Short-listed for the 2007 CBA Libris Awards for Book Design of the Year
What do Superman, Prince Valiant, Cerebus the Aardvark, and Spawn have in common? Their creators Joe Shuster, Harold Foster, Dave Sim, and Todd McFarlane are Canadians. And while many of the cutting-edge talents of contemporary comix and graphic novels are also from Canada artists such as Chester Brown, Seth, Dave Cooper, and Julie Doucet far too few Canadians realize their country had a remarkable involvement with the "funnies" long before.
Invaders from the North profiles past and present comic geniuses, sheds light on unjustly neglected chapters in Canadas pop history, and demonstrates how this nation has vaulted to the forefront of international comic art, successfully challenging the long-established boundaries between high and low culture. Generously illustrated with black-and-white and colour comic covers and panels, Invaders from the North serves up a cheeky, brash cavalcade of flamboyant and outrageous personalities and characters that graphically attest to Canadas verve and invention in the world of visual storytelling.
Authors
- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 208-213) and index
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 741.5/971
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 22
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- Geographic Area Code
- n-cn---
- ISBN
- 9781770702400 1550026593
- LCCN
- PN6731
- LCCN Item number
- B443 2006eb
- Modifying agency
- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- CaOONL
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (223 p.)
- Published in
- Canada
- Publisher or Distributor Number
- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)slc00225107 (OCoLC)666233165 (CaOOCEL)433339
- System Details Note
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Transcribing agency
- CaOONL
Table of Contents
- INVADERS FROM THE NORTH 3
- INVADERS FROM THE NORTH 5
- Contents 9
- JOHNNY CANUCK AND THE SEARCH FOR CANADIAN SUPERHEROES 59
- Spotlight 61
- Spotlight 63
- Spotlight 65
- Spotlight 67
- Spotlight 69
- Spotlight 71
- Spotlight 73
- Spotlight 75
- Spotlight 77
- Spotlight 79
- Spotlight 81
- Spotlight 83
- Spotlight 85
- Spotlight 87
- CHESTER BROWN AND THE SEARCH FOR NEW NARRATIVES 141
- Spotlight 143
- Spotlight 145
- Spotlight 147
- Spotlight 149
- Spotlight 157
- Spotlight 159
- Spotlight 163
- Spotlight 167
