(Florida – 7/30/21) — In a fleeting 14 year period, Fawcett Comics dominated the comic book industry by publishing some of the finest comic book artwork ever created. In 1953, after being sued by DC Comics, Fawcett Comics closed up shop. Today, The Art of Fawcett Comics recaptures a bit of the old Fawcett magic by reprinting numerous illustrations of decades-old Fawcett comic book covers, Each cover has been restored through a painstaking digital process that allows for printing in premium color on premium paper stock. Also included are numerous images of original art pages scanned in color, along with portraits of such comic book art masters as C.C. Beck, Pete Costanza, Marc Swayze, Kurt Schaffenberger, Mac Raboy, plus many others. This book shows the reader the amazing evolution of Fawcett’s unique comic book art starting from its beginnings in 1939 to its untimely end in
The Art of Fawcett Comics: A Visual History
Kristopher J. M. Brownlow
IMPRINT: Mountbatten Press
ON SALE: 7/30/2021
PRICE: $29.95
PAGES: 228
ISBN13: 979-8529774342
Available internationally through Amazon.com.
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