Sparring With Gil Kane : : Debating the History and Aesthetics of Comics

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Preface / by Howard Chaykin -- Introduction / by Gary Groth -- Eyes fixed on comics / by Gil Kane -- What was right and wrong (mostly wrong) about comics? / with Denny O'Neil -- Comics: all style, no content / with Jack Jackson -- The virtues and limitations of craft / with Howard Chaykin -- Poetry of motion / by Gil Kane -- Opposites attract / with Robert Crumb -- The beginning of comics books and the genesis of the sub-mariner / with Bill Everett -- The majesty of Prince Valiant / with Hal Foster -- Tradition and experimentation / with Noel Sickles -- The importance of being irreverent / with Walt Kelly -- The comics school of Hard Knocks / with Harvey Kurtzman -- Is personal expression and commercial comics at odds? / with Gary Groth, Howard Chaykin, and Walt Simonson -- The French vs. the American comics scenes / with Jean-Claude Mézières -- The aesthetic varieties and immersive worlds of comic strips / with Don Phelps -- The state of comics industry, 1971 / with Stan Lee, Will Eisner, et al -- Skipping the ideal for the real / by Gil Kane.
"In 12 conversations with his professional peers between 1969 and 1988, Gil Kane appreciates comic strips of the past criticizes comic books of the present, and envisions a future of graphic novels. ... In a series of remarkably candid and insightful discussions with other comics artists and writers over the years, Kane examines the fundamentals of the form itself, praises the virtues of individual creators, and challenges the industrial standards imposed on artists that he felt held them back from telling innovative stories." -- Page 4 of cover.
Gil Kane drew every major comic book character in his 50-year career -- from Spider-Man and the Hulk to Superman and Batman -- and conceived and drew independent "graphic novels" long before the term had any meaning to the larger public. He was also a fascinating raconteur and a formidable analyst, critic, and theorist of comics, a medium he loved. Included in this collection are interviews Kane conducted with a wide array of cartoonists: newspaper strip artists such as Hal Foster (Prince Valiant) and Walt Kelly (Pogo); fellow comic book creators such as Harvey Kurtzman; underground cartoonists Robert Crumb and Jack Jackson; and the literary critic Donald Phelps.
Contents: Interviews.

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