Whaam!: The Art & Life of Roy Lichtenstein

"One day in 1961 Roy Lichtenstein had a crazy idea for a painting. Why not use comic book characters for his subjects? . . . Almost overnight Roy became a leading figure in the new movement called Pop Art. No one was more surprised at his enormous success than he was." Roy Lichtenstein was thirty-seven when he had his breakthrough. He went on to produce thousands of works, in which he often hand-painted dots to mimic mechanical printing methods. Glossary. Notes. Bibliography. List of places to view Lichtenstein's art. Index. Black-and-white photographs and color reproductions.