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This book provides student journalists, artists, designers, creative writers and web producers with the tools and techniques they need to tell nonfiction stories visually and graphically. Weaving together history, theory, and practical advice, seasoned nonfiction comics professors and scholars Randy Duncan, Michael Ray Taylor and David Stoddard present a hands-on approach to teach readers from…
New Zealand art historian John Stringer examines the phenomenon of the mass Tintin pastiches and parodies since 1983 when Hergé died and the adventures ceased with the incomplete Tintin and Alph-Art. Honouring the canon and legacy of Hergé, Stringer draws on hundreds of independent works in different languages to comment on the enduring pastiche phenomenon…
Curated from his writings for Graphic Policy–covering everything from a childhood love of superheroes to an ongoing exploration of more mature comics and geeky experiences–CJ Standal offers deep analysis into one of the hottest media today and the life of those who grew up loving that medium: comics. A former high school English teacher, one…
WHEEL is equal parts adventure memoir, graphic novel, poetry anthology, autobiographical journal, and scientific grimoire. Sure to delight romantics and adventurers alike, this hand-written, hand-illustrated work simultaneously takes you on a hike through the seasons of the Pacific Northwest and a hike through the seasons of a romance. The mythic heroine’s story is one that…
Alice, the child protagonist of Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s adventures in Wonderland, follows a hurried rabbit into it’s hole and winds up in Wonderland. Encountering a peculiar cast of characters, she becomes quite artful in her interactions with these new “mad” friends; modulating her intake of elixirs and substances in an attempt to play her part…
Life in Chile was far from simple for anyone. As an outspoken determined woman, Esther Olivares was bound to walk a rocky path. Add to that a complicated family, a turbulent political situation and the growing realisation that she’s a lesbian. The story covers her life between 1939-1977. It weaves in the unsettled politics of…
Ever wanted to take to the open road? Ever attempted that with kids? The Quirkus did. It wasn’t pretty. Forget the house and the quarter-acre block. This is one family’s hilarious attempt to achieve the new Great Australian Dream – a road trip through the great southern land with kids. Experience the twists and turns…
In Nuer land not too long ago was a man who was well known during his life and after his death and often not for all the right reasons. Weirial Gatyiel Puok Baluang’s The Stories of Kulang Toat, take us through Kulang’s life and the effect he had on his family and his community around…
The Magic Hill allows the readers to experience “magic” in a realistic way. This magic is something everyone can have in their lives and prevents that superficial expectation that magic is only shown instantaneously through a show. It emerges internally through giving. As one gives, it not only makes that person feel better, but it…
A great read for kids and cats of all ages: -) Chicken is a soulful expression of the love between cat and person as it collides with the powerful tide of family, friends, loss, and the invisible forces that connect us. Bronze winner in Moonbeam Book Awards and Double Gold winner in Global E-book Awards…
A great read for kids and cats of all ages: -) Chicken is a soulful expression of the love between cat and person as it collides with the powerful tide of family, friends, loss, and the invisible forces that connect us. Bronze winner in Moonbeam Book Awards and Double Gold winner in Global E-book Awards…
Released is a meditation on losing an object and gaining a thing. It was written to accompany an artwork for the exhibition The Uncertainty Principle (Canberra, ANCA Gallery, 2018). It combines memoir, philosophy, statistics and uncertainty, pivoting on a a simple pine kitchen table that holds memories of a key family moment.
Some say Elizabeth Taylor was the last great movie star. Her talent, beauty, feistiness, and glamour catapulted her to stardom and she handled her success with grace and generosity. This tribute shows Elizabeth as the down-to-earth diva she was, told from the POV of one of her BFFs: Her beloved Maltese Daisy. A comic book…
Involved in expressionism, cubism, and surrealism, Picasso was an outstanding painter during the first half of the 20th century. Innumerable publications to his person have appeared. In contrast to them, this short guide delivers an overview of the life and work of the controversial genius in not so many words and entertaining pictures. By developing…
His whole life-long, the surrealistic painter Dali was obsessed to come to terms with three key moments of his childhood in Spain. 1. The fear that in his parents eyes, he is only a rebirth of the dead first son, 2. the shocking effect that the pictures of venereal diseases discovered in his father’s library…
Finally, the definitive illustrated bio of the controversial creator who reinvented the comic biz, Smilin’ Stan Lee. This detailed critical overview of Lee’s life and career unflinchingly deals with still-open questions about who really “created” Marvel’s best known characters; scripter Lee, or illustrators like Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko, who’ve disputed their former boss’ recollections…
