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1001 Comics Reviewed by Dazed & Confused
Posted: January 20, 2012
Great review just posted on the Dazed & Confused website covering the fab new guide I have edited, 1001 Comics You Must Read Before You Die :
Avoid pangs of regret over failing to explore The Secret of the Unicorn with Tintin whilst stepping through those blindingly pearly white gates by immersing yourself in this biblical guide to world-class comics. This supremely colourful compendium of all embracing genres features the finest and most aberrant works of sequential art, graphic literature, bandes dessinées, tebeos, fumetti, manga, komiks, strips and historietas, to name but a few. From a dewy-eyed Maya in the blissfully romantic Mask of Glass, to the bloodsuckers in 30 Days of Night, 1001 Comics traces our fantasies and nightmares that have eclipsed imaginations over the past two centuries.
It took an international team of 68 comic connoisseurs to present these 800 images that include the various guises of perpetually evolving Batman and X-Men series and the contemporary intricate designs of Craig Thompson’s Habibi. This brainchild of Paul Gravett indeed shatters preconceptions surrounding the capacity of the comic experience. Designed for any young whippersnapper wishing to discover the adventures of the fiercely close-together-armed dinosaur Gon, and also for those mature enough to wholeheartedly appreciate the erotic Italian allures of Valentina, it’s the niftiest escapism for any eyes.
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