Comic Book Punks
- Writer
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Karl Stock
How a
generation of Brits reinvented Pop Culture!
The influence
of the comic book has never been greater, from movies to streaming and beyond,
but the journey comics took from little-regarded kids' magazines to literary
prize-winning books and global franchises turned on a highly unusual group of
writers and artists. Few would have expected a small gathering of British comic
book fans and creators in the early 'seventies to be a global cultural
pivot-point, but this was the start of a disparate movement of punks, dropouts
and disaffected youths who reinvented a medium and became the imaginative heart
of a global success story.
Based on years
of interviews with a generation of leading writers, artists and editors, Karl
Stock reveals the true story of the wild times, passion and determination that
helped, hindered and saw the reinvention of comics. Stock brilliantly tells the
story of the triumphs and disasters that rewrote the rulebook on what comics
could be and who they should be for.
