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1	Official Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide more books like this by Robert M Overstreet add to wishlist This price guide is a must-have for any comic book collector. It includes more than 2,000 black-and-white illustrations throughout the text, a gallery of hundreds of color images of some of the most popular collectible comic books, and informative essays written by top experts on comic book topics. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $18.27! \| SVS
2	The Comic Book Bible more books like this by Rob Suggs add to wishlist Kids are naturally attracted to picture books. That's why The Comic Book Bible is the perfect Bible story book for kids ages eight to twelve. Clever, comic-style illustrations bring Bible stories to life with humor, snappy dialogue, and spiritual truths. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.63! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Comic Book Nation: The Transformation of Youth Culture in America more books like this by Prof. Bradford W Wright add to wishlist A history of the comic book industry within the context of 20th-century American society. From Batman's Depression-era battles against corrupt local politicians and Captain America's one-man war against Nazi Germany to Iron Man's Cold War exploits in Vietnam and Spider-Man's confrontations with student protestors and drug use in the early 1970s, ... see all copies from $6.76! new only from $13.74! \| first editions \| SVS
4	The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America more books like this by David Hajdu add to wishlist 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 ... see all copies from $2.51! new only from $2.51! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Kanji de Manga Volume 1: The Comic Book That Teaches You How to Read and Write Japanese! more books like this by Glenn Kardy, Chihiro Hattori (Illustrator) add to wishlist The comic book that teaches you how to read and write Japanese! This brand-new series from Manga University uses original comic artwork to teach readers how to identify and write the most common Japanese kanji ideographs. Volume 1 introduces 80 basic kanji that all Japanese schoolchildren are required to learn before entering the third grade. ... see all copies from $3.86! new only from $7.61!
6	50 Manga Babes to Draw and Paint: Create Cutting Edge Manga Figures for Comic Books, Computer Games, and Graphic Novels more books like this by Chi Han Li, Janet Benn (Contributions by) add to wishlist Cartoonists, art students, anime artists, and computer game designers can find inspiration for creating fantastic female characters in this heavily illustrated book. The author begins with basic but alluring manga babes to get readers started: Schoolgirl, Princess, Geisha, Cat Girl, French Maid, Gothic, and others. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| SVS
7	Perspective! for Comic Book Artists more books like this by David Chelsea add to wishlist For beginners and working professionals looking to improve their skill, this book covers every technique of expressing people, places and things in perspective, by hand or computer. Topics include: light and shade; overlapping, diffusion and convergence; and one-, two- and three- point perspective. see all copies from $10.98! new only from $13.13! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Was Superman a Spy?: And Other Comic Book Legends Revealed more books like this by Brian Cronin add to wishlist Cronin presents the fascinating and often bizarre true stories behind more than 200 urban legends about comic book culture. b&w photos throughout. see all copies from $4.79! new only from $5.46! \| SVS
9	Men of Tomorrow: Geeks, Gangsters, and the Birth of the Comic Book more books like this by Gerard Jones add to wishlist 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 ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Drawing Cutting Edge Anatomy: The Ultimate Reference Guide for Comic Book Artists more books like this by Christopher Hart, Watson-Guptill Publishing (Creator) add to wishlist The follow-up title to the hit title, Drawing Cutting Edge Comics which has been translated into 7 languages, this drawing tutorial shows artists how to draw the exaggerated musculature of super-sized figures in action poses. The guesswork is taken out of figuring out which muscles show through to the surface and how muscles appear through ... see all copies from $11.93! new only from $11.93! \| SVS
11 view cover	Kanji de Manga Volume 2: The Comic Book That Teaches You How to Read and Write Japanese! more books like this by Glenn Kardy, Chihiro Hattori (Illustrator) add to wishlist The second volume in an exciting new series from Manga University - using original comic artwork to teach readers how to identify and write the most common Japanese kanji ideographs - introduces 80 kanji that all Japanese school children are required to learn by the time they graduate from sixth grade. Each page features its own comic strip, kanji ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.31! \| SVS
12 view cover	Great Comic Book Heroes more books like this by Jules Feiffer add to wishlist Fantagraphics is proud to publish Jules Feiffer's long out-of-print and seminal essay of comics criticism, The Great Comic Book Heroes, in a compact and affordable size. In 1965, Feiffer wrote what is arguably the first critical history of the comic book superheroes of the late 1930s and early 1940s, including Plastic Man, Batman, Superman, The ... see all copies from $2.76! new only from $5.41! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	So, You Wanna Be a Comic Book Artist?: How to Break Into Comics! the Ultimate Guide for Kids more books like this by Phil D Amara, Pop Mhan (Illustrator) add to wishlist This how-to book teaches young, aspiring comic book artists how to achieve their dreams of success. Phil Amara, an editor with Dark Horse comics, reveals to kids in a fun and informative style how to create their own superheroes and plots and how to get their work published. The book has contributions from Mark Schultz, Bruce Timm and Humberto ... see all copies from $3.98! new only from $3.98!
14 view cover	Animation Unleashed: 100 Principles Every Animator, Comic Book Writer, Filmmaker, Video Artist, and Game Developer Should Know more books like this by Ellen Besen, Bryce Hallett (Illustrator) add to wishlist Animation is a powerful tool for communication. This book reveals key principles, useful for both professional and beginner animators, which will help them harness the full power of this exciting and ever expanding medium. see all copies from $13.77! new only from $13.77! \| SVS
15 view cover	How to Draw Comic Book Heroes and Villains more books like this by Christopher Hart add to wishlist Shows how to devise and draw original comic book characters, assuming no prior knowledge of comic book drawing in terms of design or technique. Details are included on the subjects of proportion and perspective, the drawing of hands and eyes, and the creation of a "heroic" anatomy. see all copies from $2.28! new only from $2.28! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	The Art of Comic-Book Inking more books like this by Gary Martin, Steve Rude add to wishlist What does a comic-book inker do? Is an inker responsible for the coloring? see all copies from $12.59! new only from $78.47!
17 view cover	Comic Book Checklist & Price Guide: 1961-Present more books like this by Maggie Thompson, Brent Frankenhoff, Peter Bickford add to wishlist Comic book enthusiasts of all interests will find the updated 12th edition of this price guide has more of the details they need and special options they seek. The 2006 Comic Book Checklist and Price Guide contains listings and updated prices (in US dollars) for more than 125,000 comics, including 5,000 new comics. An easy-to-follow checklist ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| SVS
18 view cover	The Original Encyclopedia of Comic Book Heroes: Superman - Volume 3 more books like this by Michael Fleischer, Various (Illustrator) add to wishlist Everything you ever wanted to know about DC's Amazing Amazon -- and so much more -- can be found in this in-depth volume, brought back into print for the first time in 30 years! Originally published in 1976, this comprehensive volume includes every piece of information you could want to know about Wonder Woman, her alies and enemies, weapons in ... see all copies from $9.95! new only from $10.78! \| first editions
19 view cover	The Standard Catalog of Comic Books more books like this by John Jackson Miller, Maggie Thompson, Peter Bickford add to wishlist As the demand for new and vintage comic books soars, Standard Catalog of' Comic Books delivers an unparalleled volume of comic book history and up-to-date prices (in US dollars). Now in its 4th edition, this reference features more than 5,000 new issues and over 50,000 new facts about comic books published in North America in the last 70 years. ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.87! \| first editions
20 view cover	Our Gods Wear Spandex: The Secret History of Comic Book Heroes more books like this by Christopher Knowles, Joseph Michael Linsner (Illustrator) add to wishlist Was Superman's arch nemesis Lex Luthor based on Aleister Crowley? Can Captain Marvel be linked to the Norse god Thor? In "Our Gods Wear Spandex", Christopher Knowles answers these questions and brings to light many other intriguing links between superheroes and the enchanted world of estoerica. Occult students and comic-book fans alike will ... see all copies from $3.50! new only from $10.00! \| first editions
21 view cover	The Oxford Book of Comic Verse more books like this by John Gross (Editor) add to wishlist From Chaucer to Vikram Seth and Victoria Wood; from Byron to John Updike; from Augustan satire to advertising jingles; from G. K. Chesterton to Wendy Cope - this superb anthology is notable above all for its breadth. It is truly international in scope, bringing together poets from far beyond the British Isles. Drawing on many different types of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	How to Draw Great-Looking Comic Book Women more books like this by Christopher Hart add to wishlist Shows aspiring artists how to master the drawing of a bevy of fabulous females. see all copies from $5.37! new only from $9.83! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Completely Mad: A History of the Comic Book and Magazine more books like this by Maria Reidelbach add to wishlist This book is a history of the comic book and magazine that we know as 'Mad'. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.68! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Japan Inc.: An Introduction to Japanese Economics: The Comic Book more books like this by Shotaru Ishinomori, Peter Duus (Introduction by), Betsey Scheiner (Translator) add to wishlist They are burning Japanese cars in Detroit. The top management at Toyosan Motors must decide whether to begin offshore production of its cars in the U.S. But our hero Mr. Kudo fears that offshore production will devastate the numerous local subcontractors of Toyosan, leading to a hollowing out of the auto industry in Japan, leaving only a financial ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.80! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Supermen!: The First Wave of Comic Book Heroes 1939-41 more books like this by Greg Sadowski (Editor), Jonathan Lethem (Foreword by) add to wishlist 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. see all copies from $14.95! new only from $14.95! \| SVS

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