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Multicultural Comics: From Zap to Blue Beetle is the first comprehensive look at comic books by and about race and ethnicity. The thirteen essays tease out for the general reader the nuances of how such multicultural comics skillfully combine visual and verbal elements to tell richly compelling stories that gravitate around issues of race, ethnicity,…
Before there was WATCHMEN, there was SUPERFOLKS…. David Brinkley used to be a hero, the greatest the world had ever seen–until he retired, got married, moved to the suburbs, and packed on a few extra pounds. Now all the heroes are dead or missing, and his beloved New York is on the edge of chaos….
The story of the rise and fall of those comic books has never been fully told — until The Ten-Cent Plague. David Hajdu’s remarkable new book vividly opens up the lost world of comic books, its creativity, irreverence, and suspicion of authority. In the years between World War II and the emergence of television as…
Schlock Comics showcases Shrunk & Super Sized comic books from the Silver Age! Sci-fi/fantasy stories collecting: The Giant, Marlo and the Monster, Planet Of Violence, The Greater Jovians, Menace of the Midnight World, Let Sleeping Robots Lie, The Beast Legend, Defection, The Fugitives, Too Fantastic, Cathy’s Cat, The Terrible Plant Earth, Escape, The Galactic Souvenir,…
Over 1200 pages long with more than 9,000 new entries, this is a bibliography of articles and books on all aspects of comic and cartoon art including comic books, comic strips, cartoons, animation, editorial cartoons, newly updated as of the end of 2018. The two books include tens of thousands of citations with links to…
Critical Approaches to Comics offers students a deeper understanding of the artistic and cultural significance of comic books and graphic novels by introducing key theories and critical methods for analyzing comics.
Outrageous, fascinating and bizarre facts from every corner of the comic book universeWhat comic book artist was the recipient of an on-stage thank you from Paul McCartney and an on-air apology from Johnny Carson? What superhero got his powers by being bitten by a mongoose? What popular NPR host was forever immortalized as a “bad…
Comic Books Incorporated tells the story of the US comic book business, reframing the history of the medium through an industrial and transmedial lens. Comic books wielded their influence from the margins and in-between spaces of the entertainment business for half a century before moving to the center of mainstream film and television production. This…
When is a summer vacation not really a summer vacation? Sunny Lewin has been packed off to Florida to live with her grandfather for the summer. At first she thought Florida might be fun — it is the home of Disney World, after all. But the place where Gramps lives is no amusement park. It’s…
This volume of selections from Catholic publisher George Pflaum’s Treasure Chest of Fun & Fact comic book series collects stories of Catholic saints whose feast days fall outside of specific liturgical seasons (such as Lent and Advent) but instead during the months of Ordinary Time. A number of beloved saints and Holy Days are brought…
This volume of selections from Catholic publisher George Pflaum’s Treasure Chest of Fun & Fact comic book series offers a lively glimpse into mid-20th century Catholic devotional, educational, and liturgical life, focusing on the parts of the (pre-Vatican II) Mass, the Sacraments, and Catholic teaching on a variety of matters, spiritual and theological. Distributed to…
Black Assassin’s Club (BAC) is a group of ninja assassins fighting the evils in their community. From shady politicians to big companies unjustly gentrifying their communities. The BAC is a collection of unique Comic Books. The first 2 issues will focus on JD & Marvin’s characters and how they created the Black Assassin’s Club. The…
