Gallery: Leaping Tall Buildings Shines Light on Comics' Legendary Creators

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    *Will Eisner, the godfather of the graphic novel, is one of a multitude of comics creators sharing the spotlight in new photobook* Leaping Tall Buildings.
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    *Excelsior! Marvel Comics visionary Stan Lee brought creators into the pop spotlight.*
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    *Few creators have taken comics through the looking glass as convincingly as the brilliant Grant Morrison.*
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    *Art Spiegelman's* Maus *brought literary credibility to comics for good.*
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    *Neil Gaiman, comics wizard and unrelenting gentleman.*
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    *Frank Miller's hard-boiled instincts helped rejuvenate comics as capably as his recently anachronistic attitudes have degraded them.*
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    *The unassuming house that built Superman, the character created by Jerome Siegel and Joe Shuster.*
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    *Jaime Hernandez, along with Los Bros Gilbert and Mario, brought the influential* Love and Rockets *into legend.*
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    *Iconoclastic comics creator and artist Jack Kirby dreamed up more superheroes than you can likely name.*
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    *Alex Ross, one of the few comics creators whose breathtaking artistry is instantly recognizable.*
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