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352 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 31 cm + 2 posters
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English
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A chronological account of DC Comics the company and DC Comics the universe traces the major milestones, from company name changes and its foray into television and movies to the debuts of major characters.
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170 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
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English
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This title celebrates the women who changed free expression in comics, with profiles of more than sixty groundbreaking female professionals and interviews with the women who are changing today's medium, including RAINA TELGEMEIER, NOELLE STEVENSON, G. WILLOW WILSON. The book also examines the plights of women imprisoned and threatened for making comics and explores the work of women whose work is being banned here in the United States.
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240 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
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English
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Think comic books can't feature strong female protagonists? Think again! In The Spectacular Sisterhood of Superwomen you'll meet the most fascinating exemplars of the powerful, compelling, entertaining, and heroic female characters who've populated comic books from the very beginning. This spectacular sisterhood includes costumed crimebusters like Miss Fury, super-spies like Tiffany Sinn, sci-fi pioneers like Gale Allen, and even kid troublemakers...
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xv, 384 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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English
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"Gerard Jones, a longtime insider to the comic book business, draws on years of research and interview to reveal how the collision of Yiddish and American culture shaped the modern vision of the hero. He recounts the frightened counterattack against comics that nearly destroyed the industry in the 1950s and traces the underground resurgence that inspired a new generation to transmute those long-ago fantasies into art, literature, and blockbuster movies....
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449 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
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English
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"The massive impact that comics have had on our culture becomes more and more clear every day, from the critically acclaimed musical Fun Home, based on Alison Bechdel's groundbreaking comic, to the dozens of superhero films hitting cinemas every year. What is it that makes comics so special? What can this unique art form do that others can't? In Comics for Grownups, comics scholar Hillary Chute reveals the history of comics, underground comics (or...
12) The graphic canon: Volume 2 :from "Kubla Khan" to the Brontë Sisters to The picture of Dorian Gray
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xii, 499 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm
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English
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Collects graphic adaptations of nineteenth century literary classics from "Frankenstein" and "Moby-Dick" to "Great Expectations" and "Huckleberry Finn," including illustrations inspired by famous poems and speeches.
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