Mac Raboy: Master of the Comics
The Definitive Book of the Life and Art of the Legendary Golden Age Artist
Will be published approx. on 19. November 2019
Book
Hardback
160 pages
978-1-60549-090-8 (ISBN)
Description
Beginning with his WPA etchings during the 1930s, Mac Raboy struggled to survive the Great Depression and eventually found his way into the comic book sweatshops of America. In that world of four-color panels, he perfected his art style on such creations as Dr. Voodoo, Zoro, The Mystery Man, Bulletman, Spy Smasher, Green Lama and his crowning achievement, Captain Marvel Jr. Raboy went on to illustrate the Flash Gordon Sunday newspaper strip, and left behind a legacy of meticulous perfection. Through extensive research and interviews with son David Raboy, and assistants who worked with the artist during the Golden Age of Comics, author Roger Hill brings Mac Raboy, the man and the artist, into focus for historians to
savor and enjoy. This full-color hardcover includes never-before-seen photos, a wealth of rare and unpublished artwork, and the first definitive biography of a true Master of the Comics!
savor and enjoy. This full-color hardcover includes never-before-seen photos, a wealth of rare and unpublished artwork, and the first definitive biography of a true Master of the Comics!
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Language
English
Place of publication
Raleigh
United States
Target group
Interest Age: From 16 years
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Paper over boards
Dimensions
Height: 279 mm
Width: 221 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
862 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-60549-090-8 (9781605490908)
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Roger Hill was born in Wichita, Kansas on October 14, 1948, and served four years in the Navy. After 18 months in Vietnam during the late 1960s, Roger returned home where he quickly resumed and expanded his collecting interests. He was a pioneer in the appreciation of EC Comics, notably through the groundbreaking fanzine Squa Tront, which he and his childhood friend Jerry Weist began publishing as teenagers in the 1960s. Roger continued to devote a huge part of his life to the study and collecting of comics and related horror and science-fiction art, conducting crucial research and interviews with innumerable Golden Age comics artists, as well as working alongside Jerry to organize Sotheby's Comic and Comic Art auctions during the 1990s.