Welcome to... Comic Art Bookshelf * Online fanzine with guided tours of comics history * Intersections with science fiction, film, pop culture kitsch and cultural commentary * Exotic & esoteric surprises I'm your host Steve Minton long-time collector, enthusiast/aficionado, blogger, writer and armchair historian of primarily American comic books (with a passing familiarity with some of the major European and Filipino stuff). The focus of this blog will be concise historical surveys and informed commentary on what I consider to be highlights of this often guttersnipe, renegade and reprobate field of narrative/visual entertainment, one which despite its limitations and often mind-numbing mediocrity, can go places, and offer a storytelling experience through an interdependent blend of text and graphic narrative, which can be found in no other artform. Here you'll find: * Concise and informative historical surveys and critically insightful reviews...
Comic Art Bookshelf
Historical surveys and critical commentary on American comic books, emphasizing Silver and Bronze Age titles, touching on Golden Age, undergrounds, fanzines, groundlevel and independent publishers.