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We Told You So

Tom Spurgeon and Michael Dean

In 1976, a fledgling magazine held forth the the idea that comics could be art. In 2016, comics intended for an adult readership are reviewed favorably in the New York Times, enjoy panels devoted to them at Book Expo America, and sell in bookstores comparable to prose efforts of similar weight and intent. We Told You So: Comics as Art is an oral history about Fantagraphics Books’ key role in helping build and shape an art movement around a discredited, ignored and fading expression of Americana. It includes appearances by Chris Ware, Art Spiegelman, Harlan Ellison, Stan Lee, Daniel Clowes, Frank Miller, and more.

GenresFantagraphics BooksComic books, strips, etcUnited StatesHistory and criticismPublishers and publishingHistory

696 pages

English edition · First published 2016 by Fantagraphics Books · ISBN 9781606999332

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