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frogwizards's review against another edition
3.5
An interesting, but short look at the history of the graphic novel. It doesn't go into as much depth as I had hoped, with most of the information I'd already read about in textbooks on the matter elsewhere. It's also beginning to show it's age such as with dated opinions on the popularity of manga in North America.
mjfmjfmjf's review
4.0
A quick short history of the graphic novel. Breezy and not very deep. This surveys the well known bits, but really well known to whom? Not well known to the me ten years ago. And with an intriguing bibliography. Not deep, but an interesting read.
whitneyborup's review against another edition
4.0
While not the most thorough history, this was exactly what I wanted for the beginning stages of my thesis. And there's nudity. Awesome thesis, right?
abbeyjfox's review against another edition
2.0
A quick over-view of the history of the main stream graphic novel. Emphases on quick and main stream. Weiner seems to suggest that the graphic novel is comics "all grown up" - which I believe HINDERS, not helps the argument that comics (i.e. graphic novels ARE comics) are a legitmate form of literature. Also, he mentions only two female artists in this entire book. I know the field is male- dominated, but damnnn - at least Alison Bechtal or Marjane Satrapi please!
starnosedmole's review against another edition
4.0
A concise history of American comics and the comics industry over the 20th Century. Weiner's work is informative, warm and engaging. This is a fine introduction to comics and graphic novels, and wonderfully demonstrates the breadth of comics.
bmurray153's review against another edition
2.0
If you are completely new to comics and just want a brush up on the history of the graphic novel, this is serviceable. But basically, this is just a Sparknotes history. It really only hits the highs of the medium, dedicating a mere couple of pages to each moment. There is little artistic or historical analysis. It's basically a wikipedia page, but I bet even that would be more in depth than this.
meepelous's review against another edition
3.0
A decent enough overview of the history of main stream comics. Because even if they started out more on the outside, every book mentioned in here did become pretty popular in their own right. A good introduction to the defining moments in graphic history. But if you aren't already into comics and graphics novels I'm not sure why you would pick up this book either.
It did remind me of a few books I had been meaning to read but weren't currently on my TBR.
It did remind me of a few books I had been meaning to read but weren't currently on my TBR.
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