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Im Jahr 1935 veröffentlichte DC Comics Gründer Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson New Fun Nr. 1, das erste Comicheft mit völlig neuem Originalmaterial – dies in einer Zeit, als Comichefte nicht mehr waren als ein Sammelbecken ausrangierter Zeitungsstrips. Was anfangs als Wegwerf-Medium für Kinder gegolten hatte, war nun auf bestem Weg, zum Mythos unserer Zeit zu werden – zur Antwort des 20. Jahrhunderts auf Atlas oder Zorro. Mehr als 40.000 Comichefte später hat TASCHEN das umfangreichste Buch über DC Comics produziert: mehr als 2.000 Bilder – Cover und Innenteilseiten, Originalillustrationen, Fotografien, Filmstills und Sammlerobjekte. Alle neu fotografiert, um die Geschichten, die Charaktere und ihre Schöpfer zu pulsierendem Leben zu erwecken, so, wie sie noch nie zuvor gesehen wurden. Geschichten zur Geschichte präsentiert Paul Levitz, der auf 38 Jahre bei DC zurückblicken kann und in seinen ausführlichen Essays die Firmenchronik nachzeichnet, von den schäbigen Anfängen bis zum hochmodernen Digital Publishing. Präzise Zeitleisten und ein ausführlicher Anhang mit den Biografien aller Protagonisten aus der DC-Firmengeschichte machen dieses Buch zu einem unschätzbaren Referenzwerk für jeden Comic-Fan. Die Originalausgabe von 75 Years of DC Comics im XL-Format wurde 2011 mit dem Eisner Comic Industry Award ausgezeichnet. Diese neue Ausgabe liefert die volle DC-Pracht im kompakteren Format.

"With super heroes nearly extinct at the start of the 1950s, DC Comics reignited the fire that would make them central to modern popular culture by infusing them with science fiction elements. To circumvent the limitations of the self-censoring Comics Code Authority, DC's writers and editors spun ever-more fantastic tales, bringing super heroes and Bob Hope alike into the realm of sci-fi. The results were transformative, delivering the first-ever 'reboot' of Golden Age greats with the Flash, Green Lantern, and Hawkman as well as the hit TV show 'Batman.' 'The Silver Age of DC Comics' chronicles it all, right down to the wacky shenanigans of television's Batman, which made him the embodiment for the camp sensibility of the '60s and further immortalized the Dark Knight as a pop culture icon for generations to come. Plus a new exclusive interview with Green Lantern/Batman artist Neal Adams!"--Front flap

Action Comics debuted with a new kind of comic book character on its cover: A costumed man with two identities, who possesed extraordinary strength and powers, a man able to protect the public when ordinary measures would not do. He was not the first super hero, but the Man of Steel would become the protoype for all super heroes thereafter. Superman's story, and those of Batman, Wonder Woman, and hundreds of other DC Comics chacters are all told inThe Golden Age of DC Comics. The single most comprehensive book on the subject, this volume traces the company's first decades, from its pulp origins up to the comic book burnings of the McCarthy '50s in over 400 pages bursting with comics, art, comics, photographs, and more comics. Plus an exclusive interview with legendary Sgt. Rock/Hawkman artist Joe Kubert!

Thirteen chilling short stories to keep you up at night--but only if you dare. You never know what's out to get you. Though you might think you're safe from monsters and menaces, everyday objects can turn against you, too. A mysterious microwave. A threatening board game. A snowman that refuses to melt. Even your own heartbeat has its secrets. Thu-thump. Thu-thump. When you stop to listen, each beat sounds more menacing than the last. Master storyteller Josh Allen brings thirteen nightmare scenarios to life in this page-turning collection that's perfect for budding horror junkies. In his wondrous world, danger waits behind every doorway . . . even in the most ordinary places. Eerie illustrations by award-winning artist Sarah Coleman accompany the stories, packaged in a stunning hardcover edition complete with glow-in-the-dark jacket. Readers will sleep with one eye open!

Thirteen ordinary kids. Thirteen ordinary towns. Danger lurks around every corner! "Wonderful and weird, compelling and unsettling." - Gary Schmidt, two-time Newbery Honor author Get ready for a collection of thirteen short stories that will chill your bones, tingle your spine, and scare your pants off. Debut author Josh Allen masterfully concocts horror in the most innocent places, like R.L. Stine meets a modern Edgar Allan Poe. A stray kitten turns into a threatening follower. The street sign down the block starts taunting you. Even your own shadow is out to get you! Spooky things love hiding in plain sight. The everyday world is full of sinister secrets and these page-turning stories show that there's darkness even where you least expect it. Readers will sleep with one eye open. . . . An embossed glow-in-the-dark cover and thirteen eerie full-page illustrations by award-winning artist Sarah J. Coleman accompany the tales in this frightful mashup that reads like a contemporary Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark. A Junior Library Guild Selection

Allen Jones RA's 52-page book 'On the Road: Parking Markings' takes the reader on a graphic visual journey... by road.0"Since roads were first bisected by a white line, a pictorial language has evolved that, in classic parlance, is the first or Primitive phase in ever-developing visual vocabulary," says Jones. "Parking markings were introduced during my final years as a student. Produced with stencils, these marks are enlivened by human error and chance.0"Because of increasing traffic during the 1960s a change was needed. Yellow represented a new and Classical phase, telling us what we should NOT do," the artist continues. "Familiarity breeds contempt and by the 1990s the problem required desperate measures. Red, the colour of danger, anger and hell marked a third, Baroque phase in the developing language of road marking.0"During the 1950s we were asked politely - in white. During the 1960s we were told - in yellow. During the 1990s we were shouted at - in red. Now the air - is blue."0Jones was elected a Royal Academician in 1986. He is one of Britain's most distinguished artists from the pioneering Pop Movement, whose paintings and sculptures are held in many important international collections, including: Tate Gallery and the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington DC, the Museum of 20th-Century Art in Vienna, the Wallraf-Richartz Museum in Cologne, the Moderna Museet in Stockholm and the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam

One of four artist’s books to be released in September 2022 Written English, in the form of a classic US notebook, explores English language and its use…and misuse.

One of four artist’s books to be released in September 2022 Colour Matters explores the human form and the usage of colour thereon.

One of four artist's books to be released in September 2022 Shadows is an intimate and playful photographic publication.