Yes, beware these books if you have limited funds and should casually stroll by them on the display table at the bookstore! They tricked me, beguiled me with colorful cover and understated title. They hooked me as I sat in a chair at Barnes & Nobles, intending only to peruse them and perhaps gain some insight without shelling out any actual cash. I had gone to the bookstore with my $10 gift card in hand, only looking for a bit of popular fiction to pass the day. I failed to see the danger in time and I soon found myself walking to my car with $45 worth of books I couldn’t afford, and didn’t intend to buy! I’m not sure if there were subliminal messages carefully hidden among the pages of this book, or if the essence of some rare hallucinogenic jungle flower was mixed with the ink, but here I sit on Christmas Day reading through the pages of these fascinating books.
So, if you like comics, art or have any interest in visual storytelling -heck, if you even have any creative or curious bones in your body- stay far away from these books! One whiff of the impressive coverage of comic history, form and function in these masterful books and you too will soon be parted from your cash.
Students, art instructors, animators, people looking to buy gifts for budding artists and comic book aficionados -none can resist the lure of these books!
