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Bringing together the work of an array of North American and European scholars, this collection highlights a previously unexamined area within global comics studies. It analyses comics from countries formerly behind the Iron Curtain like East Germany, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, Yugoslavia, and Ukraine, given their shared history of WWII and Communism. In addition to…
Postcolonialism and migration are major themes in contemporary French comics and have roots in the Algerian War (1954-62), anti-racist struggle, and mass migration to France. This volume studies comics from the formal dismantling of the French colonial empire in 1962 up to the present. French cartoonists of ethnic minority and immigrant heritage are a major…
Comics and cartoons from Japan, or manga and anime, are an increasingly common feature of visual and popular culture around the world. While it is often observed that these media forms appeal to broad and diverse demographics, including many adults, eroticism continues to unsettle critics and has even triggered legal action in some jurisdictions. It…
Bumbling Through Borneo, an educational yet comical trek through Borneo’s hinterland, takes the reader on an entertaining journey of discovery by following the misadventures of a fictitious cast of bumbling characters as they stumble across the natural treasures and indigenous cultures of the Malaysian state of Sarawak – including the environmental challenges they currently face….
Bumbling Through Sumatra is an educational yet comical adventure through the Strait of Malacca, various ports in Malaysia, and across the Indonesian island of Sumatra. The reader is taken on an entertaining journey of discovery by following the misadventures of a fictitious cast of bumbling characters as they stumble across the natural treasures and indigenous…
Bumbling Through Hong Kong is an educational yet comical adventure through the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, and its many manmade and natural environments. The reader is taken on an entertaining journey of discovery by following the misadventures of a fictitious cast of bumbling backpackers as they stumble across the cultural traditions, natural assets and…
Imagine living in a high-rise mini-city that people built with their own hands. This city took up only the size of a sports stadium, but it was home to sixty thousand people! What would it be like to live in the most tightly packed place on Earth? Fiona wanted to find out, so she went…
Award winning team of Sean Michael Wilson and Akiko Shimojima have ventured into new territory in this, their ninth book together, on the explorer Mamiya Rinzo (間宮 林蔵) who mapped Sakhalin Island in the early years of the 19th century. “Mamiya’s Maps” is about exploration, culture clash, the making of maps and how they are…
Award winning team of Sean Michael Wilson and Akiko Shimojima present their 10th book together, on the adventure of Ranald MacDonald in 19th century Japan. In 1848, the half Scottish, half Native American MacDonald hatched a wild plan to sneak into Japan – something strictly forbidden at the time, sometimes even facing the punishment of…
Paradise Lost is an epic poem written by the Puritan English poet John Milton between 1658 and 1663, and published in 1667. This is a period of English history which encompasses the end of Oliver Cromwell’s Commonwealth and the restoration of the monarchy in 1660. Perhaps reflecting some of his country’s turmoil during Milton’s life,…
“Paradise Lost” by John Milton is a seminal epic poem that explores the biblical story of the Fall of Man. The narrative begins with Satan and his fallen angels cast into Hell after their rebellion against God. Satan, undeterred by his defeat, vows to continue his opposition by corrupting God’s newest creation, humankind. The poem…
Il signor Bonaventura tra i personaggi del fumetto d’epoca è uno dei più longevi e popolari, tanto da potersi inserire di diritto nella storia del costume nazionale con le sue avventure, che cominciano male ma si concludono sempre con l’inattesa e fortunata ricompensa di un milione. Nato oltre un secolo fa, nel 1917, ancora oggi…
Welcome to “Hamlet: Prince of Pigs” the first volume of the Shakespearean Tragic-Comics! Hamlet is a little pig, a little ham. Hamlet’s uncle Claudius, the murderer, “the bloat king,” is a big fat hog. Hamlet’s mother, Gertrude, is a pig with lipstick. Ophelia is a cat, because cats don’t do well in water. The gravediggers…
Anchovius Caesar: The Decomposition of a Romaine Salad, the second volume of the Shakespearean Tragic-Comics, is a remake of Shakespeare’s tragedy Julius Caesar. In this comic, many of the main characters are the key ingredients a Caesar salad. The star is a little fish named Anchovius Caesar. The Roman citizens, played by Romaine lettuce leaves,…
Title: “The Untold Beginning: The Creation, is an enlightening and captivating children’s picture book that delves into the history of melanated people and their ancestral connections to the 12 tribes of Israel. Written to make biblical scriptures accessible and understandable to children aged 3 to 18, this book unveils a hidden history that will inspire,…
The Sirens went off. They were out of time. The mountain exploded. Trapping the teams in different sections. Phil said they only needed a little more time. Now, he needed Hope. Hope to bring his people home. Hope, so he would not need to write condolence letters. Hope, he needed a plan.Stewart and Beth might…
