([November] 2011)
Evil Twin Comics,
2008 Series
- Price
- 3.99 USD
- Pages
- 44
- On-sale Date
- 2011-11-16
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Evil Twin Comics
- Brand
- Evil Twin Comics
- Barcode
- 649241867784 00611
Legalese!
Comic Book Comics / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Reprints
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in The Comic Book History of Comics (IDW, 2012 series) (May 2012) [Artwork rearranged and reduced to fit inside two pages.] which is reprinted - in The Comic Book History of Comics (IDW, 2016 series) #1 (November 2016)
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Indexer Notes
Inside front cover. Lists the copyrights and trademarks featured in this issue.
It Rhymes With Traffic Hovel
Comic Book Comics / comic story / 11 pages
- Genre
- humor; non-fiction
- Characters
- William Shakespeare; Art Spiegelman; The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Will Eisner; Rodolphe Topffer; Lynd Ward; Albert Lewis Kanter; Odysseus; Savage; Blackmark; Harvey Kurtzman
- Synopsis
- Describes the history of the term "graphic novel" and the troubles behind classifying comic books as literature.
- Reprints
- in The Comic Book History of Comics (IDW, 2012 series) (May 2012)
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The God of All Comics
Comic Book Comics / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- humor; non-fiction
- Characters
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Leonardo; Michaelangelo
Astro Boy; Bambi; Daredevil [Matt Murdock]; Walt Disney; Fred Flintstone; Flower; Godzilla; Captain Harlock; Adolf Hitler; Tarzan [John Clayton]; Thumper; Uncle Sam; Osamu Tezuka; Norakuro; Keiji Nakazawa; Kimba; Dr. Tenma; Black Jack; Phoenix; Shunsaku Ban; Princess Knight; Buddha; Voltron; Jun the Swan; Red Ranger; Pikachu - Synopsis
- Recounts the rise of manga in Japan, primarily through the career of Osamu Tezuka and how manga in turn influenced US comic books.
- Reprints
- in The Comic Book History of Comics (IDW, 2012 series) (May 2012)
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No More Wednesdays
Comic Book Comics / comic story / 17 pages
- Genre
- humor; non-fiction
- Characters
- Captain Victory; Robert Crumb; Walt Disney; Jack Kirby; Stan Lee; Herbie Popnecker; The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Tintin; Michael Uslan; Phil Seuling; Chuck Rozanski; Ronald Perelman; Jim Lee; Rob Liefeld; Todd McFarlane; Terry Stewart; Fred Van Lente; Ryan Dunlavey; Steve Ditko; Osamu Tezuka; Jerry Siegel; Joe Shuster; Joe Simon; William Gaines; Max Fleischer; Harvey Kurtzman; Bob Kane
- Synopsis
- Recounts the rise of the direct market, the black & white comic book crash of the 80s, Marvel's bankruptcy in the 90s and the threat of online piracy.
- Reprints
- in The Comic Book History of Comics (IDW, 2012 series) (May 2012) [The graphic novel has an extra page with several of the characters and people featured in several chapters.]
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Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
Comics of the Future
Comic Book Comics -
1.
Legalese!
Comic Book Comics -
2.
It Rhymes With Traffic Hovel
Comic Book Comics -
3.
The God of All Comics
Comic Book Comics -
4.
No More Wednesdays
Comic Book Comics -
5.
["The More Than Complete Action Philosophers!"]
Action Philosophers! -
6.
["You Only Think You Know Comics History!"]
Comic Book Comics
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- Gregory Fischer
- Michael Hoskin
- John Pannozzi
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