This definitive, unauthorized study of Christopher Nolan's landmark 2005 film demonstrates how BATMAN BEGINS adapted and fused a half century of comic books into a single, unified movie. This book also examines past attempts to film Batman's origins, how those origins evolved over time, and where Nolan's realism falls on a spectrum with past Batman movies and even the 1960s TV show. Dr. Julian Darius manages to reveal secrets to even the most hardcore Batman fan, while remaining fully accessible to those new to the character. From Sequart Research & Literacy Organization. More info at http:...
This definitive, unauthorized study of Christopher Nolan's landmark 2005 film demonstrates how BATMAN BEGINS adapted and fused a half century of comic...
Grant Morrison redefined comics in the 1980s and early '90s, from his trailblazing creation of ZENITH, through his metatextual innovations in ANIMAL MAN, to his Dadaist super-heroes in DOOM PATROL. Along the way, he also addressed Batman with his multi-layered ARKHAM ASYLUM and his literary "Gothic" storyline. Callahan examines all five works in detail, drawing out their evolving themes and exploring Morrison's sometimes difficult texts in plain language. Rounding out the volume: an exclusive interview with Morrison, a foreword by popular comics writer Jason Aaron, and an appendix addressing...
Grant Morrison redefined comics in the 1980s and early '90s, from his trailblazing creation of ZENITH, through his metatextual innovations in ANIMAL M...
Grant Morrison's THE INVISIBLES has been hailed as an ambitious comics masterpiece, the key to Morrison's entire body of work, and the inspiration for THE MATRIX. But it's also frequently written off as incomprehensible. Using a conversational, accessible style, Patrick Meaney (director of GRANT MORRISON: TALKING WITH GODS) opens up THE INVISIBLES through in-depth analysis that makes sense of the series's complicated ideas, fractured chronology, and delirious blend of fiction and reality. Meaney also explores how the series's fictional conspiracy theories fare in the wake of 9/11 and the War...
Grant Morrison's THE INVISIBLES has been hailed as an ambitious comics masterpiece, the key to Morrison's entire body of work, and the inspiration for...
VARIETY writer Thomas J. McLean offers the definitive study of the original X-Men movie trilogy. Using both the source material and interviews conducted solely for this book, he traces each film's development process, adaptation of the X-Men comics mythos, and reception. He also examines previous attempts to adapt the X-Men for the screen, omitted scenes, the films' novelizations and prequel comics, and the trilogy's lasting legacy. From Sequart Research & Literacy Organization. More info at http: //Sequart.org
VARIETY writer Thomas J. McLean offers the definitive study of the original X-Men movie trilogy. Using both the source material and interviews conduct...
Published in 2002-2003, Grant Morrison and Chris Weston's THE FILTH is disgusting, deeply disturbing, and a comic-book masterpiece that inoculates readers against the problems of the postmodern condition. So says Tom Shapira, who also explores THE FILTH's relationship to Morrison's THE INVISIBLES, to the 1999 film THE MATRIX, and to the work of Alan Moore. The book also includes interviews with Grant Morrison, Chris Weston, and inker Gary Erskine, plus art from Weston illuminating the design of the series and containing imagery censored in the printed comic. From Sequart Research & Literacy...
Published in 2002-2003, Grant Morrison and Chris Weston's THE FILTH is disgusting, deeply disturbing, and a comic-book masterpiece that inoculates rea...
In 1988, Alan Moore and Brian Bolland's BATMAN: THE KILLING JOKE offered a violent, literate, and controversial take on the Joker's origins and his relationship with Batman. Now, Dr. Julian Darius examines it in the context of the high-art ambitions of 1980s super-hero comics, exposing the narrative's ambiguities and secrets. From Sequart Organization. More info at http: //sequart.org
In 1988, Alan Moore and Brian Bolland's BATMAN: THE KILLING JOKE offered a violent, literate, and controversial take on the Joker's origins and his re...
INFINITE CRISIS wasn't just a crossover mini-series; it was a sprawling network of multiple such mini-series, leading both in and out of the main one. It redefined not only the DC Universe but what a crossover could be. In its scale, it exaggerated both the advantages and the downsides of the universe-wide crossover form. In this short book, Dr. Julian Darius explores the event from start to finish, including its place in the history of super-hero comics. From Sequart Organization. More info at http: //sequart.org
INFINITE CRISIS wasn't just a crossover mini-series; it was a sprawling network of multiple such mini-series, leading both in and out of the main one....
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,...
