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Voyage in Noise: Warren Ellis and the Demise of Western Civilization by Kevin Thurman
RRP: $27.28$25.26Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781940589015Author Julian DariusFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint Sequart Research & Literacy OrganizationPublisher Sequart Research & Literacy... -
Invisible Presence: The Representation of Women in French-Language Comics by Catriona MacLeod
RRP: $178.50$103.82This book looks at the representation of female characters in French comics from their first appearance in 1905. Organised into three sections, the book looks at the representation of women as main characters created by men, as secondary characters... -
Graphic Memories of the Civil Rights Movement: Reframing History in Comics by Jorge Santos
RRP: $54.58$46.28The history of America's civil rights movement is marked by narratives that we hear retold again and again. This has relegated many key figures and turning points to the margins, but graphic novels and graphic memoirs present an opportunity to push... -
Superhero Culture Wars: Politics, Marketing, and Social Justice in Marvel Comics by Dr Monica Flegel
RRP: $56.68$51.47The reactionary Comicsgate campaign against alleged "forced" diversity in superhero comics revealed the extent to which comics have become a key battleground in America's Culture Wars. In the first in-depth scholarly study of Marvel Comics' most recent... -
The Comic Book Western: New Perspectives on a Global Genre by Christopher Conway
RRP: $54.58$48.412023 Ray and Pat Browne Award for Best Edited Collection in Popular and American Culture One of the greatest untold stories about the globalization of the Western is the key role of comics. Few American cultural exports have been as successful globally... -
More Critical Approaches to Comics: Theories and Methods by Matthew J. Smith
RRP: $90.28$81.94In this comprehensive textbook, editors Matthew J. Brown, Randy Duncan, and Matthew J. Smith offer students a deeper understanding of the artistic and cultural significance of comic books and graphic novels by introducing key theories and critical... -
Marvel's Mutants: The X-Men Comics of Chris Claremont by Miles Booy
RRP: $37.78$31.33In 1975, Marvel Comics revived the X-Men, a failed title which hadn't used new material for half a decade. It was a marginal project in an industry then in crisis. Five years later, it was the bestseller in a revived comics market. Unusually in the... -
Media of Serial Narrative by Frank Kelleter
$79.23Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780814253991Author Frank KelleterFormat PaperbackPage Count 306Imprint Ohio State University PressPublisher Ohio State University PressWeight(grams)... -
Art Spiegelman: Conversations by Joseph Witek 9781934110126
RRP: $62.90$52.46When the graphic novel Maus: A Survivor's Tale won a Special Pulitzer Prize in 1992 for its vivid depiction of the Holocaust and its effects, critics and mainstream audiences recognized that a comic book was capable of exploring complex aesthetic, moral,... -
The Walking Dead Comic Companion: Volume 2 by Samuel Titan, Jr. 9781785862984
RRP: $37.78$30.28This essential guide to the Walking Dead comics presents the best features, interviews and guides to the award-winning comic as featured in the Official Walking Dead Magazine. As The Walking Dead shuffles back onto TV screens for its highly anticipated... -
Cham: The Best Comic Strips and Graphic Novelettes, 1839-1862 by David Kunzle 9781496816184
RRP: $189.00$164.43Cham, real name Count Amedee de Noe and a serious rival to Daumier, may have been the epitome of a celebre inconnu, a famous unknown. He is one much deserving, at last, of this first account of his huge oeuvre as a caricaturist. This book concentrates on... -
Horror Comics in Black and White: A History and Catalog, 1964-2004 by Richard J. Arndt 9780786470259
RRP: $60.88$49.10In 1954, the comic book industry instituted the Comics Code, a set of self-regulatory guidelines imposed to placate public concern over gory and horrific comic book content, effectively banning genuine horror comics. Because the Code applied only to... -
Wonder Woman by Noah Berlatsky
RRP: $73.50$66.84William Marston was an unusual man-a psychologist, a soft-porn pulp novelist, more than a bit of a carny, and the (self-declared) inventor of the lie detector. He was also the creator of Wonder Woman, the comic that he used to express two of his greatest... -
Hot Pants and Spandex Suits: Gender Representation in American Superhero Comic Books by Esther De Dauw 9781978806030
RRP: $67.20$58.11The superheroes from DC and Marvel comics are some of the most iconic characters in popular culture today. But how do these figures idealize certain gender roles, body types, sexualities, and racial identities at the expense of others? Hot Pants and... -
Comics Art in Korea John A. Lent 9781496854674
RRP: $62.90$53.47In Comics Art in Korea, comics scholar John A. Lent embarks on a comprehensive exploration of the vibrant world of Korean comics, cartoons, comic strips, graphic novels, webcomics, and animation. This meticulously researched work delves deep into the... -
Batman and the Shadows of Modernity: A Critical Genealogy on Contemporary Hero in the Age of Nihilism Rafael Carrión-Arias 9781032423142
RRP: $294.00$249.90This book aims to study the Batman narrative, or Bat-narrative, from the point of view of its nodal relationship to modern narrative. To this end, it offers for the first time a new type of methodology adequate to the object, which delves both into... -
Comics Art in Korea John A. Lent 9781496854711
RRP: $228.90$194.57In Comics Art in Korea, comics scholar John A. Lent embarks on a comprehensive exploration of the vibrant world of Korean comics, cartoons, comic strips, graphic novels, webcomics, and animation. This meticulously researched work delves deep into the...