Faster than a Speeding Bullet : The Rise of

It took a few years of false starts, but now it's,official: the graphic novel form is the fastest,growing new area in publishing. Stephen Weiner,(author of The 101 Best Graphic Novels), grabs,hold of this rising meteor to offer his readers a,historical tour of this format with a bit of,background on comics as a whole.

Foreword

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Will Eisner

Preface

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The First Comics: Americans Embrace a New Art Form

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The 1950s:The Shadow of McCarthyism

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The 1960s:Troubled Heroes for Troubled Times

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The Comic Book Store: Fans Find a Home

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The Graphic Novel: Comics Take Themselves Seriously

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Trade Publishers and Comics: An Uneasy Alliance

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Opening the Gates:The Comics Field Grows

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The New Heroes: Would You Let this Man Marry Your Sister?

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Maus: Surviving and Thriving

35

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The Sandman: A New Mythology

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Bone Wars:The Paradigm Shifts into High Gear

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Understanding Comics: The Dream of a Common Language

47

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A Message in a Bottle: Notes from the Underground

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The Future: Ready, Set, It's Coming

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Faster than a Speeding Bullet : The Rise of the Graphic Novel

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