The Super Heros Journey (Marvel Arts)

ISBN: 1419769103

Author: McDonnell, Patrick

Condition: New

The second book in Abrams Marvel Arts line, featuring the art of the multi-award-winning, bestselling beloved Mutts creator Patrick McDonnell and the greatest super heroes of the Marvel Universe.The Super Heros Journey is a genuinely moving treatise on the inspiration we can take from others, and an antidote for cynicism. -Alex Ross, Fantastic Four: Full Circle"McDonnells unexpected conceit flies high and makes a perfect landing. - Publishers Weekly [Starred Review]A love letter to Marvel comics.-NEWSARAMA"A philosophical and spiritual look back at the Silver Age comics heroes that inspired him, McDonnells weaves his own path to cartooning by intersecting his own art and renditions of Marvels classic heroes with the original, iconic artwork of their comics, as the likes of Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, and Steve Ditkos works weaves throughout McDonnells history.-io9"McDonnell's graphic novel is a love letter to both Marvel's legendary creators and the valuable lessons found within their stories." - ScreenrantInspiration, fun, and joy are to be found a plenty in Patrick McDonnells all-new The Super Hero's Journey.-AIPT ComicsThe Super Hero's Journey combines McDonnell's iconic cartooning style with work from legendary Marvel artists like Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, and Don Heck to tell a story about positivity that's as biographical and spiritual as it is action-packed and bombastic.-CBRA profound and moving reading experience.-FORCES OF GEEKCombining the magic of Jack Kirby, Stan Lee, and Steve Ditko with the lessons of the Dalai Lama, Patrick McDonnells metatextual The Super Hero's Journeyis a unique addition to the graphic novel medium.-CONSKIPPERA gorgeous graphic celebration of Marvel Comics [] What makesThe Super Hero's Journeystand out is the way McDonnell marries the biographical elements of Lee, Kirby, and Ditko with his own autobiographical explorations of how their myth-making impacted on his life, as well as how those foundational superheroes resonated within the larger literary canon (hence the Joseph Campbell of it all)." - Boing BoingImbued with the creativity, artwork, and heart of Patrick McDonnell, this all-new graphic novel love letter features the classic Marvel super heroes including the Fantastic Four, the Incredible Hulk, Captain America, Black Panther, and Spider-Man, and is the synthesis of McDonnells positive, inspirational sensibility and Marvels blockbuster brand. Using the Marvel Universe as avatars, McDonnell muses on how comics changed his life and inspired him to become a cartoonist, instilling a moral sensibility that he carries through his work and his life.Visually striking, The Super Heros Journey incorporates panels from classic Marvel comics as a tribute by McDonnell to his heroes-Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, and the other creators of the Marvel Universe-alongside inspirational quotes from Eckhart Tolle, Thoreau, and others, presenting an adventure unlike any you have ever read.Also Available:Fantastic Four: Full Circle by Alex Ross