The Comics Go to Hell: A Visual History of the Devil in Comics
A Sequential Art, Nonfiction, History book. It's a well known fact that the Devil is a...
The Devil is one of the most potent and longest-lived icons in the history of human civilization. It is therefore not a big surprise that images of the Prince of Darkness are so abundant in comics--a medium that by its nature builds upon the communicative powers of icons. In this book the author examines how cartoonists through the ages have used the myths about the Devil, in a wide variety of ways. The book is divided into several thematic chapters, including "Ancient Devils"--about medieval artists rendering the Devil in sequential picture stories; "Religious Devils"--concerning the Devil in Christian comics; "Super Devils"--the Devil in superhero comics; "Funny Devils"--all the humorous ways the image of the Devil can be used; and more. Like Stromberg's previous book from Fantagraphics, "Black Images in the Comics, The Comics Go To Hell is designed for maximum browsability, with each spread featuring a short (but informative!) essay on a comic next to a representative panel of the work at hand.
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- Filetype: PDF
- Pages: 320 pages
- ISBN: 9781560976165 / 1560976160
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It's a well known fact that the Devil is a hell of a lot more fun than God, and that's one of the reasons he makes far more appearances in art and literature than the presumed good guy. Comics combine art and literature in a low brow sort of way, and the Devil has been careening through them pretty much from the start.This collection...
