In a first-of-its-kind collection, award-winning illustrators celebrate the lives of the visionary artists who created the world of comic art and altered pop culture forever. Sixteen Graphic Novel Biographies of: Walt Disney Dr. Seuss Charles Schulz The Creators of Superman R. Crumb Jack Kirby Winsor McCay Herg Osamu Tezuka MAD creator, Harvey Kurtzman Al Hirschfeld Edward Gorey Chas Addams Rodolphe Tpffer Lynd Ward Hugh Hefner The story of cartoonsthe multibillion-dollar industry that has affected all corners of our culture, from high to lowis ultimately the story of the visionary icons who pioneered the form. But no one has told the story of comic art in its own mediumuntil now. In Masterful Marks , top illustratorsincluding Drew Friedman, Nora Krug, Denis Kitchen, and Peter Kuperreveal how sixteen visionary cartoonists overcame massive financial, political, and personal challenges to create a new form of art that now defines our world.
