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Michael Allred: Conversations
ISBN: 9781496814838 / Angielski / Miękka / 198 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Michael Allred (b. 1962) stands out for his blend of spiritual and philosophical approaches with an art style reminiscent of 1960s era superhero comics, which creates a mixture of both postmodernism and nostalgia. Michael Allred: Conversations features several interviews with the cartoonist from his early days to his current mainstream work for Marvel Comics.
Michael Allred (b. 1962) stands out for his blend of spiritual and philosophical approaches with an art style reminiscent of 1960s era superhero comic...
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117,50 |
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Marvel's Mutants: The X-Men Comics of Chris Claremont
ISBN: 9781788311526 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 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. Chris Claremont wrote the comic from 1975 to 1991, developing new characters such as Wolverine and Storm, and taking themes from Freudian psychology, Christian temptation narratives, Existentialist philosophy, and the language of sub-cultural identity. Marvel's Mutants is the first book devoted to the aesthetics of these comics that laid the foundation...
In 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 th...
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92,75 |
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Moving Target: The History and Evolution of Green Arrow
ISBN: 9781940589169 / Angielski / Miękka / 340 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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72,79 |
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Children's and Young Adult Comics
ISBN: 9781350009196 / Angielski / Miękka / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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117,50 |
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Children's and Young Adult Comics
ISBN: 9781350009202 / Angielski / Twarda / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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412,44 |
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The Man Who Watched Batman Vol. 4: An in depth analysis of Batman: The animated series
ISBN: 9781974007516 / Angielski / Miękka / 162 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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60,69 |
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The Forensic Comicologist: Insights from a Life in Comics
ISBN: 9781476672670 / Angielski / Miękka / 270 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Forensic Comicologist is both a play on words and a proper description of the science of collecting comic books. Chapters delve into the history of comics, coupled with the history of collecting those comics. The book also explains why some comics are popular and others are not.
The Forensic Comicologist is both a play on words and a proper description of the science of collecting comic books. Chapters delve into the history o...
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167,87 |
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Nazi Germany as Reflected in American Caricatures 1933-1945 : Editorial Cartoons by Pulitzer Prize Winners
ISBN: 9783643909428 / Angielski / Miękka / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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164,98 |
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Redrawing the Historical Past: History, Memory, and Multiethnic Graphic Novels
ISBN: 9780820352008 / Angielski / Miękka / 370 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Examines how multiethnic graphic novels portray and revise US history. This is the first collection to focus exclusively on the interplay of history and memory in multiethnic graphic novels. Such interplay enables a new understanding of the past. The collection represents an original body of criticism about recently published works that have received scant scholarly attention.
Examines how multiethnic graphic novels portray and revise US history. This is the first collection to focus exclusively on the interplay of history a...
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198,83 |
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Redrawing the Historical Past: History, Memory, and Multiethnic Graphic Novels
ISBN: 9780820352015 / Angielski / Twarda / 370 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Redrawing the Historical Past examines how multiethnic graphic novels portray and revise U.S. history. This is the first collection to focus exclusively on the interplay of history and memory in multiethnic graphic novels. Such interplay enables a new understanding of the past.
Redrawing the Historical Past examines how multiethnic graphic novels portray and revise U.S. history. This is the first collection to focus exclusive...
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561,71 |
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Comic Connections: Reflecting on Women in Popular Culture
ISBN: 9781475828054 / Angielski / Miękka / 158 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is intended to be both an introduction to comics as well as a text for specific, ready-to-use activities that instructors can immediate use.
This book is intended to be both an introduction to comics as well as a text for specific, ready-to-use activities that instructors can immediate use.
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122,44 |
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Reading Graphic Novels: Genre and Narration
ISBN: 9783110577709 / Angielski / Miękka / 227 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Distinguishing the graphic novel from other types of comic books has presented problems due to the fuzziness of category boundaries. Against the backdrop of prototype theory, the author establishes the graphic novel as a genre whose core feature is complexity, which again is defined by seven gradable subcategories: 1) multilayered plot and narration, 2) multireferential use of color, 3) complex text-image relation, 4) meaning-enhancing panel design and layout, 5) structural performativity, 6) references to texts/media, and 7) self-referential and metafictional devices. Regarding the...
Distinguishing the graphic novel from other types of comic books has presented problems due to the fuzziness of category boundaries. Against the backd...
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89,02 |
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Comics and Adaptation
ISBN: 9781496803375 / Angielski / Twarda / 238 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Both comics studies and adaptation studies have grown separately over the past twenty years. Yet there are few in-depth studies of comic books and adaptations together. Available for the first time in English, this collection pores over the phenomenon of comic books and adaptation, sifting through comics as both sources and results of adaptation.
Both comics studies and adaptation studies have grown separately over the past twenty years. Yet there are few in-depth studies of comic books and ada...
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445,69 |
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Gary Larson and the Far Side
ISBN: 9781496817280 / Angielski / Twarda / 230 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Kerry D. Soper reminds us of The Far Side's groundbreaking qualities and cultural significance in this book. In this first full study of Larson's art, Soper follows the arc of the cartoonist's life and career, describing the aesthetic and comedic qualities of his work, probing the business side of his success, and exploring how The Far Side connected with its core readers.
Kerry D. Soper reminds us of The Far Side's groundbreaking qualities and cultural significance in this book. In this first full study of Larson's art,...
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445,69 |
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Gary Larson and the Far Side
ISBN: 9781496817631 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Kerry D. Soper reminds us of The Far Side's groundbreaking qualities and cultural significance in this book. In this first full study of Larson's art, Soper follows the arc of the cartoonist's life and career, describing the aesthetic and comedic qualities of his work, probing the business side of his success, and exploring how The Far Side connected with its core readers.
Kerry D. Soper reminds us of The Far Side's groundbreaking qualities and cultural significance in this book. In this first full study of Larson's art,...
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137,09 |
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Graphic Novels for Children and Young Adults: A Collection of Critical Essays
ISBN: 9781496818447 / Angielski / Miękka / 372 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Offers a critical examination of children's and YA comics. The anthology is divided into five sections - structure and narration; transmedia; pedagogy; gender and sexuality; and identity - that reflect crucial issues and recurring topics in comics scholarship during the twenty-first century.
Offers a critical examination of children's and YA comics. The anthology is divided into five sections - structure and narration; transmedia; pedagogy...
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137,09 |
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Peter Kuper: Conversations
ISBN: 9781496818454 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Peter Kuper (b. 1958), one of America's leading cartoonists, has created work recognized around the world. Along with two dozen images, this volume features ten lively, informative interviews with Kuper. The book also includes a quartet of revealing interviews with underground comix legends R. Crumb and Vaughn Bode, Mad magazine publisher William Gaines, and Jack Kirby.
Peter Kuper (b. 1958), one of America's leading cartoonists, has created work recognized around the world. Along with two dozen images, this volume fe...
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117,50 |
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Jim Shooter: Conversations
ISBN: 9781496818461 / Angielski / Miękka / 252 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As an American comic book writer, editor, and businessman, Jim Shooter (b. 1951) remains among the most important figures in the history of the medium. Interviews collected in this book span Shooter's career. Included here is a 1969 interview that shows a restless teenager; the 1973 interview that returned Shooter to comics; and a discussion from 1980 during his pinnacle at Marvel.
As an American comic book writer, editor, and businessman, Jim Shooter (b. 1951) remains among the most important figures in the history of the medium...
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117,50 |
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The Comics of Charles Schulz: The Good Grief of Modern Life
ISBN: 9781496818478 / Angielski / Miękka / 234 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Collects new essays on the work of the creator of the immensely popular Peanuts comic strip. Despite Schulz's celebrity, few scholarly books on his work and career have been published. This collection serves as a foundation for future study not only of Charles Schulz (1922-2000) but, more broadly, of the under-studied medium of newspaper comics.
Collects new essays on the work of the creator of the immensely popular Peanuts comic strip. Despite Schulz's celebrity, few scholarly books on his wo...
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97,90 |
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The 10 Cent War: Comic Books, Propaganda, and World War II
ISBN: 9781496818485 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. One of the most overlooked aspects of the Allied war effort involved a surprising initiative - comic book propaganda. Comic book superheroes and everyday characters modelled positive behaviours and encouraged readers to keep scrapping. The 10 Cent War presents a riveting analysis of how different types of comic books and comic book characters supplied reasons and means to support the war.
One of the most overlooked aspects of the Allied war effort involved a surprising initiative - comic book propaganda. Comic book superheroes and every...
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137,09 |