If you know comics history, then you know the name David Kunzle. His research into early graphic narrative stories was groundbreaking. His scholarly books on "comic strips before comic strips" of the 19th
century helped cement the prehistory of sequential art. I go to his books again and again and always
find something new and fascinating -- and funny.
Above are a couple of his earliest books, and they tend to go out of print. But now you can download these two at the Topferriania site.
Hat tip to Antoine Sausverd. who first reported this:
"On
the bibliographic page dedicated to David Kunzle, it is now possible to
download his two huge essential volumes: 'The Early Comic Strip: Narrative Strips and Picture Stories in the European Broadsheet from c. 1450-1825' (1973) and 'The History of the Comic Strip: The Nineteenth Century' (1990).
Related:
The Comics Journal Profiles David KunzleVideo: David Kunzle on The Rebirth of the English Comic Strip: A Kaleidoscope, 1847-1870
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1 comment:
Wow, this is amazing, thank you!
Also, I do read all your posts, please forgive me for not commenting on most of them, but you are not posting into the void, Mike.
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