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Comic book and superhero fans, rejoice! This volume includes seven scripts—a mix of superheroes, mobsters, horror, and humor—from a writer whose work has been published by DC Comics, among others. Robert Jeschonek has written plenty of scripts in his career, and these seven will shine a light on his writing process, his wild imagination…and some thrilling and thought-provoking adventures. The... [click here for more] |
Pie Press |
$3.99
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This is an episode by episode in depth analysis of the first season of the critically acclaimed Batman: The Animated Series.
This book takes a step by step looks at the first 28 episodes of what is considered by many to be one of the greatest Animated shows of all time. whether you can quote every episode line by line or watching the series for the very first time, we leave no stone... [click here for more] |
Deadmen Ink Productions |
FREE
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It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a complete guide to over 50 years of superheroes on screen!
This expanded and updated edition of the 2004 award-winning encyclopedia covers important developments in the popular genre; adds new shows such as Heroes and Zoom; includes the latest films featuring icons like Superman, Spiderman and Batman; and covers even more types of superheroes.
Each... [click here for more] |
McFarland |
$29.99
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First introduced in a 1938 comic book, Superman has since become an iconic character in American entertainment.
This complete history covers Superman's appearances in film and television, from the 1941 introduction of the first Superman cartoon to the 2006 live-action film Superman Returns.
The book includes several rarely seen photographs of the actors who have brought Superman to life for over... [click here for more] |
McFarland |
$19.99
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The work provides a unique study of superheroes and gods in literature, popular culture, and ancient myth.
The author selects a number of mythological figures (e.g., Babylonia's Gilgamesh and Enkidu), ancient gods (e.g., Greece's Eros and Tartarus), and modern superheroes (e.g., the United States' Superman and Captain Marvel) and identifies the often striking similarities between each unique category... [click here for more] |
McFarland |
$17.99
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From The SERENGETI PLAINS In AFRICA, Comes A Story Of The Struggle Of A Maasai Hero, KIP MUNKA, Against Customs, Nature And Ultimately The Formidable Oppressor Warrior, SETAN! ... [click here for more] |
JOSHUA MASSAWE |
Pay What You Want
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Coming at you in their fantastic first issue! What happens when the owner of a arcade, James Donovan, purchases an antique pinball machine and unwittingly releases a hyper advanced bio mechanical android that imbunes him with his very own super suit?!
welcome to the world of Bumper and Pinball. ... [click here for more] |
Torrid Comics |
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Superheroes have been an integral part of popular society for decades and have given rise to a collective mythology familiar in popular culture worldwide.
Though scholars and fans have recognized and commented on this mythology, its structure has gone largely unexplored. This book provides a model and lexicon for identifying the superhero mythos.
The author examines the myth in several narratives--including... [click here for more] |
McFarland |
$18.99
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Superhero adventure comics have a long history of commenting upon American public opinion and government policy, and the surge in the popularity of comics since the events of September 11, 2001, ensures their continued relevance.
This critical text examines the seventy-year history of comic book superheroes on film and in comic books and their reflections of the politics of their time.
Superheroes... [click here for more] |
McFarland |
$15.99
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Golden Agers offers this unique collection of classic comics FREE for anyone to check out! This features stories not shown in any of our other GA titles, including the premieres of Blue Bolt and Spurt Hammond, plus Avenger the Space Detective, jungle girl Tangi, and the original Blue Beetle! Superheroics, sci-fi, and amazing adventures in this fantastic FREE offering!... [click here for more] |
Mini-Komix |
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1938 to the Present
In the less than eight decades since Superman's debut in 1938, comic book superheroes have become an indispensable part of American society and the nation's dominant mythology. They represent America's hopes, dreams, fears, and needs. As a form of popular literature, superhero narratives have closely mirrored trends and events in the nation.
This study views... [click here for more] |
McFarland |
$19.99
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An Annotated Guide to Comics, Prose Novels, Children's Books, Articles, Criticism and Reference Works, 1965-2005
This work provides an extensive guide for students, fans, and collectors of Marvel Comics. Focusing on Marvel's mainstream comics, the author provides a detailed description of each comic along with a bibliographic citation listing the publication's title, writers/artists,... [click here for more] |
McFarland |
$19.99
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Octal is a curated catalog of comic pitch packets. With packets built around 8-page pilot stories, Octal reads like a comic anthology with bonus features while bringing some much needed transparency to the pitching process. Octal Volume 3 contains:
The Foundling
After an epidemic decimated the human population, a pregnant teen and a young boy must scavenge... [click here for more] |
Neoflux Productions |
$3.99
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The thought-provoking, aesthetically pleasing animated films of Hayao Miyazaki attract audiences well beyond the director's native Japan.
Princess Mononoke and Spirited Away were critically acclaimed upon U.S. release, and the earlier My Neighbor Totoro and Kiki's Delivery Service have found popularity with Americans on DVD.
This critical study of Miyazaki's work begins with an analysis of the... [click here for more] |
McFarland |
$13.99
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Let a veteran comic book creator help you up your game. SPEED LINES has tips on the comic book craft. The first issues has advice from Wally Wood, where to find great comic book fonts, why you should consider working digitally and the great advice Scott Adams has for cartoonists.
This edition also includes exclusive content for writers, pencilers, letterers and inkers not seen in the webcomic... [click here for more] |
Lone Star Press |
$0.99
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This is a complete reference work to the history of Batman big screen works, from the 1940s serials through the campy 1960s TV show and film, and up through the series of Warner Bros. summer blockbusters that climaxed with Christopher Nolan's 2012 film The Dark Knight Rises.
Chapters on each Batman feature include extensive film and production credits, a production history, and a critical analysis... [click here for more] |
McFarland |
$19.99
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For military cartoonists the absurdity of war inspires a laugh-or-cry response and provides an endless source of un-funny amusement.
Cartoons by hundreds of artists-at-arms from more than a dozen countries and spanning two centuries are included in this study--the first to consider such a broad range of military comics.
War and military life are examined through the inside jokes of the men and... [click here for more] |
McFarland |
$19.99
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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... [click here for more] |
McFarland |
$19.99
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A Critical Study of the Graphic Novel and Film
The 2005 James McTeigue and Wachowski Brothers film V for Vendetta represents a postmodern pastiche, a collection of fragments pasted together from the original Moore and Lloyd graphic novel of the same name, along with numerous allusions to literature, history, cinema, music, art, politics, and medicine. Paralleling the graphic novel, the film simultaneously... [click here for more] |
McFarland |
$17.99
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The beginning of the world, the great flood, the Tower of Babel and story of Job. ... [click here for more] |
Kingstone Comics |
$12.99 $4.99
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This is the autobiography of Rees Finlay, he makes comics......or at least he used to, following a tragic accident his leg barely works, everyone he ever loved has gone and his passion is lost. He is broken. In his darkest hour a mysterious figure appears before him. She is the blue flame, and she is here to lead Rees on a journey though his memories to show him the painful truths that put him where... [click here for more] |
DamnDirtyComics |
$0.99
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These 15 essays investigate comic books and graphic novels, beginning with the early development of these media. The essays also place the work in a cultural context, addressing theory and terminology, adaptations of comic books, the superhero genre, and comic books and graphic novels that deal with history and nonfiction.
By addressing the topic from a wide range of perspectives, the book offers... [click here for more] |
McFarland |
$19.99
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From A to Z, the state of the Valiant Universe in 1993.
What is Bloodshot's real name? Who is the Immortal Enemy? How many team members make up the H.A.R.D. Corps? Introducing the Valiant Reader, a summary of characters and stories populating the Valiant Universe. ... [click here for more] |
Valiant Comics |
$1.99
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The Curse is back. After a decade of peace, monsters once again roam the northlands. With the growing threat of evil upon us, there is one shining light and his name is Auric. Now, far from his prime, Auric has stepped out of retirement to reclaim his title and protect his people but do they still have faith in their old hero? ... [click here for more] |
Great North Comics |
$2.99
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Auric returns in an all new 2016 mini special. Plus a pin up gallery of various artists featuring the mane man! ... [click here for more] |
Great North Comics |
$2.17
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Essays on the Epic Graphic Satire of Dave Sim and Gerhard
In December 1977, struggling Canadian comic book artist Dave Sim self-published the first issue of Cerebus the Aardvark, a Conan the Barbarian satire featuring a foul-tempered, sword-wielding creature trapped in a human world.
Over the next 26 years, Sim, and later collaborator Gerhard, produced an epic 6,000-page graphic... [click here for more] |
McFarland |
$18.99
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shondha short comix.little story about a guy who is puzzled about his future . ... [click here for more] |
Nasif Ahmed |
$1.00
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Superheroes have invaded film more in the past decade and a half than they have in their entire history. From major blockbusters like Man of Steel and The Dark Knight Trilogy, to DC Entertainment's line of fantastic direct-to-video animated films, to other super-flicks like The Incredibles, superheroes are enjoying a major resurgence in popular culture and fans have now entered... [click here for more] |
Coscom Entertainment |
$3.99
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Let a veteran comic book creator help you up your game. SPEED LINES has tips on the comic book craft. This issue has advice on world building and comic book marketing.
This edition also includes exclusive content not available in the webcomic. ... [click here for more] |
Lone Star Press |
$0.99
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The Essential Elements for Building a World
Roleplaying games and fantasy fiction are filled with rich and fascinating worlds: the Forgotten Realms, Glorantha, Narnia, R'lyeh, Middle-Earth, Barsoom, and so many more. It took startling leaps of imagination as well as careful thought and planning to create places like these: places that readers and players want to come back to again and again.
Now,... [click here for more] |
Kobold Press |
$14.99
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Do you want your pages to have a great layout that really helps tell the story? Are you having trouble thinking of how and where to put each panel? The Big Book if Comic Layouts is the book for you! You will find 317 different layout templates ready for you to use for your book. This book also has the basic blue line measurement template for your page and a thumbnail sheet to help you get your comic... [click here for more] |
Broken Gear Studios |
$5.00
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Wolverine. Logan. Weapon X. By any name, Marvel Comic's savage, brooding antihero is, in his own words, the best at what he does--killing with gratuitous precision. Paradoxically violent yet humane, the beer-swilling, cigar-smoking mutant with retractable claws is universally misjudged in the Marvel Universe yet esteemed by fans worldwide.
The author explores Wolverine's development from bit character... [click here for more] |
McFarland |
$15.99
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We have decided to look at comics from a very particular angle in the European Comics Journal second issue, proving that comics are indeed a universal means, open to both subjects and readers of all types. We will look at diversity, homosexuality and LGBT themes in European comic books, and how various authors have covered the topic in their works. ... [click here for more] |
DieGo Comics Publishing Ltd |
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Comics and sequential art are increasingly in use in college classrooms. Multimodal, multimedia and often collaborative, the graphic narrative format has entered all kinds of subject areas and its potential as a teaching tool is still being realized. This collection of new essays presents best practices for using comics in various educational settings, beginning with the basics.
Contributors explain... [click here for more] |
McFarland |
$14.99
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Director, producer and screenwriter Joss Whedon is a creative force in film, television, comic books and a host of other media. This book provides an authoritative survey of all of Whedon’s work, ranging from his earliest scriptwriting on Roseanne, through his many movie and TV undertakings—Toy Story, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Firefly/Serenity, Dr. Horrible, The Cabin in... [click here for more] |
McFarland |
$24.99
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A great deal of scholarship has focused on Joss Whedon's television and film work, which includes Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Firefly, Doctor Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, The Cabin in the Woods and The Avengers.
But Whedon's work in the world of comics has largely been ignored. He created his own dystopian heroine, Fray, assembled the goofy fannish heroes of Sugarshock, and wrote arcs for Marvel's... [click here for more] |
McFarland |
$17.99
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In a new age of multi-media terrorism. The worlds of superhumans, sentient cartoons, and folklore monarchy collide. Enter, the Toonminati, a secret organization, that covertly rules this imbalance of worlds. How To DRAW BLOOD, is an one-man conceptual anthology, showcasing concepts of this world, where cartoon & humans coexist, albeit in a covert war, where Toons secretly control world... [click here for more] |
Hound Comics |
$5.00 $2.99
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A common misconception is that professors who use popular culture and fantasy in the classroom have abandoned the classics, yet in a variety of contexts--high school, college freshman composition, senior seminars, literature, computer science, philosophy and politics--fantasy materials can expand and enrich an established curriculum.
The new essays in this book combine analyses of popular television... [click here for more] |
McFarland |
$12.99
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Persia had Rostam. Babylonia had Gilgamesh and Enkidu. Egypt had Horus and Isis. Greece had Odysseus and Achilles.
Israel had its heroes, too—Moses, David, Esther and Samson. While Israel’s heroes did not wear capes or spandex, they did meet cultural needs.
In times of crisis, heroes emerge to model virtues that inspire a sense of commitment and worth. Identity concerns were especially... [click here for more] |
McFarland |
$19.99
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The European Comics Journal is a new magazine covering aspects of the indie comic world, with masterclasses held by respected graphic novel artists, demonstrating illustration techniques that will help hone your comic drawing skills and, interviews with authors such as: Giuseppe Di Bernardo, author of Desdemona and Adam 2.0, Stan Nicholls & Joe Flood, author and illustrator... [click here for more] |
DieGo Comics Publishing Ltd |
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Look around at the world we live in.
Isn't there something wrong?
Don't you feel powerless to make a positive change? Don't the problems of the world feel so big, so overwhelming, that you feel defeated? Like you can't possibly make a difference? So you don't even start?
What if I told you, you could change that? What if I said that the interests and influence of a select few groups have purposely... [click here for more] |
All Day Breakfast Productions |
$7.99 $1.99
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From the Golden Age of the 1940s, through the Silver Age of the '60s, up until the early '80s--the end of the Bronze Age.
Included are the earliest series, like American Comics Group's Adventures into the Unknown and Prize Comics' Frankenstein, and the controversial and gory comics of the '40s, such as EC's infamous and influential Tales from the Crypt. The resurgence of monster-horror titles during... [click here for more] |
McFarland |
$19.99
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Across generations and genres, comics have imagined different views of the future, from unattainable utopias to worrisome dystopias. These presaging narratives can be read as reflections of their authors' (and readers') hopes, fears and beliefs about the present.
This collection of new essays explores the creative processes in comics production that bring plausible futures to the page. The contributors... [click here for more] |
McFarland |
$19.99
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Why take the Make Art Not War Challenge?
When times are tough, the feeling that artists are not necessary tends to permeate. Art is viewed as frivolous or a luxury since we don’t produce food, clothing, or housing. The exact opposite is true, however, because in charged political climates artists document and represent our humanity and all our struggles be they violent or peaceful... [click here for more] |
Books of M |
$2.99 $1.99
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Are you interested in launching your own podcast?
The world of podcasting is more accessible than ever, but when you’re just starting out, the options available in terms of recording, editing and delivering your podcast can be overwhelming.
Making Ear Candy: The Audio Confectioner’s Guide to Podcasting provides a complete list of ingredients you'll... [click here for more] |
Brian LeTendre |
$12.99 $9.99
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Ethnographic Essays on a Pop Culture Phenomenon
This collection of 13 new essays employs ethnographic methods to investigate San Diego's Comic-Con International, the largest annual celebration of the popular arts in North America. Working from a common grounding in fan studies, these individual explorations examine a range of cultural practices at an event drawing crowds of nearly... [click here for more] |
McFarland |
$15.99
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Welcome to “Comics Vs. Manga”! A book which combines a comic book with drawing tutorials. Meet the talented and diverse comic book and manga artists and join them as they are forced together in the same room. Continue with these artists as they decide to showcase their strengths and knowledge in step-by-step tutorials demonstrating that together they can accomplish more in achieving their... [click here for more] |
Scattered Comics |
$18.00 $7.00
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Art Of...
A behind the scenes look at all the hard work that goes into a A Year And a Day issue.
Creating a comic is a lot of work. Follow Darc's process for an entire issue, with each step per page laid out in unobstructed detail.
Art of Issue 2
A detailed look, sketches, inks, initial colors and full shading... [click here for more] |
RCSI Publishing |
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Art Of...
A behind the scenes look at all the hard work that goes into a Code Name: Hunter issue.
Creating a comic is a lot of work. Follow Darc's process for an entire issue, with each step per page laid out in unobstructed detail.
Art of Issue 22.5
A detailed look, sketches, inks, initial colors and full shading for all of... [click here for more] |
RCSI Publishing |
$5.00
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Zine Making, a wikibook on how to make your zines, by contributes Mcld and Thenub314, is licensed under the Creative Commons-Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 imported license, and here is the URL Address: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ You wanna make a zine? Now's your chance to make your very own zine! This very Wiki Book will guide you in the process of making the zine you have always... [click here for more] |
RLS777 |
$2.00 $1.00
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