The Art of War: More of the Best Cover Art from War, Battle, Air Ace and War at Sea Picture Libraries

The Art of War: More of the Best Cover Art from War, Battle, Air Ace and War at Sea Picture Libraries

by David Roach (Author), JamesMay (Foreword)

Synopsis

From the 1950s to the '70s Fleetway and its successor IPC was the world's biggest comic-book publisher and its line of digest-sized Picture Libraries was the jewel in their crown. The most popular and longest lasting titles were "War", "Battle", "Air Ace" and "War at Sea", which ran for a combined total of over four and a half thousand issues. This is a collection of over 400 of the finest "War", "Battle", "Air Ace" and "War at Sea" covers, digitally remastered from the original archived artwork in a lavish format with the finest quality reproduction.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 400
Publisher: Prion Books Ltd
Published: 06 Oct 2008

ISBN 10: 1853756628
ISBN 13: 9781853756627

Author Bio
David A. Roach is an artist, illustrator, writer and historian with 20 years experience in the comics industry. Among the comics he has worked on are such iconic strips as Batman, Judge Dredd, Dr Who, Star Wars and Aliens. As an author he is an editor and writer for such books as True Brit: The History of British Comics and The SuperHero Book. He is also a regular writer for Comic Book Artist and Comics International magazines.