Blur (Volume 1)
$20.95The first of four volumes collecting the complete weekly “Video Views” columns (1999-2001) by cartoonist, author, and film scholar Bissette covers the endless flow of video and DVD releases from June 1999 to March 2000.
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Green Mountain Cinema I: Green Mountain Boys
$22.95This first publication dedicated to Vermont and New England movies and video features “The Compleat Fred Tuttle Speeches, Lovin’ the Logger: Rusty DeWees, Simon Stockhausen Speaks, Jay Craven on Jonathan Brandis,” and more.
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Despair: The Screenplay
$15.95In film and television, thousands of fine scripts by established writers are never produced. The Black Coat Script Library is dedicated to presenting some of those scripts. A man survives a car crash only to find himself trapped in a private clinic at the mercy of its lunatic owner, the terrifying DOCTOR DESPAIR. The Doctor…
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Comic Book Film Adaptation: Exploring Modern Hollywood S Leading Genre
$110.00“By far the most insightful look ever at superheroes in film. It’s not about what’s been translated from comics to the movies-it’s about why it has, how it has, and why it works well enough to produce some of the most popular movies in all of cinema history. There is no better, smarter examination of…
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Superhero Reader
$35.00Despite their commercial appeal and cross-media reach, superheroes are only recently starting to attract sustained scholarly attention. This groundbreaking collection brings together essays and book excerpts by major writers on comics and popular culture. While superhero comics are a distinct and sometimes disdained branch of comics creation, they are integral to the development of the…
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The Superhero Reader
$110.00Despite their commercial appeal and cross-media reach, superheroes are only recently starting to attract sustained scholarly attention. This groundbreaking collection brings together essays and book excerpts by major writers on comics and popular culture. While superhero comics are a distinct and sometimes disdained branch of comics creation, they are integral to the development of the…
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Judex: The Screenplay
$20.95In 1917, silent film director Louis Feuillade and writer Arthur Bernde created the character of a mysterious avenger, wearing a slouch hat and a dark cloakNJudexNwho has sworn to mercilessly punish criminals! As the hero struggles against the villains, he falls in love with his nemesis’ daughter, the beautiful, innocent Jacqueline.
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Superhero Confidential – Volume 1
$19.95The superhero genre has exploded, with comic book heroes conquering the big screen and making massive inroads on the small. Whether well known brand names like Batman and Spider-Man, or lesser recognized characters such as Daredevil and Hellboy, the superheroes are here to stay. Superhero Confidential is the first in a series of books to…
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Blondie Goes to Hollywood: The Blondie Comic Strip in Films, Radio & Television
$30.00ndie, I Love Lucy, and The Twilight Zone all have in common? What did Chic Young, the cartoonist who created the Blondie comic strip, think of the films? Blondie Goes To Hollywood is the first and only book to answer these questions and tell the untold story of the Blondie films from their creation, their…
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Not All Supermen: Sexism, Toxic Masculinity, and the Complex History of Superheroes
$38.00An eye-opening exploration of the toxic masculinity and sexism that pervades the superhero genre.Superheroes have been exciting and inspirational cultural icons for decades, dating back to the debut of Superman in the 1930s. The earliest tales have been held up as cornerstones of the genre, looked upon with nostalgic reverence. However, enshrining these tales also…
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Copyright Vigilantes: Intellectual Property and the Hollywood Superhero
$110.00Copyright Vigilantes: Intellectual Property and the Hollywood Superhero explains superhero blockbusters as allegories of intellectual property relations. In movies based on characters owned by the comics duopoly of DC and Marvel, no narrative recurs more often than a villain’s attempt to copy the superhero’s unique powers. In this volume, author Ezra Claverie explains this fixation…
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After Midnight: Watchmen After Watchmen
$35.00Contributions by Apryl Alexander, Alisia Grace Chase, Brian Faucette, Laura E. Felschow, Lindsay Hallam, Rusty Hatchell, Dru Jeffries, Henry Jenkins, Jeffrey SJ Kirchoff, Curtis Marez, James Denis McGlynn, Brandy Monk-Payton, Chamara Moore, Drew Morton, Mark C. E. Peterson, Jayson Quearry, Zachary J. A. Rondinelli, Suzanne Scott, David Stanley, Sarah Pawlak Stanley, Tracy Vozar, and Chris…
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How to Write Your Own Anime Stories, volume one
$24.52Do you want to write amazing anime stories? Learn how with the first volume of the renowned Anime Artists Collection, How to Write Your Own Anime Stories, volume one! In this all-encompassing, in-depth anime book you’ll learn everything you need in order to write powerful and engaging anime scripts from beginning to end! You’ll be…
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Iggy’s Incredibly Easy Way to Write a Story: The visual way to see your story structure
$7.99Learn how to fulfill your audience’s fantasies by weaving your stories together using this revolutionary VISUAL approach to story structure. You don’t have to be a “writer” to create a story. Weave it! PLEASE NOTE: This version is intended for High School or older. This was part of a presentation for the 2012 Creative Talent…
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Comics and Pop Culture: Adaptation from Panel to Frame
$105.00It is hard to discuss the current film industry without acknowledging the impact of comic book adaptations, especially considering the blockbuster success of recent superhero movies. Yet transmedial adaptations are part of an evolution that can be traced to the turn of the last century, when comic strips such as “Little Nemo in Slumberland” and…
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Wonder Women and Bad Girls: Superheroine and Supervillainess Archetypes in Popular Media
$39.95Wonder Woman, Harley Quinn, Shuri, and Black Widow. These four characters portray very different versions of women: the superheroine, the abuse victim, the fourth wave princess, and the spy, respectively. In this in-depth analysis of female characters in superhero media, the author begins by identifying ten eras of superhero media defined by the way they…