https://chambl91.msu.domains/CriticalFanscape/files/original/d057e715e8f6f8c7290ac806896af0c8.tif fa8426095c743131dfbf223a04070f54 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Amazing Heroes Subject The topic of the resource Comics Periodical Description An account of the resource A digital project from Fall 2018 ENG 492H course. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Students from ENG 492H Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived MSU Library Special Collections Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Julian C. Chambliss Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Fall 2018 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Some rights apply Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Digital Files Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Digital files Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1981-1992 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Students from ENG 492H Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. 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Title A name given to the resource Amazing Heroes Issue # 158 Cover Subject The topic of the resource Periodical Comics Strips Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Cover Artist: Joe Kubert Executive Editor: Kim "Lou" Thompson Managing Editor: Chris "John" McCubbin Art Director: Lynette "Mo" Alcorn-McCubbin Associate Editor: Charles "Sterling" Lieurance News Correspondent: Dave "Nico" Hogswid Production Assistant: Mark Thompson Typesetting: Linda Gorell & Arlene Easter Circulation: Rachel Enger & Carol Kovinick-Hernandez Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived MSU Special Collection Comic Art, PN6725.A47 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Fantagraphics Books, Inc. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1989-02 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Colin Corcoran Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Rights Restrictions Apply Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 6-5/8 x 10-1/4 in. Color Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Periodical Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1981-1992 Relation A related resource <a href="http://chambl91.msu.domains/CriticalFanscape/admin/items/show/98">Issue #158 Table of Contents</a><br /><a href="http://chambl91.msu.domains/CriticalFanscape/items/show/101">Issue #158 Page 13</a> Description An account of the resource The title of the periodical is “An Amazing Heroes Special”, with the subtitle “AH in 3-D” written below it, with both titles capitalized, italicized, and printed in black. A label nearby reveals that this is issue “No. 158,” released on “Feb. 1, 1989,” and priced at $3.95 in the United States and $4.95 in Canada. The cover illustration features three young men wearing semiformal dress and 3-D glasses in the foreground, surrounded by an array of cartoon characters in a variety of styles and sources. Two of the three men are cheerily inspecting and criticizing the work of the man they are standing over, who is intensely drawing an image at his desk. The critic on the left is saying, “Y’got it wrong, Joe…Right, Lenny?” The critic on the right, ‘Lenny,’ agrees with a shake of his fist, “Right, Norm!” Meanwhile, the artist, ‘Joe,’ responds, irritated, “Lemme draw, willya?” The three men are the only entities on the cover not rendered in the 3-D treatment, and they speak with simplistic word balloons common in comics. The characters in the background, rendered in an anaglyphic 3-D style, with all of them split into red and blue and rendered mainly in purple, a melding of the two. The two critics are cartoon representations of Norman and Lenny Maurer, a pair of brothers and publishers that pioneered the process of 3-D conversion with Joe Kubert in 1953. Joe Kubert himself is the third man, the artist being picked apart by the men overseeing him. His signature is in the lower-left of the cover, just above the barcode, and it reads “With regard to Ray “3-D” Zone, Joe Kubert © ‘88” The results were a sales success and continued a trend of 3-D comics that persisted for the next few decades. Encircling them, clockwise from the top left, are Tor, a rough, long-haired barbarian from his namesake’s comic, along with his primate companion and a deadly reptile, the three stooges below him, a cartoon bear, a hard-boiled detective, a grizzled cowboy, an angry man with a top hat, an old man with a beard, a reptile, and another man with a pipe rendered in a more realistic style, and two other characters with hair and a hat that we can only see from behind. A whole crowd of characters in alternating red and blue stretches to the horizon, gradually losing detail and specific character traits until they become simplistic, identical cartoons. While this cover is modeled after traditional anaglyphic 3-D printing, viewing it with a pair of specialized glasses would not reveal a true 3-D image, since the art is simply an imitation that allows for its subjects to be more legible. 3-D Amazing Heroes Joe Kubert Lenny Maurer Norman Maurer Ray Zone The Three Stooges Tor