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  • Cover image for Superheroes and Masculinity: Unmasking the Gender Performance of Heroism

    Superheroes and Masculinity: Unmasking the Gender Performance of Heroism

    $46.95

    Superheroes and Masculinity: Unmasking the Gender Performance of Heroism explores how heteropatriarchal representations of gender are portrayed within superhero comics, film, and television. The contributors examine how hegemonic masculinity has been continually perpetuated and reinforced within the superhero genre and unpack concise critiques of specific superhero representations, the industry, and the fan base at large….

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  • Cover image for Education and the Female Superhero: Slayers, Cyborgs, Sorority Sisters, and Schoolteachers

    Education and the Female Superhero: Slayers, Cyborgs, Sorority Sisters, and Schoolteachers

    $40.95

    Considering a variety of female superhero narratives, including World War II-era Wonder Woman comics, the 1970s television programs The Secrets of Isis and The Bionic Woman, and the more recent Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Education and the Female Superhero: Slayers, Cyborgs, Sorority Sisters, and Schoolteachers argues that they share a vision of education as the…

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  • Cover image for Shaqzine: a Fanzine about Shaq

    Shaqzine: a Fanzine about Shaq

    $9.99

    It’s a little zine about a big man. Celebrate Shaquille O’Neal with comics, art, prose and poetry by 50 top creatives. It’s a slam dunk!

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  • Cover image for Superwomen: Gender, Power, and Representation

    Superwomen: Gender, Power, and Representation

    $200.00

    Winner of the 2017 Eisner Award in the Best Academic/Scholarly Work category2017 Prose Awards Honorable Mention, Media & Cultural Studies Over the last 75 years, superheroes have been portrayed most often as male, heterosexual, white, and able-bodied. Today, a time when many of these characters are billion-dollar global commodities, there are more female superheroes, more…

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  • Marvel Comics in the 1970s: The World Inside Your Head

    Marvel Comics in the 1970s: The World Inside Your Head

    $44.95

    Marvel Comics in the 1970s explores a forgotten chapter in the story of the rise of comics as an art form. Bridging Marvel’s dizzying innovations and the birth of the underground comics scene in the 1960s and the rise of the prestige graphic novel and postmodern superheroics in the 1980s, Eliot Borenstein reveals a generation…

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  • Marvel Comics in the 1970s: The World Inside Your Head

    Marvel Comics in the 1970s: The World Inside Your Head

    $23.95

    Marvel Comics in the 1970s explores a forgotten chapter in the story of the rise of comics as an art form. Bridging Marvel’s dizzying innovations and the birth of the underground comics scene in the 1960s and the rise of the prestige graphic novel and postmodern superheroics in the 1980s, Eliot Borenstein reveals a generation…

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  • Critical Role: The Chronicles of Exandria the Mighty Nein

    Critical Role: The Chronicles of Exandria the Mighty Nein

    $44.99

    This hardcover art collection features a wide variety of gorgeous illustrations from the Critical Role fan community paired with text by cast members. Journey through Wildemount alongside the motley group known as the Mighty Nein! Encompassing the first chapters of Critical Role’s second campaign, this tome illustrates the adventures of our unlikely heroes as they…

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  • Avatar: The Last Airbender–North and South Omnibus

    Avatar: The Last Airbender–North and South Omnibus

    $24.99

    When Katara and Sokka return home to the Southern Water Tribe, they are shocked to find that it has gone from a small village to a bustling city, in this graphic novel based on the beloved Nickelodeon animated series! Malina, a Northerner, is behind the change and plans to unify the Water Tribes, but Gilak,…

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  • Avatar: The Last Airbender the Art of the Animated Series (Second Edition)

    Avatar: The Last Airbender the Art of the Animated Series (Second Edition)

    $39.99

    Join series creators Bryan Konietzko and Michael Dante DiMartino for an unpreccendented behind-the-scenes look at hundreds of pieces of concept, design, and production art as they take you on a guided tour through the development of this smash-hit television series in this new edition of the beloved artbook. Learn how Avatar: The Last Airbender took…

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  • Anacleta Y Alina: Tiras cómicas

    Anacleta Y Alina: Tiras cómicas

    $11.49

    -Nueva edición exclusiva de Amazon- Diviértase con la gallina Anacleta y sus amigos, así como con la precoz niña Alina y los demás personajes creados y dibujados al estilo de las tiras cómicas clásicas por Abel Carvajal. Unas graciosas caricaturas para todas las edades. ANACLETA: -Al autor (mi dibujante) le gustaría obsequiarle este libro, pero…

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  • Dreams of Manga: A Magical Coloring Book

    Dreams of Manga: A Magical Coloring Book

    $14.99

    Step into a dreamy, magical realm with this enchanting coloring book. Intricate, whimsical illustrations invite you to immerse yourself in a stunning fantasy world. This exquisite coloring book by the talented Japanese artist Narano is filled with fantastical images from her heartwarming and magical world, from an undersea restaurant to a theme park in the…

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  • The Art of Invincible Season Two

    The Art of Invincible Season Two

    $39.99

    This official behind-the-scenes companion to Prime Video’s second season of the hit animated series, INVINCIBLE, featuring a foreword from co-creator Robert Kirkman! The Art of Invincible Season Two features exclusive character, background, and vehicle designs along with key art and more! This volume takes fans behind the scenes and includes interviews with key creatives, including…

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  • Cover image for Dig Those Crazy Zacherley Comics!: Zacherley Comics by Mike Hoffman

    Dig Those Crazy Zacherley Comics!: Zacherley Comics by Mike Hoffman

    $14.95

    The World’s 1st and greatest Horror Host cavorts through these memorable Comic Book tales with artwork by Mike “Monster Master” Hoffman, and a Zach Bio by #1 Zach fan Paul Russak, plus “lost” photos from the 1967 Zacherley Presidential Campaign book!

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  • Cover image for Not All Supermen: Sexism, Toxic Masculinity, and the Complex History of Superheroes

    Not All Supermen: Sexism, Toxic Masculinity, and the Complex History of Superheroes

    $38.00

    An 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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    Never a Sidekick: Exploring the Dynamic History of Batgirl

    $36.00

    Explores the history of Batgirl from her groundbreaking comics debut to her disappointing live-action appearances and beyond in an “appealing, comprehensive, and enjoyable tour of Batgirl’s many iterations.” (Booklist)For over sixty years, every woman who took on the mantle of Batgirl has been a powerful, independent heroine, each belying the sidekick status the name implies…

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  • Cover image for Arguing Comics: Literary Masters on a Popular Medium

    Arguing Comics: Literary Masters on a Popular Medium

    $25.00

    When Art Spiegelman’s Maus-a two-part graphic novel about the Holocaust-won a Pulitzer Prize in 1992, comics scholarship grew increasingly popular and notable. The rise of “serious” comics has generated growing levels of interest as scholars, journalists, and public intellectuals continue to explore the history, aesthetics, and semiotics of the comics medium. Yet those who write…

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