| Jeff Smith: Conversations Contributor(s): Aldama, Frederick Luis (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1496824806 ISBN-13: 9781496824806 Publisher: University Press of Mississippi OUR PRICE: $29.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Comics & Graphic Novels - Biography & Autobiography | Artists, Architects, Photographers - Social Science | Popular Culture |
| Dewey: 741.597 |
| Series: Conversations with Comic Artists |
| Physical Information: 0.35" H x 6" W x 9" (0.51 lbs) 164 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: First with his magisterial fantasy Bone to his mind-bending, time-warping sci-fi noir RASL, Paleolithic-set fantasy Tüki: Save the Humans, arthouse-styled superheroic miniseries Shazam!, and his latest children's book Smiley's Dream Book, Jeff Smith (b. 1960) has made an indelible mark on the comics industry. As a child, Smith was drawn to Charles Schulz's Peanuts, Carl Barks's Donald Duck, and Walt Kelly's Pogo, and he began the daily practice of drawing his own stories. After writing his regular strip Thorn for The Ohio State University's student paper, Smith worked in animation before creating, writing, and illustrating his runaway success, Bone. A comedic fantasy epic, Bone focuses on the Bone cousins, white, bald cartoon characters run out of their hometown, lost in a distant, mysterious valley. The self-published series ran from 1991 to 2004 and won numerous awards, including ten Eisner Awards. This career-spanning collection of interviews, ranging from 1999 to 2017, enables readers to follow along with Smith's development as an independent creator, writer, and illustrator. |
Contributor Bio(s): Aldama, Frederick Luis: - Frederick Luis Aldama is Distinguished University Professor at The Ohio State University. He is the award-winning author, coauthor, and editor of forty books, including the Eisner Award-winning Latinx Superheroes in Mainstream Comics. He is editor and coeditor of eight academic press book series as well as editor of Latinographix, a trade-press series that publishes Latinx graphic fiction and nonfiction. He is creator of the first documentary on the history of Latinx superheroes in comics (Amazon Prime) and cofounder and director of SŐL-CON: Brown & Black Comix Expo. He is founder and director of the Obama White House award-winning LASER: Latinx Space for Enrichment & Research as well as founder and codirector of the Humanities & Cognitive Sciences High School Summer Institute. He has a joint appointment in Spanish & Portuguese as well as faculty affiliation in film studies and the Center for Cognitive and Brain Sciences. His children's book, The Adventures of Chupacabra Charlie, will be published by OSU Press in 2020. |