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Invaders from the North: How Canada Conquered the Comic Book Universe


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About the Book

What do Superman, Prince Valiant, Cerebus the Aardvark, and Spawn have in common? Their creators Joe Shuster, Harold Foster, Dave Sim, and Todd McFarlane are Canadians. And while many of the cutting-edge talents of contemporary comix and graphic novels are also from Canada artists such as Chester Brown, Seth, Dave Cooper, and Julie Doucet far too few Canadians realize their country had a remarkable involvement with the "funnies" long before. Invaders from the North profiles past and present comic geniuses, sheds light on unjustly neglected chapters in Canadas pop history, and demonstrates how this nation has vaulted to the forefront of international comic art, successfully challenging the long-established boundaries between high and low culture. Generously illustrated with black-and-white and colour comic covers and panels, Invaders from the North serves up a cheeky, brash cavalcade of flamboyant and outrageous personalities and characters that graphically attest to Canadas verve and invention in the world of visual storytelling.

About the Author :
John Bell is a senior archivist at Library and Archives Canada and a leading authority on the history of English Canadian comic books. His contributions to the comics field include two books, Canuck Comics and Guardians of the North, and the websites Guardians of the North and Beyond the Funnies. He lives in Ottawa, Ontario.

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"This is a scholarly book, complete with footnotes, a bibliography and website addresses where you can find out more about this subject and even look at some samples of that new phenomenon, online comics. This was an interesting study." -- Dan Davidson -- The Whitehorse Star, June 2007 "Canada's distinctive contributions to cartooning get a new history all their own in the cleverly designed Invaders From the North: How Canada Conquered the Comic Book Universe by John Bell." -- The Calgary Herald, Dec 2006 "The book's 60-plus images rightly place the spotlight on the art ... Kudos to publisher Dundurn for using colour, fully remastered, for all images that originally used it, as well as for using heavy paper stock - there's an almost tactile thickness to the images that gives them an impressive air of scrapbook solidity." -- Gary Butler -- Quill and Quire, Feb 2007 "Filled with interesting facts and vivid illustrations, the book chronicles the history of comics and comic art." -- Ria Newhouse -- VOYA, April 2007 "Invaders From the North is the best kind of pop culture book: quirky and fascinating, with a fresh look at something most of us take for granted." -- John Threlfall -- Monday Magazine, May 2007 "It's a beauty of a book, a must for the growing legion of fans of an art form that stands as a legitimate bridge between high and low culture." -- Toronto Star, Nov 2006


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781550026597
  • Publisher: Dundurn Group Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: Dundurn Group Ltd
  • Height: 244 mm
  • No of Pages: 192
  • Returnable: Y
  • Sub Title: How Canada Conquered the Comic Book Universe
  • Width: 178 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1550026593
  • Publisher Date: 28 Dec 2006
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • No of Pages: 192
  • Spine Width: 13 mm
  • Weight: 680 gr


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