Comics as Art pre MBS-SPIRITUALITY but even more startling when

but even more startling when it talks and reveals that you have a magic carpet on the floor

maiden songs

She mirrored their hopes and anxieties

With Richard Scarry's signature illustrations and educational elements throughout

mother and son face incredible odds as their story sweeps backwards and forwards across occupied Europe

Comics as Art pre MBS-SPIRITUALITY but even more startling whenIn 1976, a group of young men and women coalesced around a fledgling magazine and the idea that comics could be art. In 2016, comics intended for an adult readership are reviewed favorably in the New York Times, enjoy panels devoted to them at Book Expo America, and sell in bookstores comparable to prose efforts of similar weight and intent. Comics As Art: We Told You So tells of Fantagraphics Books' key role in helping build and shape an art movement