1. The Power of Comics Chapter 5 Duncan & Smith
Comic Book Creators
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2. The Generation of Creators
“Much of the work was raw and undisciplined, but bursting with the vitality of youth. Quite a few of those youngsters stayed in the field to become the creative establishment, the ‘old guards’ of the fifties and sixties” (Duncan and Smith 110).

3. Comic Book Creators Will Eisner Jerry Iger Bob Kane Jack Kirby
Joe Simon
Stan Lee
Joe Kubert

4. Fans of the Greats- Fan Creators
Roy Thomas
Marv Wolfman
Mike Friedrich
Len Wein

5. Job Security
Staffers
Freelancers
Work-for-hire

6. The Production Process
Industrial
Artisan

7. Industrial Process/ Marvel Method
“It got the work done faster and it kept the emphasis on the visual element” (Duncan and Smith 114).
Industrial Process/ Marvel Method

8. Steps: Marvel Method Step 1: Editorial Conference Step 2: Plot Summary
Step 3: Penciling
Step 4: Scripting
Step 5: Lettering
Step 6: Inking
Step 7: Coloring
Step 8: Post-Production
Step 9: Printing
Step 10: Distribution
Step 11: Retailers and Other Outlets

9. Artisan Process
“Lone Rangers”
Do it all yourself
Longer production

10. Artistically Superior
Underground Comix

11. Comic Book Auteurs
Auteur Theory

12. Tested Theories Artistic Competence Recurrent Theme Stylistic Works
Collaboration
Borrowing Ideas

13. Working within Constraints

14. Space Limitations
Reproduction Technologies
Unrealistic Images
Limited Control of the Reader
The Page as a Unit of Composition

15. Interdependence of words and pictures
“It is in managing, if not transcending, these constraints that the best creators distinguish themselves. For some gifted creators, this can lead to “star” status within the industry” (Duncan and Smith 120).
Selected Moments
Interdependence of words and pictures
Artistic Skill
The Serial Aesthetic

16. Creator Star Power

17. Struggle between creators and characters
Bill of Rights

18. Creator Names

19. Analyzing: Breaking In

20. “Whatever else professionals in the field have in terms of training, talent, or connections, the one trait that they all seem to possess is a passion for the art form that drives them forward” (Duncan and Smith 125).