Invaders from the North: How Canada Conquered the Comic Book Universe

Invaders from the North profiles past and present comic geniuses, sheds light on unjustly neglected chapters in Canadas pop history, and demonstrates how this nation has vaulted to the forefront of international comic art, successfully challenging the long-established boundaries between high and low culture. Generously illustrated with black-and-white and colour comic covers and panels, Invaders from the North serves up a cheeky, brash cavalcade of flamboyant and outrageous personalities and characters that graphically attest to Canadas verve and invention in the world of visual storytelling.

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Lists with This Book. This book is not yet featured on Listopia. Nov 23, Meaghan rated it really liked it Shelves: An interesting overview of the Canadian comic book industry. Like pretty much all Canadian cultural industries, the comic book industry really can only be understood in the context of the much larger American industry and John Bell does a good job of showing how Canadian comics have benefited and suffered from living in the shadow of that behemoth over the years. The book is mostly a historical survey: The exception is the two "spotlight" chapters which bring greater focus to selected areas -- the first is on Johnny Canuck and Canadian superheroes and the second looks quite closely at Chester Brown 's body of work.

Both of these are quite interesting. The thing I found most illuminating was Bell's overall characterization of the Canadian comic book industry as a whole.

He lays out the main characteristics of each historical period of Canadian comics, and also divides the industry into three main "subcultures" -- mainstream, alternative, and small press. I felt looking at things in this way gave me a much greater understanding of Canadian comics.

Jun 22, Andrew rated it liked it. John Bell's History of English Canadian comics history certainly seems quite comprehensive, and contains a great deal of information that was new to me. The book often reads like a list, though, summarizing events in the briefest manner possible. Wh Invaders from the North: When Bell editorializes, he displays the irritating Canadian tendency to inflate the positive qualities of homegrown product see Captain Canuck out of an obvious reaction to overwhelming American cultural saturation.

Bell also has a tendency to repeat himself, and one feels after a while that sections of the book are largely restructured portions from earlier, in a slightly different context. However, it is often a fascinating read, and offers a wealth of historical detail. Mar 23, Mike Aragona rated it it was amazing Shelves: A fantastic summary and history of the Canadian Comic Scene from the creators who started it all for Canada, and the creators who've kept our individual imprint "alive".

Lots of information is packed in these chapters and I never tire of reading about our own Golden Age of comics. The spotlight features were both entertaining and informative, giving even someone like myself an extra appreciation for the works of certain creators. Jan 22, Dominick rated it liked it Shelves: This history of mainly English language Canadian comic books newspaper strips are mentioned in passing is a decent overview, I guess, but it's somewhat repetitive, oddly illustrated there seems little correlation between many of the images and the accompanying text , and, most seriously, just dull.

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It's heavy on facts, which are very useful, but light on interpretation,and it avoids getting into any contentious matters, for the most part. Structurally, it is odd, with a couple of spotlight This history of mainly English language Canadian comic books newspaper strips are mentioned in passing is a decent overview, I guess, but it's somewhat repetitive, oddly illustrated there seems little correlation between many of the images and the accompanying text , and, most seriously, just dull.

Still, a useful resource. Oct 30, Teghan rated it it was amazing Shelves: The definitive book on the history of comic books in Canada. A fascinating and educational read for anyone interested in Canada's cultural history or the history of comics in general. Stephen Novik rated it it was amazing Jun 01, Yuli Scheidt rated it it was amazing Jul 08, Justin Decloux rated it really liked it Dec 13, Kyrstie Pounder rated it liked it Sep 03, Ryan Yeats rated it liked it Jun 21, Michael Primiani rated it it was amazing Mar 20, Timothy rated it really liked it Jan 01, Gary Sassaman rated it really liked it Aug 22, Mark rated it liked it Jul 20, Looking Past the Screen.

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