Dan Mazur is the co-founder of The Boston Comics Roundtable, and co-director of the Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo. Alexander Danner is a part-time instructor at Emerson College in Boston, where he teaches Writing the Graphic Novel and other courses.

• Preface; Introduction; Part One: 1968–78 • Part Two: 1978–90 • Part Three: 1990–present • Comics in the 21st Century: An International Art Form; New Forms, New Technologies, New Audiences

'Smart and interesting, and might make you laugh, too' - Observer

Dan Mazur is the co-founder of The Boston Comics Roundtable, and co-director of the Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo. Alexander Danner is a part-time instructor at Emerson College in Boston, where he teaches Writing the Graphic Novel and other courses.

• Preface; Introduction; Part One: 1968–78 • Part Two: 1978–90 • Part Three: 1990–present • Comics in the 21st Century: An International Art Form; New Forms, New Technologies, New Audiences

'Smart and interesting, and might make you laugh, too' - Observer

Dan Mazur is the co-founder of The Boston Comics Roundtable, and co-director of the Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo. Alexander Danner is a part-time instructor at Emerson College in Boston, where he teaches Writing the Graphic Novel and other courses.

• Preface; Introduction; Part One: 1968–78 • Part Two: 1978–90 • Part Three: 1990–present • Comics in the 21st Century: An International Art Form; New Forms, New Technologies, New Audiences

'Smart and interesting, and might make you laugh, too' - Observer