| dc.contributor.author | Williams, PG | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-11-08T10:19:56Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019-05-14 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Between 1976 and 1979 Byron Preiss operated as a book packager specializing in graphic
novels, bringing comics creators together on original stories and licensed properties and
delivering the finished product to publishing houses. Far from being praised for his efforts,
Preiss was attacked by fans and comics professionals for betraying the very medium he
professed to uplift. This article explains the industrial shifts behind the rise of Byron Preiss
Visual Publications and book-format comics, as well as accounting for the hostility directed
against Preiss, a level of vitriol that increased after his collaborators on Empire (1978)
expressed their dismay at the changes he made to the graphic novel before publication. | en_GB |
| dc.description.sponsorship | The research underpinning this article was generously supported by the Arts and Humanities Research Council. | en_GB |
| dc.identifier.citation | Published online 14 May 2019. | en_GB |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1017/S0021875818001494 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/34670 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
| dc.publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) / British Association for American Studies | en_GB |
| dc.rights | © Cambridge University Press and British Association for American Studies 2019. | |
| dc.title | The Strange Case of Byron Preiss Visual Publications | en_GB |
| dc.type | Article | en_GB |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0021-8758 | |
| dc.description | This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from Cambridge University Press via the DOI in this record. | en_GB |
| dc.identifier.journal | Journal of American Studies | en_GB |
| refterms.dateFOA | 2019-05-21T15:11:12Z | |
