Genius, Illustrated: The Life and Art of Alex Toth by Dean Mullaney - ISBN: 9781684059577
Paperback
Toth’s art and life: genius, isolation, and a final, touching return.

Genius, Illustrated: The Life and Art of Alex Toth

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  • Paperback

    352 pages

  • Release Date

    7 March 2023

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Summary

Covering the years from the 1960s to Toth’s poignant death in 2006, this lavishly illustrated biography features artwork and complete stories from Toth’s latter-day work at Warren, DC Comics, Red Circle, Marvel, and his own creator-owned properties. It also includes samples of his animation work for Hanna-Barbera, Ruby-Spears, and others, as well as sketchbook pages, doodles, advertising art, and other rarities provided through the cooperation of Toth’s family and his legion of fans.

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781684059577
ISBN-10:1684059577
Author:Dean Mullaney, Bruce Canwell
Publisher:Idea & Design Works
Imprint:Idea & Design Works
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:352
Release Date:7 March 2023
Weight:1.50kg
Dimensions:305mm x 222mm
Series:Alex Toth
What They're Saying

Critics Review

“A high-water mark in the field of comic artist biography.” —New York Journal of Books “This is a great book…A very revealing and inspiring publishing achievement that all Toth fans will love.” —The Animation Guild “Under the hands of Bruce Canwell and Dean Mullaney, Genius Illustrated sets the absolute gold standard for deluxe artist biographies. There have been some wonderful comics history books released in the last few years, but this book surpasses them all in terms of its production values, its comprehensiveness and the quality of the biographical information presented. Alex Toth was one of the greatest artists ever to work in the comic art medium. This book merits the highest possible compliment: it’s a worthy tribute to Toth.” —Jason Sacks, Comics Bulletin

About The Author

Dean Mullaney

Born in New York City in 1928, Alex Toth attended what is now the School of Visual Arts and broke into the comic book field as a teenager. During his sixty-year professional career, he became known as the “artists’ artist”-he became very much like his great hero, Noel Sickles-the guy all the others wanted to draw like. In the 1960s he entered the animation field and became equally well-known and respected for his groundbreaking designs for Space Ghost and The Herculoids, among other series.

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