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Invaders from the North: How Canada Conquered the Comic Book Universe Hardcover - 2006

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What do Superman, Prince Valiant, Cerebus the Aardvark, and Spawn have in common? Their creators -- Joe Shuster, Harold Foster, Dave Sim, and Todd McFarlane are Canadians. And while many of the cutting-edge talents of contemporary comix and graphic novels are also from Canada -- artists such as Chester Brown, Seth, Dave Cooper, and Julie Doucet -- far too few Canadians realize their country had a remarkable involvement with the "funnies" long before.

Invaders from the North profiles past and present comic geniuses, sheds light on unjustly neglected chapters in Canada's pop history, and demonstrates how this nation has vaulted to the forefront of international comic art, successfully challenging the long-established boundaries between high and low culture. Generously illustrated with black-and-white and colour comic covers and panels, Invaders from the North serves up a cheeky, brash cavalcade of flamboyant and outrageous personalities and characters that graphically attest to Canada's verve and invention in the world of visual storytelling.

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  • Title Invaders from the North: How Canada Conquered the Comic Book Universe
  • Author John Bell
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 192
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Dundurn Press, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  • Date November 11, 2006
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Recycled Paper, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9781550026597 / 1550026593
  • Weight 1.5 lbs (0.68 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.72 x 7.3 x 0.88 in (24.69 x 18.54 x 2.24 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Canadian
  • Library of Congress subjects Comic books, strips, etc - Canada - History
  • Dewey Decimal Code 741.597

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Citations

  • Quill & Quire, 01/01/2007, Page 52
  • Quill & Quire Books of the Yr, 12/01/2007, Page 34
  • Voice of Youth Advocates, 04/01/2007, Page 75

About the author

John Bell is a senior archivist at Library and Archives Canada and a leading authority on the history of English Canadian comic books. His contributions to the comics field include two books, Canuck Comics and Guardians of the North, and the websites Guardians of the North and Beyond the Funnies. He lives in Ottawa, Ontario.

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