Comics and Narration
ISBN: 9781496802569 / Angielski / Miękka / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This 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 systems that underlie the articulation between panels at three levels: page layout, linear sequence, and nonsequential links woven through the comic book as a whole. He now develops that analysis further, using examples from a very wide range of comics, including the work of American artists such as Chris Ware and Robert Crumb. He... This book is the follow-up to Thierry Groensteen's groundbreaking The System of Comics, in which the leading French-language comics theorist... |
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189,72 zł |
Comics and Language: Reimagining Critical Discourse on the Form
ISBN: 9781496802606 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. It has become an axiom in comic studies that -comics is a language, not a genre.- But what exactly does that mean, and how is discourse on the form both aided and hindered by thinking of it in linguistic terms? In Comics and Language, Hannah Miodrag challenges many of the key assumptions about the -grammar- and formal characteristics of comics, and offers a more nuanced, theoretical framework that she argues will better serve the field by offering a consistent means for communicating critical theory in the scholarship. Through engaging close readings and an accessible use of theory,... It has become an axiom in comic studies that -comics is a language, not a genre.- But what exactly does that mean, and how is discourse on the form... |
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189,72 zł |
Drawing from Life: Memory and Subjectivity in Comic Art
ISBN: 9781496802644 / Angielski / Miękka / 300 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Autobiography has seen enormous expansions and challenges over the past decades. One of these expansions has been in comics, and it is an expansion that pushes back against any postmodern notion of the death of the author/subject, while also demanding new approaches from critics. Drawing from Life: Memory and Subjectivity in Comic Art is a collection of essays about autobiography, semiautobiography, fictionalized autobiography, memory, and self-narration in sequential art, or comics. Contributors come from a range of academic backgrounds including English, American studies,... Autobiography has seen enormous expansions and challenges over the past decades. One of these expansions has been in comics, and it is an expansion... |
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189,72 zł |
The Comic Book Film Adaptation: Exploring Modern Hollywood's Leading Genre
ISBN: 9781628462036 / Angielski / Twarda / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. -There is no better, smarter examination of the relationship between comics and film.- --Mark Waid, Eisner Award-winning writer of Kingdom Come and Daredevil In the summer of 2000 X-Men surpassed all box office expectations and ushered in an era of unprecedented production of comic book film adaptations. This trend, now in its second decade, has blossomed into Hollywood's leading genre. From superheroes to Spartan warriors, The Comic Book Film Adaptation offers the first dedicated study to examine how comic books moved from the fringes of popular... -There is no better, smarter examination of the relationship between comics and film.- --Mark Waid, Eisner Award-winning writer of Kingdom ... |
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591,71 zł |
Peter Bagge: Conversations
ISBN: 9781628462043 / Angielski / Twarda / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For fans of Peter Bagge (b. 1957) and his bracing satirical writing and drawing, this collection offers a perfect means to track how he describes his career choices, work habits, preoccupations, and comedic sensibility since the 1980s. Featuring a new interview and much previously unavailable material, this book delivers insightful, occasionally gossipy, sometimes funny, and often tart conversations. His career has intersected with the modern history of comics, from underground comix and indie comics to comics journalism and graphic nonfiction. Bagge's detailed, garrulous, and often... For fans of Peter Bagge (b. 1957) and his bracing satirical writing and drawing, this collection offers a perfect means to track how he describes h... |
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591,71 zł |
The Joker: A Serious Study of the Clown Prince of Crime
ISBN: 9781628462388 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Along with Batman, Spider-Man, and Superman, the Joker stands out as one of the most recognizable comics characters in popular culture. While there has been a great deal of scholarly attention on superheroes, very little has been done to understand supervillains. This is the first academic work to provide a comprehensive study of this villain, illustrating why the Joker appears so relevant to audiences today. Batman's foe has cropped up in thousands of comics, numerous animated series, and three major blockbuster feature films since 1966. Actually, the Joker debuted in DC comics... Along with Batman, Spider-Man, and Superman, the Joker stands out as one of the most recognizable comics characters in popular culture. While there... |
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591,71 zł |
On the Graphic Novel
ISBN: 9781628464818 / Angielski / Twarda / 254 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A noted comics artist himself, Santiago Garcia follows the history of the graphic novel from early nineteenth-century European sequential art, through the development of newspaper strips in the United States, to the development of the twentieth-century comic book and its subsequent crisis. He considers the aesthetic and entrepreneurial innovations that established the conditions for the rise of the graphic novel all over the world. Garcia not only treats the formal components of the art, but also examines the cultural position of comics in various formats as a popular medium. Typically... A noted comics artist himself, Santiago Garcia follows the history of the graphic novel from early nineteenth-century European sequential art, thro... |
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591,71 zł |
Drawn from the Classics: Essays on Graphic Adaptations of Literary Works
ISBN: 9780786478798 / Angielski / Miękka / 292 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The graphic novel is the most exciting literary and artistic form to emerge during the past thirty years. One of the most inspired uses of this new form has been the creation of high-quality adaptations of literary classics. Unlike the previous abridged and simplified comic book adaptations which were aimed at younger readers, most new graphic novel adaptations are created for adults, and can capture the subtlety and complexity of any literary work, no matter how sophisticated. The expert contributors to this book--the first and the only volume to be exclusively devoted to graphic novel...
The graphic novel is the most exciting literary and artistic form to emerge during the past thirty years. One of the most inspired uses of this new fo...
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176,68 zł |
Class, Please Open Your Comics: Essays on Teaching with Graphic Narratives
ISBN: 9780786495146 / Angielski / Miękka / 284 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Unlike 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 advanced ways to use comics in courses. Teachers who have struggled with weak visual literacy skills among students will learn strategies to overcome those problems. One method that will be covered is the creation of student-generated comics. The book actually has several student examples. Multimodal composition is explained in the book,...
Unlike other books in the market, this one concentrates on best practices that expert teachers have used to teach comics in various college settings. ...
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176,68 zł |
From Comic Strips to Graphic Novels: Contributions to the Theory and History of Graphic Narrative
ISBN: 9783110426564 / Angielski / Miękka / 422 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This essay collection examines the theory and history of graphic narrative as one of the most interesting and versatile forms of storytelling in contemporary media culture. Its contributions test the applicability of narratological concepts to graphic narrative, examine aspects of graphic narrative beyond the 'single work', consider the development of particular narrative strategies within individual genres, and trace the forms and functions of graphic narrative across cultures. Analyzing a wide range of texts, genres, and narrative strategies from both theoretical and historical... This essay collection examines the theory and history of graphic narrative as one of the most interesting and versatile forms of storytelling in co... |
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107,27 zł |
The Ages of Iron Man: Essays on the Armored Avenger in Changing Times
ISBN: 9780786478422 / Angielski / Miękka / 236 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Billionaire industrialist, cold warrior, weapons designer, alcoholic, philanthropist, Avenger Tony Stark, alter-ego of Marvel Comics Iron Man, has played many roles in his five decades as a superhero. From his 1963 comics debut in Tales of Suspense to the recent film adaptations The Avengers(2012), Iron Man 3(2013) hundreds of creators have had a hand in writing the character with evolving depictions and distinct artistic styles. This collection of essays provides an historical overview of an important figure in American popular culture and a close reading of Iron Man s...
Billionaire industrialist, cold warrior, weapons designer, alcoholic, philanthropist, Avenger Tony Stark, alter-ego of Marvel Comics Iron Man, has pla...
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120,03 zł |
Dick Grayson, Boy Wonder: Scholars and Creators on 75 Years of Robin, Nightwing and Batman
ISBN: 9780786497881 / Angielski / Miękka / 360 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Dick Grayson-alter-ego of the original Robin of Batman comics-has gone through various changes in his 75 years as a superhero but has remained the optimistic, humorous character readers first embraced in 1940. Predating Green Lantern and Wonder Woman, he is one of DC Comics' oldest heroes and retains a large and loyal fanbase. The first scholarly work to focus exclusively on the Boy Wonder, this collection of new essays features critical analysis, as well as interviews with some of the biggest names to write Dick Grayson, including Chuck Dixon, Devin Grayson and Marv Wolfman. The contributors...
Dick Grayson-alter-ego of the original Robin of Batman comics-has gone through various changes in his 75 years as a superhero but has remained the opt...
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176,68 zł |
Revisionism, Radical Experimentation, and Dystopia in Keith Giffen's Legion of Super-Heroes
ISBN: 9781481038553 / Angielski / Miękka / 64 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 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,...
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25,56 zł |
Blind Dates and Broken Hearts: The Tragic Loves of Matthew Murdock
ISBN: 9781482588101 / Angielski / Miękka / 66 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Daredevil is perhaps the one super-hero not defined by his villains so much as his loves. His major love affairs -- Elektra, Karen Page, Typhoid Mary, the Black Widow, Milla Donovan -- tend to end badly, often in murder, insanity, and betrayal. They define periods of his life, but they also define this character, who became a super-hero both to earn and to escape his father's love. In this short book, Ryan K. Lindsay offers a new lens through which to see Matt Murdock's troubled history and tormented psyche. (The contents of this book will be included in "The Devil is in the Details:...
Daredevil is perhaps the one super-hero not defined by his villains so much as his loves. His major love affairs -- Elektra, Karen Page, Typhoid Mary,...
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25,56 zł |
The Future of Comics, the Future of Men: Matt Fraction's Casanova
ISBN: 9781940589084 / Angielski / Miękka / 136 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Matt Fraction, Gabriel Ba, and Fabio Moon's Casanova is a stylish adventure about a sexy, amoral, universe-hopping, time-traveling, science-fiction spy caught in a war between militaristic E.M.P.I.R.E. and the decadent and villainous W.A.S.T.E., led by a be-suited and bandaged cackling madman in sunglasses. But beneath its pop surface, Casanova is doing more. It challenges the corporate-driven comic book production model, in which Disney and Time Warner own all the major superheroes. And it critiques the vision of masculinity, limited and damaging, that informs so much of modern superhero...
Matt Fraction, Gabriel Ba, and Fabio Moon's Casanova is a stylish adventure about a sexy, amoral, universe-hopping, time-traveling, science-fiction sp...
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55,42 zł |
Many More Lives of the Batman
ISBN: 9781844577644 / Angielski / Miękka / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Many Lives of the Batman (1991) was a pioneer within cultural and comic book scholarship. This fresh new sequel retains the best of the original chapters but also includes images, new chapters and new contributions from the Batman writers and editors. Spanning 75 years and multiple incarnations, this is the definitive history of Batman.
The Many Lives of the Batman (1991) was a pioneer within cultural and comic book scholarship. This fresh new sequel retains the best of the original c...
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134,03 zł |
Many More Lives of the Batman
ISBN: 9781844577651 / Angielski / Twarda / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Many Lives of the Batman (1991) was a pioneer within cultural and comic book scholarship. This fresh new sequel retains the best of the original chapters but also includes images, new chapters and new contributions from the Batman writers and editors. Spanning 75 years and multiple incarnations, this is the definitive history of Batman.
The Many Lives of the Batman (1991) was a pioneer within cultural and comic book scholarship. This fresh new sequel retains the best of the original c...
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464,14 zł |
Disaster Drawn: Visual Witness, Comics, and Documentary Form
ISBN: 9780674504516 / Angielski / Twarda / 376 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In hard-hitting accounts of Auschwitz, Bosnia, Palestine, and Hiroshima's Ground Zero, comics display a stunning capacity to bear witness to trauma. Investigating how hand-drawn comics has come of age as a serious medium for engaging history, Disaster Drawn explores the ways graphic narratives by diverse artists, including Jacques Callot, Francisco Goya, Keiji Nakazawa, Art Spiegelman, and Joe Sacco, document the disasters of war. Hillary L. Chute traces how comics inherited graphic print traditions and innovations from the seventeenth century and later, pointing out that at... In hard-hitting accounts of Auschwitz, Bosnia, Palestine, and Hiroshima's Ground Zero, comics display a stunning capacity to bear witness to trauma... |
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162,58 zł |
Comics as History, Comics as Literature: Roles of the Comic Book in Scholarship, Society, and Entertainment
ISBN: 9781611478525 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This anthology hosts a collection of essays examining the role of comics as portals for historical and academic content, while keeping the approach on an international market versus the American one. Few resources currently exist showing the cross-disciplinary aspects of comics. Some of the chapters examine the use of Wonder Woman during World War II, the development and culture of French comics, and theories of Locke and Hobbs in regards to the state of nature and the bonds of community. More so, the continual use of comics for the retelling of classic tales and current events demonstrates...
This anthology hosts a collection of essays examining the role of comics as portals for historical and academic content, while keeping the approach on...
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260,57 zł |
"How Come Boys Get to Keep Their Noses?": Women and Jewish American Identity in Contemporary Graphic Memoirs
ISBN: 9780231172745 / Angielski / Twarda / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. American comics reflect the distinct sensibilities and experiences of the Jewish American men who played an outsized role in creating them, but what about the contributions of Jewish women? Focusing on the visionary work of seven contemporary female Jewish cartoonists, Tahneer Oksman draws a remarkable connection between innovations in modes of graphic storytelling and the unstable, contradictory, and ambiguous figurations of the Jewish self in the postmodern era. Oksman isolates the dynamic Jewishness that connects each frame in the autobiographical comics of Aline Kominsky Crumb,...
American comics reflect the distinct sensibilities and experiences of the Jewish American men who played an outsized role in creating them, but what a...
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477,71 zł |