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Are you going to have a Jewish baby, and do you need a name… or just some laughs? Then this book is for you! New York Times best-selling book creator Bill Adler teams up with Mad Magazine’s killer team of Arnie Kogen and Mort Drucker to deliver not only over 300 possible names for your…
The 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.
Every generation the media is blamed for the unruly behaviour of the young. In the 80’s it was Heavy Metal, during the 90’s it was rap and computer games. Well, there was once a time when comic books were seen as the greatest danger to the youth of the world, and the American Government decided…
Alex Miller’s novels are increasingly regarded as classics of Australian literature. This collection of critical essays offers a systematic introduction to the work of one of Australia’s best known authors.
Hailed as possibly the most comprehensive oral history of Superman to be committed to print, Voices From Krypton combines over 85 years of Superman’s legacy into a sweeping tale of how the champion of the oppressed became one of the world’s most recognizable pop culture icons. Not only does this epic collection include interviews with…
A visual history of politically incorrect comic books and comic strips. “This book will also, hopefully, scare you. We say hopefully, because hopefully they will frighten you at the thought that these images were once in fact perfectly acceptable. They were available to any child of any age with a dime, in a time when…
An incredibly fun-and necessary!-deep dive into one of American comics’ most important, influential, and underappreciated artistic dynasties” –Fred Van Lente, six-time New York Times bestselling author, The Comic Book History of Comics FATHER AND SON ISSUES: The Secret History of Spider-Man is the true story of someone with a great power, and a great responsibility….
The 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…
ndie, 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…
Written in straightforward, jargon-free language, A Concise Dictionary of Comics guides students, researchers, readers, and educators of all ages and at all levels of comics expertise. It provides them with a dictionary that doubles as a compendium of comics scholarship. A Concise Dictionary of Comics provides clear and informative definitions for each term. It includes…
Written in straightforward, jargon-free language, A Concise Dictionary of Comics guides students, researchers, readers, and educators of all ages and at all levels of comics expertise. It provides them with a dictionary that doubles as a compendium of comics scholarship. A Concise Dictionary of Comics provides clear and informative definitions for each term. It includes…
The concept of identity in superhero narratives has become a burgeoning field in academic studies of this increasingly popular cinematic genre. Women in Marvel Films provides the first rigorous analysis of the portrayals of women, heroic and otherwise, in films based on Marvel comics from the 1980s to the present. It explores the relationships between…
The concept of identity in superhero narratives has become a burgeoning field in academic studies of this increasingly popular cinematic genre. Women in Marvel Films provides the first rigorous analysis of the portrayals of women, heroic and otherwise, in films based on Marvel comics from the 1980s to the present. It explores the relationships between…
Discover the future history of Jesus Christ based on conjecture, history, the Gnostic gospels, conspiracy, and the assumption that ancient astronauts from the heavens are real. Enter the journey where Zombie Jesus and his followers are alien beings from the heavens, his loving union with Mary Magdalene yielded children, time portals access all of time…
Prepared by renowned Howard scholar Paul Herman with the assistance of Glenn Lord, this is the first new bibliography of Robert E. Howard since 1976. This massive volume contains more than twice as much information as the preceding biblio, The Last Celt. Robert E. Howard is considered the Godfather of Sword and Sorcery, and the…
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