This unique encyclopedia, which covers all of Marvel's greatest heroes and villains, is a must-have book for both new fans and those who grew up loving the excitement of the Marvel universe. Full color.
The Comics Journal has, for 25 years, reigned as the world's premier magazine covering the art of comics. With its fiercely independent editorial stance and its unashamedly high-falutin' aesthetic standards, the Journal has been the recipient of numerous awards and libel suits over the last quarter century. Its interview subjects reads like a Who ...
Hot on the heels of our incredibly successful "The Marvel Vault" comes this companion volume detailing the history of DC Comics - Marvel's biggest rival, and home to Superman and Batman. "The DC Vault" is exactly like our bestselling "Marvel Vault", this time focusing on the history of Marvel's biggest rival DC Comics, the home of some of the ...
In the years between World War II and the emergence of television as a mass medium, American popular culture as we know it was first created - in the pulpy, boldly illustrated pages of comic books. No sooner had this new culture emerged than it was beaten down by church groups, community bluestockings, and a McCarthyish Congress - only to ...
Featuring full-color images from the best moments in graphic novel history, this comprehensive reference explores everything from dragons, cow races, and monstrous rats to insider secrets from Casanova himself. Includes top ten must-reads for every popular genre.
This is the first serious, readable, provocative, canon-smashing book of comic criticism by the leading critic in the field.Suddenly, comics are everywhere: a newly matured art form, filling bookshelves with brilliant, innovative work and shaping the ideas and images of the rest of contemporary culture. In "Reading Comics", critic Douglas Wolk ...
This cutting-edge collection is just right for fans as well as those who are new to the hobby of comics. Contributors include Lynda Barry, R. and Aline Crumb, Kim Deitch, Gilbert Hernandez, Seth, and Art Spiegelman. Older teens.
Among the most popular and distinctive superhero characters of all time, Marvel Comics's X-Men have transcended the illustrated page to become an enduring part of the collective consciousness. The multicultural mutants battle not only diabolically evil villains, but also societal evils like bigotry and prejudice. "X-Men: The Characters and Their ...
From the time Ben Franklin penned the first American political cartoon in 1754, cartoonists have tried to galvanize the American public's opinion for or against their subject by using caricatures and symbols that speak to our heads, hearts, and senses of humor. In the process, they have revealed truths about ourselves and our government that have ...
Animated by the stories of some of the last century's most charismatic and conniving artists, writers, and businessmen, Men of Tomorrow brilliantly demonstrates how the creators of the superheroes gained their cultural power and established a crucial place in the modern imagination. "This history of the birth of superhero comics highlights three ...
An exciting journey into the world of the graphic novel is seen through 100 of the best works in the genre. This highly illustrated guide features graphics and extracts from a wide range of books and examines the specific language of the medium, the history and pioneers of the form, and recent masterpieces from Art Spiegelman's "Maus" to Chris ...
In terms of both words and images the world had never seen the like of the American comicbook. They were bizarre, morbid, lurid, risque and bursting with subconcious desires of burgeoning youth culture. By the time 1954 arrived their were 500 different comics beingpublished by 35 different companies, selling over 60 million copies a month between ...
Fantasy art's most popular painter was also one of the most popular comic book illustrators during the industry's golden age. "Telling Stories: The Classic Comic Art of Frank Frazetta" celebrates the rare and largely forgotten stories created five decades ago by this iconic artist. These jungle adventures, true-life tales of heroism, and dreamy ...
Containing 22 long-out-of-print stories, this collection shines the spotlight on bygone superheroes from the dawn of the comic-book format, including Wonder Man, Spacehawk, Blue Bolt, and Rex Dexter. It also contains artwork by such comics luminaries as Fletcher Hanks, Will Eisner, Jack Kirby, and Basil Wolverton.
This book represents a collection of the author's essays, articles, and interviews that explore the historical portrayal of people of color in the world of comics.
An insightful portrait of one the most enduring--and overlooked--comic book artists, "Tales to Astonish" is also a lively, novelistic account of the comic book industry.
Stan Lee--whose wildly creative imagination gave life to such Super Heroes as Spider-Man, The X-Men, and Daredevil--presents his 50 favorite MARVEL-ous moments. An exclusive book and digital audio collection that's a must-have for every comic book fan.
Superman, Batman, the Flash, Vampirella, the Incredible Hulk, Spider-Man. In addition to these well-known crime fighters, readers are introduced to hundreds more obscure but equally fascinating characters in this collection of comic book heroes from the 1930s to the present day.
Featuring character profiles, maps, art from original paperbacks, and more, this is the first and only fully illustrated guide to Robert E. Howard's epic fantasy world of Hyboria and to Conan, its greatest champion. Full color.
Since its debut in 1994, Mike Mignola's Hellboy has been one of the most celebrated comics on the shelves. Mignola has won every major industry award for his work, and attracted the attention of Hollywood for a series of jobs on high-profile films, including Disney's Atlantis and Francis Ford Coppola's Dracula. Now the director he teamed with on ...
Sunday Press Books presents a masterpiece in comic art by Frank King. Collected for the first time, here are the best Gasoline Alley Sunday comics, starting from the very first Sunday in 1921. King's innovations in art, layout and storytelling brought a new warmth and style to the medium at the dawn of the Golden Age of newspaper comic strips. ...
With its roots in ancient mythologies and modern obsessions, the idea of the superhero is one that permeates our entertainment as well as our daily lives. This book examines how the key superhero archetypes - Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman etc. - touch primal needs and experiences in Western culture.
Author Stepen Weiner takes readers on a historical tour of the new graphica format and includes background on comics as a medium. Introduction by Will Eisner
The impact of American underground comics is profound: They galvanised subsequent generations of cartoonists both domestically and abroad; they forever changed the economics of comics publishing at all levels; and, they even influenced earlier generations of artists. While the works of Robert Crumb and Art Spiegelman are well-known via "The New ...
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