New Book - The Secret History of Marvel Comics

[Yoc]

Noted Timely-Atlas art spotter and frequent introduction contributor to the Marvel Masterworks books Dr. Michael J. Vassallo and author Blake Bell have a new book about to come out on the Timely Artists that moonlighted in the pages of Goodman's pulp and magazine publications.

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See the announcement here in DocV's own blog -
http://timely-atlas-comics.blogspot.com/2011/11/surprise-announcement.html

Timely-Atlas-Marvel fans will want to check this one out, it should be packed with lost artworks to enjoy.
-Yoc

[colescomics]

Yes! This looks great! I looked it up on amazon, but didn't see any ordering info. And as yet, I haven't seen any ordering information for it anywhere... but I'm sure when it's ready, they'll let us know!

There's also a new book on Quality Comics coming out soon from Twomorrows Publishing that I'm excited to see. It's called The Quality Companion, by Mike Kooiman and Jim Amash.

http://twomorrows.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=984&zenid=u0s77irsegtaa1ahf1qf3ik9u0

And, speaking of Twomorrows and their mag, Alter Ego, Frank Young and I have an article in Alter Ego 105. It's a pre- and post-code comparison of a mind-boggling Nazi horror story.

Hmmm... seems like there's a lot of collaborations happening lately in comics scholarship!

[josemas]

Yes this is certainly the Golden Age of comics scholarship.  I'm looking forward to all of the books and articles you mentioned.

Best

Joe