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Obscure O.V.A.s reviews over 100 of the most unknown anime titles to ever get released in America. Jer Alford is an otaku veteran with decades of experience at analyzing anime. His website of Anime Anyway explores various anime, manga, comics, and other cartoons. Original Video Animation is anime that get a straight to video release which has been around since the 1980s. Everything from mechas to magical... [click here for more] |
Mini-Komix |
$3.00 $0.99
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The Fawcett heroes return in this high quality history and artbook! The story of one of the greatest comic universes! With over 50 original illustrations by the Da Vinci of golden age redesign, Jay Piscopo! ... [click here for more] |
Public Domain Comics |
$5.99 $2.99
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The greatest heroes of the golden age of comics are turning 80! This volume stars the first muck monster in comics, the Heap! Featuring golden age comics, historical reference and a special pin-up gallery by the incredible Jay Piscopo! ... [click here for more] |
Public Domain Comics |
$2.99
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The greatest heroes of the golden age of comics are turning 80! This volume stars Airboy! A fan and creator favorite for reboots, Airboy is the ultimate dieselpunk hero! Co-starring the Femme Fatale of the Airfighter's universe, the Valkyrie! Featuring golden age comics, historical reference and a special pin-up gallery by the incredible Jay Piscopo! ... [click here for more] |
Public Domain Comics |
$2.99
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Happy 4th of July! Celebrating America with a cavalcade of star-spangled super-heroes including Super-American, Uncle Sam, the Avenger, Airboy and more! Featuring golden age comics, historical reference and special previews of our new original titles with art by the incredible Jay Piscopo! ... [click here for more] |
Public Domain Comics |
$2.99
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The greatest heroes of the golden age of comics are turning 80! This volume stars Captain Commando! Featuring golden age comics, historical reference and a special pin-up gallery by the incredible Jay Piscopo! ... [click here for more] |
Public Domain Comics |
$2.99 $0.99
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An in-depth examination of the ways in which the comic strip Judge Dredd, published in 2000 AD, has predicted the changing face of policing in Britain over the last 45 years.
He is the law - and you better believe it!
Judge, jury and executioner, Judge Dredd is the brutal comic book cop policing the chaotic future urban jungle of Mega-City One, created by John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra... [click here for more] |
Rebellion |
$6.99
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The greatest heroes of the golden age of comics are turning 80! This volume stars Airboy! A fan and creator favorite for reboots, Airboy is the ultimate dieselpunk hero! Featuring golden age comics, historical reference and a special pin-up gallery by the incredible Jay Piscopo! ... [click here for more] |
Public Domain Comics |
$5.99 $2.99
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The influence of the comic book has never been greater, from movies to streaming and beyond, but the journey comics took from disposable kids’ magazines to literary prize-winning books and global franchises turned on a highly unusual group of writers and artists. Few would have expected a small gathering of British comic book fans and creators in the early ’70s to spark a cultural revolution, but... [click here for more] |
Rebellion |
$8.99
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The greatest heroes of the golden age of comics are turning 80! This volume stars Airboy! A fan and creator favorite for reboots, Airboy is the ultimate dieselpunk hero! Featuring golden age comics, historical reference and a special pin-up gallery by the incredible Jay Piscopo! ... [click here for more] |
Public Domain Comics |
$5.99 $0.99
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The greatest heroes of the golden age of comics are turning 80! This volume stars Airboy! A fan and creator favorite for reboots, Airboy is the ultimate dieselpunk hero! Featuring golden age comics, historical reference and a special pin-up gallery by the incredible Jay Piscopo! ... [click here for more] |
Public Domain Comics |
$1.99
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From within King's Reach Tower on the banks of the Thames, John Sanders masterminded the output of Britain's biggest comics publisher over twenty-five years.
Overseeing the launch of hugely popular titles like Tammy, Battle and the revolutionary 2000 AD, Sanders fought corporate battles to expand the UKs' comics output, faced down the government and the media in censorship... [click here for more] |
Rebellion |
$6.99
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From 1985 to 1995, Mark Gruenwald was the head writer for Captain America. During this decade, Gruenwald wrote some of the most essential stories in Captain America's history and guided the comic through an eventful period of both world history and comic book history.
This book dissects the influence of the world at large on Gruenwald's stories and the subsequent influence of Gruenwald's work on... [click here for more] |
McFarland |
$39.95 $17.99
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The greatest heroes of the golden age of comics are turning 80! This volume stars Sky-Wolf! Featuring golden age comics, historical reference and a special pin-up gallery by the incredible Jay Piscopo! ... [click here for more] |
Public Domain Comics |
$2.99 $1.99
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For more than 60 years, Captain America was one of Marvel Comics' flagship characters, representing truth, strength, liberty, and justice. The assassination of his alter ego, Steve Rogers, rocked the comic world, leaving numerous questions about his life and death.
This book discusses topics including the representation of Nazi Germany in Captain America Comics from the 1940s to the 1960s; the creation... [click here for more] |
McFarland |
$14.99
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Created in 1941 by the psychologist William Marston, Wonder Woman would go on to have one of the longest continuous runs of published comic book adventures in the history of the industry. More than 70 years after her debut, Wonder Woman remains a popular culture icon. Throughout the intervening years many comic book creators have had a hand in guiding her story, resulting in different interpretations... [click here for more] |
McFarland |
$15.99
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Steve MacManus, the editor of 2000 AD during its 1980s heyday, lifts the lid on how the UK’s most important comic came into existence and his extraordinary role in shaping it into a industry-revolutionising icon. In 1973, a twenty-year-old MacManus joined Fleetway Publications as a sub-editor on UK adventure title Valiant. Six years later he took charge of the company’s most celebrated... [click here for more] |
Rebellion |
$6.99
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Exclusive interviews and career overviews of key comics creators taken from the pages of the Judge Dredd Megazine.
In this fourth collection Alan Moore, Brett Ewins, Liam McCormick-Sharp, John Higgins, Colin Wilson, Dylan Teague and Peter Doherty discuss their work in comics, 2000 AD and many other titles in great detail.
This digital edition includes the ePub and Mobi (Kindle) versions of the... [click here for more] |
Rebellion |
$2.99
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Exclusive interviews and career overviews of key comics creators taken from the pages of the Judge Dredd Megazine.
In this fifth collection Frazer Irving, Dom Reardon, Simon Davis, Gordon Rennie, TC Eglington, Simon Spurrier, Richard Elson and Neil Googe discuss their work in comics, 2000 AD and many other titles in great detail.
This digital edition includes the ePub and Mobi (Kindle) versions... [click here for more] |
Rebellion |
$2.99
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Exclusive interviews and career overviews of key comics creators taken from the pages of the Judge Dredd Megazine.
In this third collection Dave Gibbons, Simon Fraser, Kevin O'Neill, Jesus Redondo, David Roach, John Hicklenton, John Cooper and Dave Taylor discuss their work in comics, 2000 AD and many other titles in great detail.
This digital edition includes the ePub and Mobi (Kindle) versions... [click here for more] |
Rebellion |
$2.99
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Exclusive interviews and career overviews of key comics creators taken from the pages of the Judge Dredd Megazine.
In this second collection Alex Garland, Jim McCarthy, Jock, Greg STaples, Chris Weston, Will Simpson, Karl Urban and Arthur Wyatt discuss their work in comics, 2000 AD and many other titles in great detail.
This digital edition includes the ePub and Mobi (Kindle) versions of the... [click here for more] |
Rebellion |
$2.99
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Exclusive interviews and career overviews of key comics creators taken from the pages of the Judge Dredd Megazine.
In this first collection Pat Mills, Carlos Ezquerra, Ron Smith and Mick McMahon discuss their work in comics, 2000 AD and many other titles in great detail.
This digital edition includes the ePub and Mobi (Kindle) versions of the book.
Note: Due to territory restrictions... [click here for more] |
Rebellion |
$2.99
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A significant expansion of the critically acclaimed first edition, Classics Illustrated: A Cultural History, 2d ed., carries the story of the Kanter family's series of comics-style adaptations of literary masterpieces from 1941 into the 21st century.
This book features additional material on the 70-year history of Classics Illustrated and the careers and contributions of such artists as Alex A.... [click here for more] |
McFarland |
$12.99
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This book explores the connections between comics and Gothic from four different angles: historical, formal, cultural and textual. It identifies structures, styles and themes drawn from literary gothic traditions and discusses their presence in British and American comics today, with particular attention to the DC Vertigo imprint.
Part One offers an historical approach to British and American comics... [click here for more] |
McFarland |
$15.99
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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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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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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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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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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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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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In 1954, the comic book industry instituted the Comics Code, a set of self-regulatory guidelines imposed to placate public concern over gory and horrific comic book content, effectively banning genuine horror comics. Because the Code applied only to color comics, many artists and writers turned to black and white to circumvent the Code's narrow confines.
With the 1964 Creepy #1 from Warren Publishing,... [click here for more] |
McFarland |
$19.99
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Essays on the Educational Power of Sequential Art
Sequential art combines the visual and the narrative in a way that readers have to interpret the images with the writing. Comics make a good fit with education because students are using a format that provides active engagement.
This collection of essays is a wide-ranging look at current practices using comics and graphic novels in educational settings,... [click here for more] |
McFarland |
$15.99
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This special bundle product contains the following titles. 2000 AD: The Creator Interviews #1 Regular price: $2.99 Bundle price: $1.99 Format: Multiple File Formats Exclusive interviews and career overviews of key comics creators taken from the pages of the Judge Dredd Megazine.
In this first collection Pat Mills, Carlos Ezquerra, Ron Smith and Mick McMahon discuss... [click here for more] |
Rebellion |
$14.95 $9.95
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1920-1960
In this thorough history, the author demonstrates, via the popular literature (primarily pulp magazines and comic books) of the 1920s to about 1960, that the stories therein drew their definitions of heroism and villainy from an overarching, nativist fear of outsiders that had existed before World War I but intensified afterwards. These depictions were transferred to America's "new"... [click here for more] |
McFarland |
$15.99
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A Study of Cartoon Camelots on Film and Television
This is an exploration of the potent blend of Arthurian legend, cartoon animation, and cultural and artistic trends from 1933 to the present. In more than 170 theatrical and televised short cartoons, televised series and specials, and feature-length films from The Sword in the Stone to Shrek the Third--all covered in this book--animators... [click here for more] |
McFarland |
$15.99
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Superman is the original superhero, an American icon, and arguably the most famous character in the world--and he's Jewish!
Introduced in June 1938, the Man of Steel was created by two Jewish teens, Jerry Siegel, the son of immigrants from Eastern Europe, and Joe Shuster, an immigrant. They based their hero's origin story on Moses, his strength on Samson, his mission on the golem, and his nebbish... [click here for more] |
McFarland |
$45.00 $21.99
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This is the first overview of cartoon art in this important cultural nexus of Asia. The eight essays provide historical and contemporary examinations of cartoons and comics in Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam, and sociocultural and political analyses of cartooning in Singapore, Myanmar, and Malaysia.
The collection benefits from hundreds of interviews with Southeast Asia's... [click here for more] |
McFarland |
$18.99
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Essential Concepts and Applications
Since the creation of the comic book, there has been a lot of legal conflict and confusion where concepts such as public domain, unincorporated entities and moral rights are involved. As a result, comics creators are frequently concerned about whether they are protecting themselves. There are many questions and no single place to find the answers--that... [click here for more] |
McFarland |
$19.99
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