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See the collected life stories of JK Rowling, Stephenie Meyer, Anne Rice, and Charlaine Harris in this broad examination of strong women that have made a difference in today’s literature. This comic series has been featured on CNN, Fox News, & OK! Magazine. Join TidalWave as we explore the life and times of these women…
As showcased in Pink Floyd’s own official CD box set Shine On, the Pink Floyd Experience comics chronicle rock’s most enigmatic psychedelic warriors– from their early days with stoner icon Syd Barrett, through their split and later reformation. Art and story by Ken Landgraf (Wolverine, Hawkman, Nightwing and Flamebird, etc.), Spike Steffenhagen (Children of the…
After commanding the Titans in their war against the Olympians, Atlas was forced to hold up the heavens on his shoulders. His life was a tragic story of a lone God fighting boredom on Mount Olympus. However, monitoring the earth from above, Atlas watched Earth change and the emergence of super powered beings donning capes…
Introducing Political Power, a spin-off series from the popular Female Force line. Political Power is a new title that focuses on past and present American politicians. This new graphic novel features the Presidents of the United States, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Ronald Reagan. As featured on CNN, FOX News, Time Magazine,…
Anne Rice’s uniquely gothic, sensuous, and existential approach redefined the modern vampire mythology. Shaped by personal tragedies, critical successes and failures, and a fervent rediscovery of her Catholic roots, Rice has penned over 27 novels from supernatural to historical tomes, erotica and religious themes. But Anne Rice’s life is just as interesting as the tales…
It seems, at first glance, for an obvious step to improve industrial productivity: one should simply watch workers at work in order to learn how they actually do their jobs. However, this highly influential book, a must-read for anyone seeking to understand modern management practices, puts lie to such misconceptions. It disproves that making industrial…
Will Eisner’s innovations in the comics, especially the comic book and the graphic novel, as well as his devotion to comics analysis, make him one of comics’ first true auteurs and the cartoonist so revered and influential that cartooning’s highest honor is named after him. His newspaper feature The Spirit (1940-1952) introduced the now-common splash…
Will Eisner’s innovations in the comics, especially the comic book and the graphic novel, as well as his devotion to comics analysis, make him one of comics’ first true auteurs and the cartoonist so revered and influential that cartooning’s highest honor is named after him. His newspaper feature The Spirit (1940-1952) introduced the now-common splash…
A critical biography of one of the pioneers of alternative weekly comic strips Best known for her long-running comic strip Ernie Pook’s Comeek, illustrated fiction (Cruddy, The Good Times Are Killing Me), and graphic novels (One! Hundred! Demons!), the art of Lynda Barry (b. 1956) has branched out to incorporate plays, paintings, radio commentary, and…
Best known for her long-running comic strip Ernie Pook’s Comeek, illustrated fiction (Cruddy, The Good Times Are Killing Me), and graphic novels (One! Hundred! Demons!), the art of Lynda Barry (b. 1956) has branched out to incorporate plays, paintings, radio commentary, and lectures. With a combination of simple, raw drawings and mature, eloquent text, Barry’s…
Walt Kelly (1913-1973) is one of the most respected and innovative American cartoonists of the twentieth century. His long-running Pogo newspaper strip has been cited by modern comics artists and scholars as one of the best ever. Cartoonists Bill Watterson (Calvin and Hobbes), Jeff Smith (Bone), and Frank Cho (Liberty Meadows) have all cited Kelly…
A fruitful reading of the best North American and European autobiographical comics A troubled childhood in Iran. Living with a disability. Grieving for a dead child. Over the last forty years the comic book has become an increasingly popular way of telling personal stories of considerable complexity and depth. In Autobiographical Comics: Life Writing in…
In 1977, Dave Sim (b. 1956) began to self-publish Cerebus, one of the earliest and most significant independent comics, which ran for 300 issues and ended, as Sim had planned from early on, in 2004. Over the run of the comic, Sim used it as a springboard to explore not only the potential of the…
The early 1980s saw a revolution in mainstream comics–in subject matter, artistic integrity, and creators’ rights–as new methods of publishing and distribution broadened the possibilities. Among those artists utilizing these new methods, Chester Brown (b. 1960) quickly developed a cult following due to the undeniable quality and originality of his Yummy Fur (1983-1994). Chester Brown:…
Dan Yoo, born and raised in Korea, has lived in Israel for the last decade. He has witnessed the tension between Arabs and Jews from close quarters. This never ending story inspired him to create a graphic book on the confusing conflict of a country in turmoil. It is also a homage to the brave…
Annie Besant (née Wood; 1 October 1847 – 20 September 1933) was a British socialist, theosophist, women’s rights activist, writer, orator, educationist, and philanthropist. Regarded as a champion of human freedom, she was an ardent supporter of both Irish and Indian self-rule. She was a prolific author with over three hundred books and pamphlets to…
