The Comic Book History of Comic Books

    Once upon a time, I thought Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud was the best comic ever written about comics. Now I am not so sure. 
   The Comic Book History of Comic Books (by Fred Van Lente and Ryan Dunlavey) is exactly what it says on the tin - a very detailed and very informative book on the history of comics. Written as a comic. Even the copyright notices are written as a comic. It is very readable, and very, very informative. I learned a whole heap I didn't know about the history of Manga (Japanese comics), and the UK Comic Invasion of the late 1980s. 
   A must for comic enthusiasts and other geeks.

RATING:

5/5 (Noble Hound)