Black Light Paperback by L B Cole

Product Details

• Publisher: Fantagraphics (2015-01-04)
• Language: English
• Paperback: 272 pages
• ISBN-13: 9781606997628
• Item Weight: 368.55 grams
• Dimensions: 0.0 x 0.0 x 0.0 cm

This book rediscovers the lost art of L.B. Cole; it collects his proto-psychedelic comic-book covers.

L.B. Cole created some of the most bizarre, proto-psychedelic, eye-popping comic book covers of all time, yet remarkably this is the first retrospective of his career, featuring the largest collection of Cole covers ever assembled, in an oversize format that showcases his attention to detail and his versatility in all the popular comic book genres of the day. Cole burst into comics during the glory years of the Golden Age of comics. He was famous for his bold covers, usually featuring “poster colors” — brilliant primaries often over black backgrounds — and an over-the-top sense of the bizarre mixed with whimsy. There’s never been a comic book cover designer like L.B. Cole and there’s never been a book like this one.

About the Author

L.B. Cole (1918-1995) earned a doctorate of Anatomy & Physiology from the University of Berlin, and was inducted into the Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame in 1999.

Bill Schelly (1951-2019) was an Eisner Award-winning biographer and chronicler of comics fandom, who wrote books about comics luminaries Harvey Kurtzman, Joe Kubert, John Stanley, Otto Binder, and comedic silent film star Harry Langdon. His final book was the expanded edition of his autobiography, Sense of Wonder, in 2018.