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The central thesis of this book is that Art Spiegelman’s comics all identify deeply-rooted madness in post-Enlightenment society. Spiegelman maintains, in other words, that the Holocaust was not an aberration, but an inevitable consequence of modernisation. In service of this argument, Smith offers a reading of Spiegelman’s comics, with a particular focus on his three…
Many educators now agree that graphic novels inform as well as entertain, and to dismiss the educational potential of the graphic novel is to throw away a golden opportunity to reach out to young readers. This dynamic book takes a look at the term “graphic novel,” how the format has become entwined in our culture,…
Whereas in English-speaking countries comics are for children or adults ‘who should know better’, in France and Belgium the form is recognized as the ‘Ninth Art’ and follows in the path of poetry, architecture, painting and cinema. The bande dessinée [comic strip] has its own national institutions, regularly obtains front-page coverage and has received the…
The life of graphic novel artist Lynd Ward (1905-1985) is told by author and scholar David A. Beronä in a series of vignettes that are accompanied by woodcut prints illustrating the story. Seven contemporary artists provide the original woodcut prints. The illustrators include Olivier Deprez, Jules Remedos Faye, Drew Grasso, Art Hazelwood, Frances Jetter, Billy…
The Journal of Comics and Culture studies the comic and graphic novel in conjunction with its impact in and response to popular culture. This journal analyzes and illustrates the growing talents in the field of comics, as well as comics’ origins, impacts, and reflections on American culture as a whole. The premiere volume of The…
Ignatz award Nomination for Outstanding Collection Leon Beyond–part John Hodgman, part out-of-date school textbook–is the know-it-all, relentless-fact-baking brain child of cartoonists Kevin Huizenga and Dan Zettwoch. Leon’s knowledge was catalogued weekly in the St. Louis Riverfront Times. Amazing Facts and Beyond collects the comic-strip’s best and most outrageous moments. Discover the world of optilusors, Robert…
Long Pond Road is the first issue of a new ongoing anthology series by cartoonist Todd Webb. This first issue clocks in at 142 pages and features new autobiographical comics, never-before-seen sketchbook material, biographical strips about the artists Georgia O’Keeffe and Ray Johnson, a selection of new drawings, the first 60 pages of Webb’s epic…
“I love Todd’s bold colors and crisp lines – he’s a genuine artist.” – Aram Saroyan, poet & author of The Complete Minimal Poems Cartoonist Todd Webb returns to Long Pond Road – his ongoing anthology series – with 142 pages of new comics! This issue gathers more stories about “New York’s most famous unknown…
Persephone’s Garden is a deeply personal story and inventive study of girlhood, womanhood and motherhood, through memory, history and mythology. A children’s song inspires a love of Greek mythology in a young girl. A young woman finds a career in archeology and illustration. A young mother sees her daughter become a woman, as her own…
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Scènes de la vie privée et publique des animaux est une oeuvre majeure de la littérature française et de la bande dessinée. Publié en 1842, ce livre est une satire de la société française de l’époque, vue à travers les yeux des animaux. Les illustrations de Grandville sont uniques en leur genre et ont influencé…
One of Shakespeare’s most powerful and haunting plays, Macbeth tells the tragic story of a Scottish general who, consumed by ambition and greed, murders his way to the throne only to face a bloody downfall. This edition, part of the acclaimed Hudson’s School Shakespeare series, features helpful notes and annotations to help students and readers…
Eine illustrierte Ausgabe von Reynke de Vos, einem mittelalterlichen Schelmenroman, der die Abenteuer und Streiche des listigen Fuchses Reynke erzählt. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the “public domain in the United States…
![Public and Private Life of Animals, Adapted from the Fr. [Scènes De La Vie Privée Et Publique Des Animaux, by P.J. Hetzel] by J. Thomson. with Illustr](https://comicmix.com/wp-content/uploads/cover_images/ean/978/102/122/164/3/9781021221643-200x300.jpg)
Scènes de la vie privée et publique des animaux est une oeuvre majeure de la littérature française et de la bande dessinée. Publié en 1842, ce livre est une satire de la société française de l’époque, vue à travers les yeux des animaux. Les illustrations de Grandville sont uniques en leur genre et ont influencé…
One of Shakespeare’s most powerful and haunting plays, Macbeth tells the tragic story of a Scottish general who, consumed by ambition and greed, murders his way to the throne only to face a bloody downfall. This edition, part of the acclaimed Hudson’s School Shakespeare series, features helpful notes and annotations to help students and readers…
Eine illustrierte Ausgabe von Reynke de Vos, einem mittelalterlichen Schelmenroman, der die Abenteuer und Streiche des listigen Fuchses Reynke erzählt. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the “public domain in the United States…
The first volume of the acclaimed global sensation, from one of Japan’s most notable manga artists: Yaichi is a work-at-home suburban dad in contemporary Tokyo; formerly married to Natsuki, and father to their young daughter, Kana. Their lives suddenly change with the arrival at their doorstep of a hulking, affable Canadian named Mike Flanagan, who…
