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