Examines the first generation of artists in Britain to define themselves as history painters, attempting what then was considered to be art's most exalted categ

Presents a biography of the artist's life and explores his career as a cartoonist and comic book illustrator with such publishing houses as Western, Dell, and N

The querelle des anciens et des modernes - the question whether writers should imitate the classics or use literary forms which seemed more suited to their own