99 Ways to Tell a Story
Exercises in Style
$65.61
- Paperback
208 pages
- Release Date
1 September 2006
Summary
A series of engrossing one-page comics that tells the same story ninety-nine different ways.
Matt Madden’s 99 Ways to Tell a Story is a series of one-page comics that tell the same story in a variety of ways. Inspired by Raymond Queneau’s 1947 work of the same title, which told a simple story in ninety-nine different styles and genres—haiku, sonnet, book jacket blurb—Madden does the same but in different styles of comics: Marvel superhero, R. Crumb, Hergé, even as a map or th…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780224079259 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0224079255 |
| Author: | Matt Madden |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Jonathan Cape |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Release Date: | 1 September 2006 |
| Weight: | 620g |
| Dimensions: | 226mm x 190mm x 22mm |
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Pure formalist fun from one of American comics’ most inventive minds, 99 Ways to Tell a Story is a smart and funny exploration of comics’ many layers
Pure formalist fun from one of American comics’ most inventive minds, 99 Ways to Tell a Story is a smart and funny exploration of comics’ many layers – Scott McLoud, author of Understanding ComicsDelightful, intriguing and compelling. 99 Ways to Tell a Story is a zany masterpiece that reads like a convergence of Robert Louis Stevenson, Italo Calvino and Action Comics – Harry Mathews
About The Author
Matt Madden
Matt Madden is the author of Black Candy and Odds Off. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife, the author and cartoonist Jessica Abel.
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