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Author:

Gravett, Paul, author. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr2004023247

Title:

Comics unmasked : art and anarchy in the UK / Paul Gravett, John Harris Dunning.

Publisher:

The British Library,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

192 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm

Subject:

Comic books, strips, etc.--Great Britain--Exhibitions.
Comic books, strips, etc.--Great Britain--History and criticism.
Comic books, strips, etc.--Social aspects.
Comic books, strips, etc.--Political aspects.
British Library.
Art--Political aspects.
Cartooning.
Comic books, strips, etc.
Exhibitions.
Magazine illustration.
Sex.
England--London.
History.
Exhibition catalogues.

Other Authors:

Dunning, John Harris, author. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2009082030
British Library, host institution. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81139951

Notes:

Includes index.

Contents:

Introduction -- Mischief and mayhem -- To see ourselves -- Politics, power and the people -- Let's talk about sex -- Hero with a thousand faces -- Breakdowns : the outer limits of comics.

Summary:

Exhibition catalogue published "on the occasion of the British Library exhibition ... 2 May-19 August 2014"--Title page verso.
Featuring such iconic names as Neil Gaiman, Alan Moore, Grant Morrison, and Posy Simmonds, this exhibition traces the British comics tradition back through classic 1970s titles including '2000AD', 'Action', and 'Misty' to 19th-century illustrated reports of Jack the Ripper and beyond.

ISBN:

0712357750
9780712357753
0712357351
9780712357357

OCLC:

(OCoLC)880836417

Locations:

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)