Captain America: Penguin Classics Marvel Collection
Autor Jack Kirby, Joe Simon, Stan Lee, Jim Steranko, John Romitaen Limba Engleză Paperback – 14 iun 2022
Evoluția benzii desenate americane de la divertismentul de chioșc la statutul de obiect de studiu academic este reflectată fidel de includerea acestui volum în prestigioasa serie Penguin Classics Marvel Collection. Considerăm că această ediție marchează un moment important pentru cititorul român, oferind nu doar acțiune, ci și o perspectivă critică asupra modului în care un personaj fictiv poate deveni o metaforă pentru identitatea națională și experiența alterității. Descoperim aici o selecție riguroasă care începe cu debutul istoric din 1941, semnat de Joe Simon și Jack Kirby, și continuă cu relansarea personajului din anii '60 sub bagheta lui Stan Lee. Reținem în mod deosebit includerea episodului controversat din 1954, „Commie Smasher”, un document istoric fascinant despre temerile epocii Războiului Rece. Această lucrare acoperă aceeași arie tematică precum Captain America Omnibus Vol. 1, dar cu o abordare mai interdisciplinară; în timp ce ediția Omnibus este o arhivă exhaustivă, volumul de față este o antologie curatată, îmbogățită cu eseuri care explică relevanța culturală a lui Steve Rogers. În contextul operei lui Jack Kirby, lucrarea se situează la fundamentele universului Marvel, precedând sau dezvoltându-se în paralel cu alte titluri fundamentale precum X-Men sau Fantastic Four. Vizual, stilul dinamic al lui Jim Steranko și John Romita completează această cronică a transformării unui icon american, oferind o experiență de lectură care îmbină nostalgia cu analiza sociologică.
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Specificații
ISBN-10: 0143135759
Pagini: 400
Ilustrații: COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS THROUGHOUT
Dimensiuni: 184 x 251 x 30 mm
Greutate: 0.92 kg
Editura: Penguin LLC US
Colecția Penguin Classics
Seria Penguin Classics Marvel Collection
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De ce să citești această carte
Recomandăm acest volum oricărui cititor interesat de istoria culturii populare americane sau studenților de la facultățile de litere și istorie. Dincolo de ilustrațiile color spectaculoase, câștigați o înțelegere profundă a modului în care literatura grafică a oglindit schimbările sociale ale secolului XX. Este o resursă academică valoroasă, prezentată într-un format accesibil de Penguin LLC US, care transformă lectura într-o lecție de istorie vizuală.
Despre autor
Jack Kirby (1917-1994) este considerat unul dintre titanii incontestabili ai istoriei benzii desenate americane, influența sa fiind comparabilă cu cea a marilor inovatori ai artelor vizuale. Co-creator al personajului Captain America alături de Joe Simon, Kirby a pus bazele stilului dinamic și compozițiilor explozive care definesc astăzi genul supereroilor. De-a lungul carierei sale prolifice la Marvel, a contribuit decisiv la nașterea unor francize globale precum X-Men și Fantastic Four. Stilul său grafic, caracterizat prin forță și o imaginație debordantă, rămâne un punct de referință pentru orice studiu asupra narativului vizual modern.
Notă biografică
Born to Jewish-Austrian parents on New York's Lower East Side, Jack Kirby (1917-1994) came of age at the birth of the American comic book industry. Horrified by the rise of Nazism, Kirby co-created the patriotic hero Captain America with Joe Simon in 1940. In 1958, Kirby began his collaboration with Stan Lee. They co-created the foundational text of the modern Marvel Universe - The Fantastic Four - and introduced new characters, including the Avengers, the Hulk, Thor, Iron Man, the Silver Surfer, and the X-Men. Today, Kirby is regarded as one of the most important and influential creators in the history of American comics.
Joe Simon (Author)
While sharing a studio with Jack Kirby, artist Joe Simon co-created Captain America, a stirring symbol of American idealism and pride during the war-torn 1940s. Simon and Kirby would go on to form one of the most productive partnerships of the early American comic book industry. The two men co-created comics in every genre-crime, war, horror, science fiction, Western, humor, and romance-for numerous different publishers between 1940 and 1954. Noted characters and series included the Sandman and the Newsboy Legion for DC Comics, Young Romance for Crestwood, and Boys' Ranch for Harvey. Simon also wrote two autobiographies-The Comic Book Makers (1990), coauthored with his son, Jim Simon, and Joe Simon: My Life in Comics (2011)- essential reading for any historian of comic book history and culture.
Stan Lee (Author)
Stan Lee (1922- 2018) and artist Jack Kirby made comic book history in 1961 with The Fantastic Four #1. Lee oversaw the adventures of many super hero creations for over a decade before handing over the editorial reins at Marvel to others. For the remainder of his long life, he continued to serve as a creative figurehead at Marvel and an ambassador for the comics medium.
Jim Steranko (Author)
Jim Steranko rocked the comic book world in the late 1960s with a revolutionary approach to design and narrative, influenced by the contemporary worlds of both commercial and fine art. Steranko produced very little comics work after the 1970s, but his illustrations would grace the covers of numerous science fiction and fantasy novels, as well as film posters and record album sleeves. He has also produced character designs for a number of filmmakers, including George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, and Francis Ford Coppola. His two- volume History of Comics was one of the first modern works of comics scholarship, and his film industry magazine Prevue enjoyed an impressive twenty- five- year run. Steranko was inducted into the Eisner Hall of Fame in 2006.
John Romita Sr. (Author)
John Romita Sr. was born in Brooklyn in 1930 and attended Manhattan's School of Industrial Art before entering the comic book industry in 1949. He drew many comics for Marvel (then known as Timely or Atlas) during the early 1950s before moving to DC Comics in 1958, where he established a reputation as a master of romance comics. In 1965 he returned to Marvel, inking Don Heck's pencils on an issue of the Avengers. After a short stint penciling Daredevil, Romita Sr. was tapped by Stan Lee to take over The Amazing Spider-Man when original artist Steve Ditko left the book. Romita Sr. brought a new emotional warmth to the series, while his slick, clean craftsmanship took the title to even greater commercial heights. His renditions of the title character, as well as supporting cast members such as Gwen Stacy and Mary Jane Watson, were considered definitive by a generation of fans. In the 1970s, Stan Lee appointed Romita Sr. as art director for the company; while in this position, he helped design numerous characters (including the Punisher, Wolverine, and Luke Cage). He was inducted into the Eisner Hall of Fame in 2002.
Gene Luen Yang (Foreword By)
Gene Luen Yang is the author of the half-million-copy New York Times bestselling graphic novel and National Book Award finalist American Born Chinese, which features the character of Monkey King throughout.
Ben Saunders (Introducer)
Ben Saunders is a professor of English at the University of Oregon. He is the author of Desiring Donne: Poetry, Sexuality, Interpretation and Do the Gods Wear Capes?: Spirituality, Fantasy, and Superheroes, as well as numerous critical essays on subjects ranging from the writings of Shakespeare to the recordings of Little Richard. He has also curated several museum exhibitions of comics art, including the record-breaking multimedia touring show Marvel: Universe of Super Heroes-a retrospective exploring the artistic and cultural impact of Marvel Comics from 1939 to the present.