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"When it was published in 1976, The World Encyclopedia of Comics was the first comprehensive reference book about comic art. The work featured biographical entries on the most important authors and artists- detailing their lives and careers as well a their styles and contributions to he genre- plu entries on the landmark strips and characters of the form. The encyclopedia quickly became recognized as the authoritative work on comic art.
This new, updated edition of The World Encyclopedia of Comics features new information on the most important cartoonists from all over the world such as Art Spiegelman, Gary Larson, Lynn Johnston and Frank Miller, as well as entries on important new strips or comic books like Calvin and Hobbes, Dilbert, Spawn and Mutts. In addition, information has been added to many of the original Encyclopedia entries.
Eighty pages of color comic art chart the development of the medium, from The Katzenjammer Kids of 100 years ago to the stylistic strips of today. As with the original volume, this edition includes an extensive glossary; a bibliography; essays on the history of the medium; listings of comic books publishers and comic strip syndicates; and indexes.
With over 1,400 entries and 1,000 illustrations, the new edition of The World Encyclopedia of Comics is not only comprehensive, it is definitive."
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Maurice Horn (June 28, 1931 – December 30, 2022) was a French-American comics historian, author, and editor, considered to be one of the first serious academics to study comics. He was the editor of The World Encyclopedia of Comics, The World Encyclopedia of Cartoons, and 100 Years of American Newspaper Comics. Born in France, he was based in New York City. Horn died on December 30, 2022, at the age of 91.
Horn's two-volume The World Encyclopedia of Comics, first published in 1976, focused on American and European comics (although not exclusively), with extensive biographical notes and publication histories. It was one of the first and most comprehensive resources of its kind, and spawned seven volumes. A complete edition was published in 1997 (and updated again in 1999), and included the work of fifteen contributors.(Wikipedia)