Comic Book Punks: How a Generation of Brits Reinvented Pop Culture
$52.64
- Hardcover
500 pages
- Release Date
21 November 2023
Summary
The influence of the comic book has never been greater, from movies to streaming and beyond, but the journey comics took from disposable kids’ magazines to literary prize-winning books and global franchises turned on a highly unusual group of writers and artists. Few would have expected a small gathering of British comic book fans and creators in the early ‘70s to spark a cultural revolution, but this was the start of a disparate movement of punks, dropouts and disaffected youths who reinvent…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781786186942 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1786186942 |
| Author: | Karl Stock |
| Publisher: | Rebellion Publishing Ltd. |
| Imprint: | Rebellion Publishing Ltd. |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 500 |
| Release Date: | 21 November 2023 |
| Weight: | 737g |
| Dimensions: | 43mm x 159mm x 235mm |
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Critics Review
“There’s plenty of insight in these comprehensive, well-researched pages, along with some fascinating first-hand accounts… this is a long overdue story.” * SFX Magazine *
“Wonderful, insightful and fair”
“A well-researched record” – Rob Salkowitz * ICV2 *
Karl Stock
Karl Stock has written Tharg’s Future Shocks for 2000AD, Dredd prose fiction for the Judge Dredd Megazine and strips including Sniper Elite and Death Wish for Rebellion titles such as Battle, The Vigilant and Cor!! & Buster, as well as interviews and features about comics for the Judge Dredd Megazine, Tripwire, Comic Heroes and more. He is the co-author of the 40th-anniversary edition of Thrill-Power Overload, 2000AD’s official history, and lives in Scotland.
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