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VOLLFARBE. Zuerst im Jahre 1845 veröffentlicht, Struwwelpeter ist ohne Frage eine der beliebtesten Kinder-Bücher, die je geschrieben. Jedes der zehn dargestellten Reime klare moralische Lektionen enthalten – und zeigt in einer übertriebenen Weise, die Folgen von schlechtem Verhalten. Lesen Sie mehr über den Jungen, der seine Haare nicht bürsten oder die Nägel schneiden würde-Struwwelpeter. Lesen…
VOLLFARBE. Zuerst im Jahre 1845 veröffentlicht, Struwwelpeter ist ohne Frage eine der beliebtesten Kinder-Bücher, die je geschrieben. Jedes der zehn dargestellten Reime klare moralische Lektionen enthalten – und zeigt in einer übertriebenen Weise, die Folgen von schlechtem Verhalten. Lesen Sie mehr über den Jungen, der seine Haare nicht bürsten oder die Nägel schneiden würde-Struwwelpeter. Lesen…
How the classic aesthetic of 1960s pulp comics influenced art, culture, and politics. As a form of visual art, comic books rely on a distinct and eye-catching aesthetic. This is especially true of the iconic comics, graphic novels, and illustrations of the 1960s and 1970s. The Look of the 1960s explores the sources of inspiration…
Hailed in Europe, Guido Buzzelli has been called “the Michaelangelo of monsters,” “the Goya of comics,” and “the patron saint of all Italian cartoonists.” A pioneer active from the 1950s-1980s, today virtually unknown in English, Buzzelli horrifies, fascinates, and provokes with his unique blend of surrealism and dynamism. Displaying a range of influences from Westerns…
Winner, Eisner Award for Best Academic/Scholarly Work 2025Finalist, Comics Studies Society Edited Book Prize 2025 Drawing (in) the Feminine celebrates and examines the richness of contemporary women’s production in French and Francophone comics art and considers the history of representations made by both dominant and marginalized creators. Bridging historical and contemporary comics output, these essays…
Hailed in Europe, Guido Buzzelli has been called “the Michaelangelo of monsters,” “the Goya of comics,” and “the patron saint of all Italian cartoonists.” A pioneer active from the 1950s-1980s, today virtually unknown in English, Buzzelli horrifies, fascinates, and provokes with his unique blend of surrealism and dynamism. Displaying a range of influences from Westerns…
First published in 1927, “Now We Are Six” is a charming and timeless collection of poems for children by English author A. A. Milne. Famous for his enduringly popular “Winnie the Pooh” tales, which have charmed and entertained countless children and parents alike, Milne was also a talented poet and these thirty-five verses showcase his…
A panoramic history of French science fiction literature from the 16th century to the end of the 20th century. COLLEGE & RESEARCH LIBRARIES NEWS: “…Fills in a long-neglected bibliographic gap in the study of French-language literature… The authors have covered all the bases in enormous detail.” FOUNDATION: “A truly epic enterprise.” Brian Stableford. INTERZONE: “A…
Winner, Eisner Award for Best Academic/Scholarly Work 2025Finalist, Comics Studies Society Edited Book Prize 2025 Drawing (in) the Feminine celebrates and examines the richness of contemporary women’s production in French and Francophone comics art and considers the history of representations made by both dominant and marginalized creators. Bridging historical and contemporary comics output, these essays…
This edited volume sheds light on the unique capacity of the comics medium for redrawing histories and for exploring hidden, forbidden or imagined spaces. Studying a variety of texts from the French-speaking world, it considers how bandes dessinées (BD) and graphic novels can highlight environmental, gender, racial, religious, political and social questions. It also demonstrates…
On Black Bandes Dessinées and Transcolonial Power is the first book-length study in English about Black francophone cartoonists and their work. Michelle Bumatay decenters Eurocentric conceptions of francophone comic art and foregrounds the ubiquity of Western racial stereotypes encoded in mainstream French and Belgian bandes dessinées as well as the imbalance of power between the…
On Black Bandes Dessinées and Transcolonial Power is the first book-length study in English about Black francophone cartoonists and their work. Michelle Bumatay decenters Eurocentric conceptions of francophone comic art and foregrounds the ubiquity of Western racial stereotypes encoded in mainstream French and Belgian bandes dessinées as well as the imbalance of power between the…
Fifty years ago Sir Peter Hall directed the English language world premiere of Samuel Backett’s Waiting for Godot. Now he has returned to this extraordinary classic, the quintessential absurdist piece that has become one of the most important works of modern drama. Jonathan Croall, who had access to rehearsals for this landmark anniversary production, combines…
A panoramic history of French fantasy, horror and supernatural fiction from the 12th century to the end of the 20th century. COLLEGE & RESEARCH LIBRARIES NEWS: “…Fills in a long-neglected bibliographic gap in the study of French-language literature… The authors have covered all the bases in enormous detail.” FOUNDATION: “A truly epic enterprise.” Brian Stableford….
“…often remarkably judicious.” That’s what Peter Davison, the editor of George Orwell’s Complete Works, said in 1998 about these authors, Orwell for Beginners, contained in this volume No twentieth-century writer remains more vividly etched in the public imagination than George Orwell, thanks to Animal Farm and the unforgettable Nineteen Eighty-Four– and thanks, as well, to…
Explores the close relationship between comics and urbanism in one of Europe’s most notable global cities. Barcelona, City of Comics introduces readers of English to a range of Spanish- and Catalan-language comics published after the death of dictator Francisco Franco in 1975. During this time of palpable social change, the Catalonian capital regained its reputation…
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