{"product_id":"we-told-you-so-comics-as-art-9781606999332","title":"We Told You So: Comics as Art","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1976, a group of young men and women coalesced around a fledgling magazine and the idea that comics could be art. In 2016, comics intended for an adult readership are reviewed favorably in the New York Times, enjoy panels devoted to them at Book Expo America, and sell in bookstores comparable to prose efforts of similar weight and intent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eComics As Art: We Told You So\u003c\/em\u003e tells of Fantagraphics Books' key role in helping build and shape an art movement around a discredited, ignored and fading expression of Americana the way insiders share the saga with one another other: in anecdotal form, in the words of the people who lived it and saw it happen. Comics historian and critic Tom Spurgeon and longtime \u003cem\u003eComics Journal\u003c\/em\u003e editor Michael Dean assemble an all-star cast of industry figures, critics, cartoonists, art objects, curios, and groundbreaking publications to bring you a detailed account of Fantagraphics' first 40 years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eComics as Art\u003c\/em\u003e is a detailed catalog of the look of a cultural awakening. It's a story that includes appearances by Chris Ware, Art Spiegelman, Harlan Ellison, Jim Shooter, Stan Lee, Dan Clowes, Frank Miller, Peter Bagge, Jaime Hernandez, Gilbert Hernandez, Dave Sim, Steve Geppi, Todd McFarlane and every other major figure in the arts or business end of modern comics. More than a corporate history or a fond look back, \u003cem\u003eComics As Art: We Told You So\u003c\/em\u003e makes the warts-and-all case for Fantagraphics Books' position near the heart of the modern reclamation of the comics art form.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fantagraphics Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/14\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781606999332\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 576\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 4.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.20h x 8.20w x 1.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/12\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2017 pg. 56\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2017 pg. 61\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Tom Spurgeon,Michael Dean","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52197243748533,"sku":"9781606999332","price":42.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_db8a816d-b594-47c9-b5fe-e0248f36d0da.jpg?v=1769622739","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/we-told-you-so-comics-as-art-9781606999332","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}