Media Studies
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Manga’s First Century: How Creators and Fans Made Japanese Comics, 1905-1989
$29.95A comprehensive English-language history of a beloved medium, Manga’s First Century tells the story of the artists and fans who built a cultural juggernaut. Manga is the world’s most popular style of comics. How did manga and anime–“moving manga”–become ubiquitous? Manga’s First Century delves into the history and finds surprising answers. In fact, manga has…
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Origins of Marvel Comics
$21.99Now back in print and timed for its 50th anniversary–the landmark book Origins of Marvel Comics by Stan Lee! Originally published in 1974, Origins of Marvel Comics features the first appearance of characters who have dominated the pantheon of Marvel’s modern storytelling mythology–Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, the Hulk, Thor, and Doctor Strange–along with a second…
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Manga’s First Century: How Creators and Fans Made Japanese Comics, 1905-1989
$95.00A comprehensive English-language history of a beloved medium, Manga’s First Century tells the story of the artists and fans who built a cultural juggernaut. Manga is the world’s most popular style of comics. How did manga and anime–“moving manga”–become ubiquitous? Manga’s First Century delves into the history and finds surprising answers. In fact, manga has…
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Out on the Wire: The Storytelling Secrets of the New Masters of Radio
$20.00A Library Journal Best Book of 2015 Go behind the scenes of seven of today’s most popular narrative radio shows and podcasts, including This American Life and RadioLab, in graphic narrative. Every week, millions of devoted fans tune in to or download This American Life, The Moth, Radiolab, Planet Money, Snap Judgment, Serial, Invisibilia and…
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The Influencing Machine: Brooke Gladstone on the Media
$18.95A million listeners trust NPR’s Brooke Gladstone to guide them through the complexities of the modern media. Bursting onto the page in vivid comics by acclaimed artist Josh Neufeld, this brilliant radio personality guides us through two millennia of media history, debunking the notion that “The Media” is an external force beyond our control and…
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Cub
$12.95“Raina Telgemeier fans will lap this up.” — Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books A laugh-out-loud funny and empowering graphic memoir about growing up and finding your voice. Twelve-year-old Cindy has just dipped a toe into seventh-grade drama–with its complicated friendships, bullies, and cute boys–when she earns an internship as a cub reporter at…
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Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars: The Epic 1980s Saga
$14.95Explore the Stories Behind the LegendsIn 1984, Marvel’s Editor-In-Chief Jim Shooter brought Marvel’s heroes and villains together for an epic battle that became the template for comic book crossovers and impacted Marvel’s storylines for decades, including major changes to the Spider-Man mythos and the introduction of a new villain. Within the 12-part storyline, characters who…
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Spider-Man Psychology: Untangling Webs
$21.99Acclaimed author, psychology professor, Wheel of Fortune game show champion, and “superherologist” Dr. Travis Langley has returned with the newest installment of his lauded Pop Culture Psychology series. Backed by an entourage of expert contributors, Dr. Langley explores the psychology of real human nature through the lens of one of the best-selling superhero characters of…
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Flixcomix: Comics Aesthetics in Film
$30.00Flixcomix: Comics Aesthetics in Film reorients the longstanding conversation between comics and cinema by examining film through the lens of comics studies. Rather than relying on film theory to define comics, Adam Geczy and Jonathan McBurnie flip the script–showing how comics’ visual language, timing, and expression have shaped film aesthetics from the silent era to…
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The New Old Style: Anachronism in Contemporary Comics
$35.00The New Old Style explores how the deliberate use of cartooning styles that mimic those of the early twentieth century has paradoxically become one of the most significant vehicles for formal experimentation in contemporary comics. Dubbing this phenomenon “the anachronistic aesthetic,” Matthew Levay argues that what can initially appear to be a nostalgic affinity for…
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Team Up: How Collaboration Powers Superhero Comics
$30.00As superhero comics have become increasingly mainstream, so too has the attention given to the creators behind them. Yet, while it is widely known that the majority of superhero comics are produced through collaborative efforts, the ways these partnerships shape creation and reception of such works remain largely unexplored. Team Up: How Collaboration Powers Superhero…
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Comics and Intermediality
$30.00Contributions by Karine Abadie, Frederick Luis Aldama, Jan Baetens, Paul Fisher Davies, Brian Fies, Meags Fitzgerald, Frederik Byrn K hlert, Mélanie Leclerc, Nancy Pedri, Giada Peterle, Barbara Postema, Véronique Sina, Sarah Thorne, and Paul Tucker Comics and Intermediality offers a fresh look at comics through the lens of intermediality, exploring how comics intersect with, draw…
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Anime Studies: Media-Specific Approaches to Neon Genesis Evangelion
$36.99Anime Studies: Media-Specific Approaches to Neon Genesis Evangelion aims at advancing the study of anime, understood as largely TV-based genre fiction rendered in cel, or cel-look, animation with a strong affinity to participatory cultures and media convergence. Taking Neon Genesis Evangelion (Shin Seiki Evangerion) as a case study, this volume acknowledges anime as a media…
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A Kid’s Guide to Anime & Manga: Exploring the History of Japanese Animation and Comics
$17.99An accessible, inclusive guide aimed at helping young fans celebrate their okatu spirit by sharing the history of anime and manga while giving young readers advice on how to explore and interact with this fandom. Whether they’re watching anime on Netflix and Crunchyroll or bringing home stacks of manga from the library or bookstore, there…
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Flixcomix: Comics Aesthetics in Film
$99.00Flixcomix: Comics Aesthetics in Film reorients the longstanding conversation between comics and cinema by examining film through the lens of comics studies. Rather than relying on film theory to define comics, Adam Geczy and Jonathan McBurnie flip the script–showing how comics’ visual language, timing, and expression have shaped film aesthetics from the silent era to…