A review by reginaexmachina
Comic Book History of Comics by Fred Van Lente

3.0

I found The Comic Book History of Comics somewhat difficult to rate. There's a LOT of panels on each page with a LOT of word panels and dialogue. On top of this the panels aren't always connected and rarely flow. It was really difficult to process and I found myself by around halfway through giving up on trying to read everything and just sort of glanced over each page and skimmed afterwards. I think the novelty of having a history of comics in comic form was interesting and the art was alright. The actual content was informative and I did learn a lot from reading it. I just think that perhaps it would have been easier to read and process the large amounts of information as an actual traditional book than as a comic.