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The Comics Journal Library Volume 8: The EC Artists by Gary Groth
RRP: €34.50€23.56Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781606996089Author Gary GrothFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint FantagraphicsPublisher FantagraphicsWeight(grams) 1175g -
Avengers Assemble!: Critical Perspectives on the Marvel Cinematic Universe by Terence McSweeney
RRP: €33.32€26.33We are living in the age of the superhero and we cannot deny it. Avengers Assemble! is a vibrant and theoretically informed interrogation of one of the defining and most financially successful film franchises of the new millennium. In the first... -
Investigating Lois Lane: The Turbulent History of the Daily Planet's Ace Reporter by Tim Hanley 9781613733325
RRP: €24.93€18.92In a universe full of superheroes, Lois Lane has fought for truth and justice for over 75 years on page and screen without a cape or tights. From her creation by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster in 1938 to her forthcoming appearance in Batman v Superman:... -
Lost Literacies: Experiments in the Nineteenth-Century Us Comic Strip by Alex Beringer 9780814258965
€47.79Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780814258965Author Alex BeringerFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Ohio State University PressPublisher Ohio State University Press -
Peanuts Papers, The: Charlie Brown, Snoopy & The Gang, And The Meaning Of Life: A Library of America Special Publication by Andrew Blauner
RRP: €28.55€18.77Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781598536164Author Andrew BlaunerFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint The Library of AmericaPublisher The Library of America -
From Shadow To Light: The Life & Art of Mort Meskin by Steven Brower 9781606993583
RRP: €47.59€31.71Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781606993583Author Steven BrowerFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint FantagraphicsPublisher FantagraphicsWeight(grams) 1313g -
Wild Romanticism by Markus Poetzsch 9780367753511
RRP: €45.21€39.72Wild Romanticism consolidates contemporary thinking about conceptions of the wild in British and European Romanticism, clarifying the emergence of wilderness as a cultural, symbolic, and ecological idea. This volume brings together the work of twelve... -
The Summer of Her Life by Thomas Von Steinaecker
RRP: €17.84€13.47Gerda stands at the window of her nursing home, looking up at the stars. A simple question has been haunting her for years, but until now she's managed to avoid it: has her life been a happy one? As Gerda negotiates the degradations of old age and the... -
Beautiful Fighting Girl by Saito Tamaki
RRP: €20.22€16.22From Cutie Honey and Sailor Moon to Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, the worlds of Japanese anime and manga teem with prepubescent girls toting deadly weapons. Sometimes overtly sexual, always intensely cute, the beautiful fighting girl has been both... -
Brighter Than You Think: 10 Short Works by Alan Moore: With Critical Essays by Marc Sobel by Marc Sobel
RRP: €20.22€14.48A collection of Alan Moore's (Watchmen, From Hell) difficult-to-find comics short stories. From bold experiments, through early takes on his favorite subjects, to self-critiques of his older work, this wide-ranging collection is an essential look at... -
Serial Selves: Identity and Representation in Autobiographical Comics by Frederik Byrn Kohlert 9780813592299
RRP: €109.48€93.32Autobiography is one of the most dynamic and quickly-growing genres in contemporary comics and graphic narratives. In Serial Selves, Frederik Byrn Kohlert examines the genre's potential for representing lives and perspectives that have been socially... -
Graphic Witness: Five Wordless Graphic Novels by Frans Masereel, Lynd Ward, Giacomo Patri, Erich Glas and Laurence Hyde by George Walker
RRP: €29.75€20.91""If you care about graphic novels, you need this book." - Bestselling author Neil Gaiman Graphic Witness features rare wordless novels by five great 20thcentury woodcut artists from Europe and North America. The stories they tell reflect the... -
Children's and Young Adult Comics by Gwen Athene Tarbox
RRP: €28.55€26.08A complete critical guide to the history, form and contexts of the genre, Children's and Young Adult Comics helps readers explore how comics have engaged with one of their most crucial audiences. In an accessible and easy-to-navigate format, the... -
The Claremont Run: Subverting Gender in the X-Men by J. Andrew Deman 9781477325452
RRP: €47.60€40.84A data-driven deep dive into a legendary comics author's subversion of gender norms within the bestselling comic of its time. By the time Chris Claremont's run as author of Uncanny X-Men ended in 1991, he had changed comic books forever. During his... -
Minutes to Midnight: Twelve Essays on Watchmen by Julian Darius
RRP: €14.27€13.34Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781466350892Author Julian DariusFormat PaperbackPage Count 180Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent... -
Superhero Comics by Christopher Gavaler
€37.18A complete guide to the history, form and contexts of the genre, Superhero Comics helps readers explore the most successful and familiar of comic book genres. In an accessible and easy-to-navigate format, the book reveals: *The history of... -
From Bayou to Abyss: Examining John Constantine, Hellblazer by Lou Tambone
RRP: €19.03€17.75Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781940589220Author Lou TamboneFormat PaperbackPage Count 364Imprint Sequart Research & Literacy OrganizationPublisher Sequart Research & Literacy... -
The Walking Dead: The Best of the Official Walking Dead Magazine by Titan Magazines
RRP: €21.41€16.34As The Walking Dead returns for its highly anticipated 7th season, fans of the show can celebrate all things The Walking Dead with this special collection of features, interviews and more pulled from the magazine, which has been keeping fans up to date... -
The Daniel Clowes Reader: Ghost World, Nine Short Stories, and Critical Materials - Comics About Art, Adolescence, and Real Life by Ken Parille 9781606995891
RRP: €41.65€27.17Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781606995891Author Ken ParilleFormat PaperbackPage Count 250Imprint FantagraphicsPublisher FantagraphicsWeight(grams) 829g -
Tim Sale: Black And White - Revised And Expanded by Richard Starkings 9781582408804
RRP: €42.83€29.57Tim Sale discusses his life and work in this comprehensive and lavishly illustrated volume.This new, revised, and expanded edition of the original sold-out and out-of-print Tim Sale: Black and White previously published by Active Images features... -
Sparring With Gil Kane: Debating The History and Aesthetics of Comics by Gary Groth 9781683960713
RRP: €27.36€18.66Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781683960713Author Gary GrothFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint FantagraphicsPublisher FantagraphicsWeight(grams) 717g -
Supergods: What Masked Vigilantes, Miraculous Mutants, and a Sun God from Smallville Can Teach Us about Being Human by Grant Morrison
RRP: €22.61€15.26Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812981384Author Grant MorrisonFormat PaperbackPage Count 480Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm) 203mm... -
Smoothing the Jew: Abie the Agent and Ethnic Caricature in the Progressive Era by Jeffrey A Marx 9781978836341
RRP: €35.69€33.99Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781978836341Author Jeffrey A MarxFormat PaperbackPage Count 210Imprint Rutgers University PressPublisher Rutgers University Press -
Drawn from the Classics: Essays on Graphic Adaptations of Literary Works by Stephen Tabachnick 9780786478798
RRP: €26.17€22.07The graphic novel is the most exciting literary format to emerge in the past thirty years. Among its more inspired uses has been the superlative adaptation of literary classics. Unlike the comic book abridgments aimed at young readers of an earlier... -
The Rise and Reason of Comics and Graphic Literature: Critical Essays on the Form by Joyce Goggin 9780786442942
RRP: €26.17€22.41These 15 essays investigate comic books and graphic novels, beginning with the early development of these media. The essays also place the work in a cultural context, addressing theory and terminology, adaptations of comic books, the superhero genre,... -
Web-Spinning Heroics: Critical Essays on the History and Meaning of Spider-Man by Robert Moses Peaslee 9780786446278
RRP: €26.17€22.07Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780786446278Author Robert Moses PeasleeFormat PaperbackPage Count 271Imprint McFarland & CompanyPublisher McFarland & CompanyWeight(grams) 480g -
Class, Please Open Your Comics: Essays on Teaching with Graphic Narratives by Matthew L. Miller 9780786495146
€40.40Unlike other books in the market, this one concentrates on best practices that expert teachers have used to teach comics in various college settings. Organized in six sections, the book begins with basic advice for beginners and moves to explain more... -
A Charlie Brown Religion: Exploring the Spiritual Life and Work of Charles M. Schulz by Stephen J. Lind 9781496804686
RRP: €59.44€48.89Charles M. Schulz's Peanuts comic strip franchise, the most successful of all time, forever changed the industry. For more than half a century, the endearing, witty insights brought to life by Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Linus, and Lucy have caused newspaper... -
Drawing (In) the Feminine: Bande Dessinée and Women by Margaret C Flinn 9780814215142
€128.07Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780814215142Author Margaret C FlinnFormat HardbackPage Count 279Imprint Ohio State University PressPublisher Ohio State University Press -
Twelve-Cent Archie by Bart Beaty 9780813590455
RRP: €41.65€37.51For over seventy-five years, Archie and the gang at Riverdale High have been America's most iconic teenagers, delighting generations of readers with their never-ending exploits. But despite their ubiquity, Archie comics have been relatively ignored by... -
The Cancer Plot: Terminal Immortality in Marvel’s Moral Universe by Reginald Wiebe 9781772127119
RRP: €36.88€29.50Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781772127119Author Reginald WiebeFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint University of Alberta PressPublisher University of Alberta PressWeight(grams) 550g -
Considering Watchmen by Andrew Hoberek 9780813590363
RRP: €41.65€39.29Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons's Watchmen has been widely hailed as a landmark in the development of the graphic novel. It was not only aesthetically groundbreaking but also anticipated future developments in politics, literature, and intellectual property... -
All of the Marvels: A Journey to the Ends of the Biggest Story Ever Told by Douglas Wolk 9780735222182
RRP: €21.42€15.55Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780735222182Author Douglas WolkFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 312gDimensions(mm) 208mm * 139mm *... -
The Quest for Jewish Belief and Identity in the Graphic Novel by Stephen E. Tabachnick
€44.48Many Jewish artists and writers contributed to the creation of popular comics and graphic novels, and in The Quest for Jewish Belief and Identity in the Graphic Novel, Stephen E. Tabachnick takes readers on an engaging tour of graphic novels that explore... -
Graphic Medicine by Erin La Cour
RRP: €29.69€24.99In Graphic Medicine, comics artists and scholars of life writing, literature, and comics explore the lived experience of illness and disability through original texts, images, and the dynamic interplay between the two. The essays and autobiographical... -
Seeing Mad: Essays on Mad Magazine's Humor and Legacy by Judith Yaross Lee
RRP: €54.68€47.36Seeing Mad is an illustrated volume of scholarly essays about the popular and influential humor magazine Mad, with topics ranging across its 65-year history-up to last summer's downsizing announcement that Mad will publish less new material and will be... -
Latinx Superheroes in Mainstream Comics by Frederick Luis Aldama
RRP: €29.69€24.11Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780816537082Author Frederick Luis AldamaFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint University of Arizona PressPublisher University of Arizona Press -
PathoGraphics: Narrative, Aesthetics, Contention, Community by Susan Merrill Squier
RRP: €111.80€100.00Culturally powerful ideas of normalcy and deviation, individual responsibility, and what is medically feasible shape the ways in which we live with illness and disability. The essays in this volume show how illness narratives expressed in a variety of... -
Perfect Copies: Reproduction and the Contemporary Comic by Shiamin Kwa
RRP: €33.31€29.14Analyzing the way that recent works of graphic narrative use the comics form to engage with the "problem" of reproduction, Shiamin Kwa's Perfect Copies reminds us that the mode of production and the manner in which we perceive comics are often quite... -
Multicultural Comics: From Zap to Blue Beetle by Frederick Luis Aldama
RRP: €26.17€23.65Multicultural Comics: From Zap to Blue Beetle is the first comprehensive look at comic books by and about race and ethnicity. The thirteen essays tease out for the general reader the nuances of how such multicultural comics skillfully combine visual and...