Media Release -- On September 22, TwoMorrows Publishing is releasing CARMINE INFANTINO: PENCILER, PUBLISHER, PROVOCATEUR, by Jim Amash (with Eric Nolen-Weathington).
Carmine Infantino is the artistic and publishing visionary whose mark on the comic book industry pushed conventional boundaries. As a penciler and cover artist, he was a major force in defining the Silver Age of comics, co-creating the modern Flash and resuscitating the Batman franchise in the 1960s. As art director and publisher, he steered DC Comics through the late 1960s and 1970s, one of the most creative and fertile periods in their long history. Join historian and inker Jim Amash (Alter Ego magazine, Archie Comics) and Eric Nolen-Weathington (Modern Masters book series) as they document the life and career of Carmine Infantino, in the most candid and thorough interview this controversial living legend has ever given, lavishly illustrated with the incredible images that made him a star. Carmine Infantino: Penciler, Publisher, Provocateur shines a light on the artist's life, career, and contemporaries, and uncovers details about the comics industry never made public until now. This hardcover edition includes a dust jacket, custom endleaves, plus a 16-page color section not found in the softcover edition.
In anticipation of the book's release, TwoMorrows is letting readers download a FREE 25-page 5mb PDF preview of the chapter on Infantino's Silver Age FLASH work and artistic approaches and influences at this link:
http://twomorrows.com/media/InfantinoPreview.pdf
Other chapters focus on Infantino's early career in the Golden Age of comic books, his work on such Silver Age icons as Adam Strange, Batman, Elongated Man, and Detective Chimp, as well as Infantino's controversial era as DC Comics' editorial director, and his subsequent return to drawing comics in the 1970s, '80s, and beyond. An introduction by comics legend Roy Thomas rounds out this comprehensive look at one of comics' foremost creators.
The book will debut in bookstores and comic book shops on September 22, and is available for pre-ordering directly from TwoMorrows at this link:
http://twomorrows.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=897
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