The first manga widely available in English, MAI, THE PSYCHIC GIRL -- written by Kazuya Kudo, with art by Ryoichi Ikegami -- offered a near-perfect story for American readers: a realistic super-hero story, in line with revisionist American comics of the time (like WATCHMEN). In this short book, Dr. Julian Darius explores the comic, its depiction of super-powers, its relationship to revisionism, its depiction of female sexuality, and the various attempts to adapt the story as a motion picture. From Sequart Organization. More info at http: //sequart.org
The first manga widely available in English, MAI, THE PSYCHIC GIRL -- written by Kazuya Kudo, with art by Ryoichi Ikegami -- offered a near-perfect st...
No other run divides Legion of Super-Hero fans like Keith Giffen's. To detractors, it dismantled everything good about the series. In this short book, Dr. Julian Darius argues that Giffen's run offered an ambitious and unprecedented response to the growing maturity of super-hero comics - one that, far from trashing Legion history, actually respected it.
No other run divides Legion of Super-Hero fans like Keith Giffen's. To detractors, it dismantled everything good about the series. In this short book,...
In the title story, a man's girlfriend gives birth while visiting her sick aunt in New Mexico. When he goes to visit them and his newborn child, he discovers his girlfriend's Native American heritage... and has a hallucinatory experience that will haunt their relationship for years to come. Also included is "Inherited Things," a short and disturbing vampire story starring two generations of the wealthy Sedgwick family. From Martian Lit. More info at http: //martianlit.com
In the title story, a man's girlfriend gives birth while visiting her sick aunt in New Mexico. When he goes to visit them and his newborn child, he di...
In 1977, the cinematic world was changed forever, thanks to a science-fantasy film about a farm boy, a princess, a wizard, a cyborg, two smugglers, and a pair of robots. George Lucas's STAR WARS was a visual and audio extravaganza like nothing anyone had seen before. Today, STAR WARS remains not only a major franchise but a pop-culture phenomenon like no other. A LONG TIME AGO: EXPLORING THE STAR WARS CINEMATIC UNIVERSE examines the entire STAR WARS saga on the large and small screens. From theatrical films to TV movies, from cartoons and commercials to variety shows and video-based...
In 1977, the cinematic world was changed forever, thanks to a science-fantasy film about a farm boy, a princess, a wizard, a cyborg, two smugglers, an...
