- Hardcover: 216 pages
- Publisher: Fantagraphics Books (Oct 5 2010)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1606991663
- ISBN-13: 978-1606991664
- Product Dimensions: 30.5 x 23.4 x 2.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 1.2 Kg
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#209,937 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #54 in Books > Comics & Graphic Novels > History & Price Guides
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In 1939, brand-new Marvel's first ever comic book featured an anti-hero named the Sub-Mariner, created by legendary artist Bill Everett. From the superhero and horror genre, to romance, crime, and suspense, Bill Everett was a master of the medium. Blake Bell's follow-up to Strange & Stranger: The World of Steve Ditko, Fire and Water: The Sub-Mariner, and the Birth of Marvel Comics is the definitive biography of the man and his career. The main focus, however, will be the stunning display of artwork that few artists can match in breadth and quality, all on display in this coffee table art book that is destined to ensure Everett's place at the table of premier comic book virtuosos.
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4.5 out of 5 stars (4 customer reviews)
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent look at an underappreciated artist, Oct 4 2010
By R. Collofello "a man out of time" - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Fire and Water: Bill Everett, The Sub-Mariner, and the Birth of Marvel Comics (Hardcover)
Bill Everett died in 1973, almost forty years ago, and I'm pretty sure that this is the first book ever to be devoted entirely to him. Fortunately, it's an excellent book, recounting Everett's life and career from his childhood to his death. Even more impressive are the large, beautiful reproductions of his artwork, which take up more then half the pages of this book. I would recommend this for anyone who is interested in comic books, especially the Submariner, and fans of the Golden Age. One of my favorite books.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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A good biography of Bill Everett, but a lightweight survey of his work, Oct 29 2011
By Gareth Simon - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Fire and Water: Bill Everett, The Sub-Mariner, and the Birth of Marvel Comics (Hardcover)
This is a good book if you are interested in the comic creators and the history of the medium. If you are looking for an in-depth survey of Bill Everett's work, then it is a bit disappointing. What it covers, it covers well, but it doesn't mention quite a lot. The Sub-Mariner gets top billing, as expected, but apart from pages of art and comic-book covers, we hear nothing of Everett's other aquatic creations, such as the Fin and Hydroman. The chapters are:P007: Introduction
P009: Growing Up Everett
P021: Early Days of Comic Books: Centaur & Funnies, Inc.
P049: Sub-Mariner and the Birth of Marvel Comics
P075: War on Comics: 1946-1957
P117: daredevil, Return to Marvel & the End (Too Soon)
P160: Bill Everett Art Gallery
P188: Endnotes
Each chapter is profusely illustrated with art and comics, and especially with photos supplied by his family. Each chapter is followed by several pages of artwork, covers and interior art. There are several art pieces from publications not mentioned in the text, however, so even the `in-depth' biography misses out some possibly important aspects of Everett's career.
This is a readable and interesting book, but the omissions make you wonder just how much more there is to know.
Further Reading:
Much of Bill Everett's work is now available in Marvel Comics' masterworks series, and Fantagraphics are producing a series of `archives' of his non-Marvel work.
Amazing Mysteries Vol.1 (Bill Everett Archives)
MARVEL MASTERWORKS ATLAS ERA HEROES HC VOL 01 NEW ED
Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics Vol. 1
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
A good beginning, Jan 24 2011
By Robert Barker - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Fire and Water: Bill Everett, The Sub-Mariner, and the Birth of Marvel Comics (Hardcover)
While a book like this was long, long overdue, it falls short in a couple critical ways. Although it does laud Everett's talent, there isn't much discussion of what that talent was. He entered the comic book medium as it was ascending and was in all likelihood it's most competent and thrilling artist, fully realized and firing on all cylinders. He made Burgos' Human Torch work crude by comparison. And although Kirby's golden age work is muscular and dynamic, it was not always 'finished', and Kirby's style did not peak until at least the late 50s and on through the 60s. That the book doesn't discuss this was a little odd. And while Everett produced much more work than the Sub-Mariner in the Golden Age, there is little mention of this work. Everett deserves a chronological survey like the current Simon-Kirby volumes are doing. Everett had a couple Sub-Mariner copies he created, called 'The Fin' and 'Hydroman'. Neither gets much discusssion. I'm not even sure which came first.Any first class coffee table representation of Everett's work is welcome, and there is a lot here. But a lot more is needed. And not those cheesy Marvel Archives editions that do more harm than justice to the artwork. The best of the reproduction books is 'Jack Cole & Plastic Man, Forms Stretched to Their Limits!' from Art Spiegelman and Chip Kidd. They simply photographed original comic book pages, which got us as close to the brilliance of the original work as we're going to get. Don't pass this Bill Everett volume over though. It's a great start. Let's hope it's the start and not the finish.
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