Carmine Infantino: Penciler, Publisher, Provocateur SC
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| Rating | : | 4.53 (921 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1605490253 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-08-24 |
| Language | : | English |
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Carmine Infantino: Penciler, Publisher, Provocateur shines a light on the artist’s life, career, and contemporaries, and uncovers details about the comics industry never made public until now. Carmine Infantino is the artistic and publishing visionary whose mark on the comic book industry pushed conventional boundaries. . As a penciler and cover artist, he was a major force in defining the Silver Age of comics, co-creating the modern Flash and resuscitating the Batman franchise in the 1960s. Join historian and inker Jim Amash (Alter Ego magazine, Archie Comics) and Eric Nolen-Weathington (Modern Masters book series) as they document the life and career of Carmine Infantino, in the most candid and thorough interview this controversial living legend has ever given, lavishly illustrated with the incredible images that made him a star. As art director and publisher, he steered DC Comics through the late 1960s and 1970s, one of the most creative and fertile periods in their long history
"Sometimes Five Stars are not Enough!" according to F. Scott Valeri. Only the very best magnum opus interview of the reticent genius Carmine Infantino by the best interviewer of comicbook creators of our generation , Jim Amash.Jim brings years of experience and knowledge from interviewing literally hundreds of Golden and Silver age artists in the pages of Alter Ego to the task of creating the definitiveinterview and career overview of Carmine Infantino, one of the top 5 most influential comic book creators of the twentieth century. This is probably the most in depth and comprehensiveexamination of Carmine's career we will ever get. Jim brings a gentle voice that allows Carmine. quikbuck said Best of the three titles by this author to date. I have purchased all three books by this author and have enjoyed each of the interviews. However, I would have to say this is definitely the best of the three. Letting the subject tell things in his own words is interesting enough, I know this follows the format of the Alter Ego Magazine Jim Amash (the author) writes for. I do not know if it is a refinement from having written two previous books or from the subject himself but this is a very interesting read. I got the hard-bound edition and it also had a couple of old comic stories in it from the Best of the three titles by this author to date quikbuck I have purchased all three books by this author and have enjoyed each of the interviews. However, I would have to say this is definitely the best of the three. Letting the subject tell things in his own words is interesting enough, I know this follows the format of the Alter Ego Magazine Jim Amash (the author) writes for. I do not know if it is a refinement from having written two previous books or from the subject himself but this is a very interesting read. I got the hard-bound edition and it also had a couple of old comic stories in it from the 40's or 50's, early in Carmine Infatino's career (the subject . 0's or 50's, early in Carmine Infatino's career (the subject . lnfantino was the greatest I've enjoyed his work since i was 12(1959) l loved the book