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Jeff Smith: Conversations by Frederick Luis Aldama 9781496824806
RRP: £29.95£17.53First with his magisterial fantasy Bone to his mind-bending, time-warping sci-fi noir RASL, Paleolithic-Set fantasy Tuki: Save the Humans, arthouse-styled superheroic miniSeries Shazam!, and his latest children's book Smiley's Dream Book, Jeff Smith (b... -
Hemingway in Comics by Robert K. Elder
RRP: £32.95£19.97Ernest Hemingway casts a long shadow in literature--reaching beyond his status as a giant of 20th-century fiction and a Nobel Prize winner--extending even into comic books. Appearing variously with Superman, Mickey Mouse, Captain Marvel, and Cerebus, he... -
Comics Studies: A Guidebook by Charles Hatfield
RRP: £33.00£30.81Nominee for the 2021 Eisner Awards Best Academic/Scholarly Work In the twenty-first century, the field of comics studies has exploded. Scholarship on graphic novels, comic books, comic strips, webcomics, manga, and all forms of comic art has grown at a... -
Desegregating Comics: Debating Blackness in the Golden Age of American Comics by Qiana Whitted
RRP: £29.99£26.50Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781978825017Author Qiana WhittedFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Rutgers University PressPublisher Rutgers University Press -
Robin and the Making of American Adolescence by Lauren R. O'Connor
RRP: £25.99£23.62Holy adolescence, Batman! Robin and the Making of American Adolescence offers the first character history and analysis of the most famous superhero sidekick, Robin. Debuting just a few months after Batman himself, Robin has been an integral part of the... -
Rebuilding Story Worlds: The Obscure Cities by Schuiten and Peeters by Jan Baetens
RRP: £85.00£76.82A collaboration between Belgian artist Francois Schuiten and French writer Benoit Peeters, The Obscure Cities is one of the few comics series to achieve massive popularity while remaining highly experimental in form and content. Set in a parallel world,... -
Otto Binder: The Life and Work of a Comic Book and Science Fiction Visionary by Bill Schelly
RRP: £17.99£12.95Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781623170370Author Bill SchellyFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint North Atlantic Books,U.S.Publisher North Atlantic Books,U.S.Weight(grams) 572g -
New Realities: The Comics of Dash Shaw by Greg Hunter
RRP: £14.99£11.39Dash Shaw is one of the most restless cartoonists of recent decades, constantly evolving in how he approaches the comics page. In the years since his breakthrough graphic novel Bottomless Belly Button, he has continued to create acclaimed, idiosyncratic... -
Dreaming the Graphic Novel: The Novelization of Comics by Paul Williams
RRP: £124.00£107.04Winner of the Best Book Award in Comics History from the Grand Comics Database Honorable Mention, 2019-2020 Research Society for American Periodicals Book Prize The term "graphic novel" was first coined in 1964, but it wouldn't be broadly used until... -
Manga Vision: Cultural & Communicative Perspectives by Queenie Chan
RRP: £33.99£29.67Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781925377064Author Sarah Pasfield NeofitouFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint Monash University PublishingPublisher Monash University... -
The Art of Pere Joan: Space, Landscape, and Comics Form by Benjamin Fraser
£42.64Born in Mallorca, Pere Joan Riera (known professionally as Pere Joan) thrived in the underground comics world, beginning in the mid-1970s with the self-published collections Baladas Urbanas and MuZrdago, both of which were released almost immediately... -
Graphic Borders: Latino Comic Books Past, Present, and Future by Frederick Luis Aldama
RRP: £23.99£20.84From the influential work of Los Bros Hernandez in Love & Rockets, to comic strips and political cartoons, to traditional superheroes made nontraditional by means of racial and sexual identity (e.g., Miles Morales/Spider-Man), comics have become a... -
Comics of the New Europe: Reflections and Intersections by Martha Kuhlman
RRP: £53.00£43.09Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789462702127Author Martha KuhlmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 300Imprint Leuven University PressPublisher Leuven University Press -
Gender, Eating Disorders, and Graphic Medicine by Anu Mary Peter
RRP: £49.99£43.50Developing an understanding of eating disorders beyond the biological/medical framework has become a necessity in present times, especially when eating disorders are swiftly spreading deep roots across the world. In view of the multidimensional etiology... -
Contemporary Comics Storytelling by Karin Kukkonen
RRP: £45.00£41.29What if fairy-tale characters lived in New York City? What if a superhero knew he was a fictional character? What if you could dispense your own justice with one hundred untraceable bullets? These are the questions asked and answered in the course of the... -
Arresting Development: Comics at the Boundaries of Literature by Christopher Pizzino
RRP: £23.99£21.89Mainstream narratives of the graphic novel's development describe the form's "coming of age," its maturation from pulp infancy to literary adulthood. In Arresting Development, Christopher Pizzino questions these established narratives, arguing that the... -
Comics and Narration by Thierry Groensteen
RRP: £109.00£100.95This book is the follow-up to Thierry Groensteen's groundbreaking The System of Comics, in which the leading French-language comics theorist set out to investigate how the medium functions, introducing the principle of iconic solidarity, and showing the... -
Picturing Childhood: Youth in Transnational Comics by Mark Heimermann
RRP: £21.99£20.18Comics and childhood have had a richly intertwined history for nearly a century. From Richard Outcault's Yellow Kid, Winsor McCay's Little Nemo, and Harold Gray's Little Orphan Annie to Herge's Tintin (Belgium), Jose Escobar's Zipi and Zape (Spain), and... -
Alan Moore: A Critical Guide by Professor Jackson Ayres
RRP: £75.00£39.49A complete guide to the comics work of the writer Alan Moore, this book helps readers explore one of the genre's most important, compelling and subversive writers. In an accessible and easy-to-navigate format, the book covers: * Moore's... -
Love, Sex, Gender, and Superheroes by Jeffrey A. Brown
RRP: £25.99£23.62Impossibly muscular men and voluptuous women parade around in revealing, skintight outfits, and their romantic and sexual entanglements are a key part of the ongoing drama. Such is the state of superhero comics and movies, a genre that has become one of... -
Projections: Comics and the History of Twenty-First-Century Storytelling by Jared Gardner
RRP: £21.99£20.59When Art Spiegelman's Maus won the Pulitzer Prize in 1992, it marked a new era for comics. Comics are now taken seriously by the same academic and cultural institutions that long dismissed the form. And the visibility of comics continues to increase,... -
Keywords for Comics Studies by Ramzi Fawaz
RRP: £22.99£20.41Introduces key terms, research traditions, debates, and histories, and offers a sense of the new frontiers emerging in the field of comics studies Across more than fifty original essays, Keywords for Comics Studies provides a rich, interdisciplinary... -
Panthers, Hulks and Ironhearts: Marvel, Diversity and the 21st Century Superhero by Jeffrey A. Brown
RRP: £28.99£24.96Marvel is one of the hottest media companies in the world right now, and its beloved superheroes are all over film, television and comic books. Yet rather than simply cashing in on the popularity of iconic white male characters like Peter Parker, Tony... -
Voyage in Noise: Warren Ellis and the Demise of Western Civilization by Kevin Thurman
RRP: £12.99£12.14Apologies 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 Catriona MacLeod (University of London Institute in Paris) 9781789383904
RRP: £85.00£49.44This 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: £23.99£20.84The 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: £26.99£24.51The 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: £23.99£21.892023 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 Matthew J. Smith 9781138359536
RRP: £42.99£39.02In 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: £17.99£14.92In 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
£38.10Apologies 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)... -
Investigating Lois Lane: The Turbulent History of the Daily Planet's Ace Reporter by Tim Hanley 9781613733325
RRP: £20.95£16.88In 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:... -
Zorro's Shadow: How a Mexican Legend Became America's First Superhero by Stephen J.C. Andes
RRP: £16.95£12.69"SADDLE UP! Andes takes us on an exhilarating, dust-kicking ride through the actual origins and history of the first hemispheric Latinx superhero: Zorro." -Frederick Luis Aldama, editor of Tales from la Vida: A Latinx Zorro's Shadow explores the masked... -
Horror Comics in Black and White: A History and Catalog, 1964-2004 by Richard J. Arndt 9780786470259
RRP: £28.99£23.38In 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... -
The Walking Dead Comic Companion: Volume 2 by Samuel Titan, Jr. 9781785862984
RRP: £17.99£9.23This 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... -
Wonder Woman by Noah Berlatsky
RRP: £31.00£29.08William 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: £28.99£24.96The 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... -
Marvel Comics' Civil War and the Age of Terror: Critical Essays on the Comic Saga Kevin Michael Scott 9780786496891
RRP: £21.99£17.97Marvel Comics has an established tradition of addressing relevant real-life issues facing the American public. With the publication of Civil War (2006-2007), a seven-issue crossover storyline spanning the Marvel universe, they focused on contemporary... -
The Claremont Run: Subverting Gender in the X-Men J. Andrew Deman 9781477330753
RRP: £27.99£25.33A 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... -
Batgirl and Beyond: The Dynamic History of the Heroines of Gotham City Tim Hanley 9781538192429
RRP: £30.00£25.50Explores the history of Batgirlfrom her groundbreaking comics debut to her disappointing live-action appearances and beyond.For over sixty years, every woman who took on the mantle of Batgirl has been a powerful, independent heroine, belying the sidekick...