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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “christopher irving”
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  • Larry Hama

    Conversations

    Edited by Christopher Irving ...
    Series series Conversations with Comic Artists Series
    Larry Hama (b. 1949) is the writer and cartoonist who helped develop the 1980s G.I. Joe toy line and created a new generation of fans from the tie-in comic book. Through many interviews, this volume reveals that G.I. Joe is far from his greatest feat as an artist.At different points in his life and career, Hama was mentored by comics legends Bernard Krigstein, Wallace Wood, and Neal Adams. Though ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Michael Allred

    Conversations

    Edited by Christopher Irving ...
    Series series Conversations with Comic Artists Series
    Michael Allred (b. 1962) stands out for his blend of spiritual and philosophical approaches with an art style reminiscent of 1960s era superhero comics, which creates a mixture of both postmodernism and nostalgia. His childhood came during an era where pop art and camp embraced elements of kitsch and pastiche and introduced them into the lexicon of popular culture. Allred's use of both in his work ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

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    Comics' Sexiest Bad Girls

    by Brent Frankenhoff ...
    Series series CBG Presents
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    $6.99 USD

  • Army of Lovers

    A Community History of Will Munro

    by Sarah Liss ...
    Series series Exploded Views
    Will was pretty much the perfect role model.' - Beth Ditto, The Gossip In the spring of 2010, Toronto lost one of its most important queer civic heroes when local artist, DJ, activist, impresario, promoter, party-thrower, café operator, community-builder and lover Will Munro died of brain cancer at the unfathomably young age of 35. Famed for his subversive, irreverent visual art, which co-opted ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Superheroes v Supervillains A-Z

    The Ultimate Guide to the Greatest Superheroes and Supervillains of All Time

    by Sarah Oliver ...
    A comprehensive guide to the world of Superheroes and Villains, a real must have for comic book fans and film buffs. Inlcuding Thor, X-Men, Wolverine, Captain America and Green Lantern ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • Dick Grayson, Boy Wonder

    Scholars and Creators on 75 Years of Robin, Nightwing and Batman

    Edited by Kristen L. Geaman ...
    Dick Grayson--alter-ego of the original Robin of Batman comics--has gone through various changes in his 75 years as a superhero but has remained the optimistic, humorous character readers first embraced in 1940. Predating Green Lantern and Wonder Woman, he is one of DC Comics' oldest heroes and retains a large and loyal fanbase.The first scholarly work to focus exclusively on the Boy Wonder, this ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • The Comic Book Film Adaptation

    Exploring Modern Hollywood's Leading Genre

    by Liam Burke ...
    In the summer of 2000 X-Men surpassed all box office expectations and ushered in an era of unprecedented production of comic book film adaptations. This trend, now in its second decade, has blossomed into Hollywood's leading genre. From superheroes to Spartan warriors, The Comic Book Film Adaptation offers the first dedicated study to examine how comic books moved from the fringes of popular ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • Father of the Comic Strip

    Rodolphe Töpffer

    by David Kunzle ...
    Sixty years before the comics entered the American newspaper press, Rodolphe Töpffer of Geneva (1799-1846), schoolmaster, university professor, polemical journalist, art critic, landscape draftsman, and writer of fiction, travel tales, and social criticism, invented a new art form: the comic strip, or "picture story," that is now the graphic novel. At first he resisted publishing what he called ... Read more

    $39.99 USD

  • Will Eisner

    Conversations

    Edited by M. Thomas Inge ...
    Series series Conversations with Comic Artists Series
    Will Eisner's innovations in the comics, especially the comic book and the graphic novel, as well as his devotion to comics analysis, make him one of comics' first true auteurs and the cartoonist so revered and influential that cartooning's highest honor is named after him. His newspaper feature The Spirit (1940-1952) introduced the now-common splash page to the comic book, as well as dramatic ... Read more

    $46.99 USD

  • Gothic in Comics and Graphic Novels

    A Critical Approach

    by Julia Round ...
    This book explores the connections between comics and Gothic from four different angles: historical, formal, cultural and textual. It identifies structures, styles and themes drawn from literary gothic traditions and discusses their presence in British and American comics today, with particular attention to the DC Vertigo imprint.Part One offers an historical approach to British and American ... Read more

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  • A Charlie Brown Religion

    Exploring the Spiritual Life and Work of Charles M. Schulz

    by Stephen J. Lind ...
    Series series Great Comics Artists Series
    Charles M. Schulz's Peanuts comic strip franchise, the most successful of all time, forever changed the industry. For more than half a century, the endearing, witty insights brought to life by Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Linus, and Lucy have caused newspaper readers and television viewers across the globe to laugh, sigh, gasp, and ponder. A Charlie Brown Religion explores one of the most provocative ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • 2000 AD: The Creator Interviews Volume One

    by Michael Molcher, Pat Mills, Carlos Ezquerra, Ron Smith, Mick McMahon ...
    Series Book 1 - 2000 AD: The Creator Interviews
    Exclusive interviews and career overviews of key comics creators taken from the pages of the Judge Dredd Megazine. In this first collection Pat Mills, Carlos Ezquerra, Ron Smith and Mick McMahon discuss their work in comics, 2000 AD and many other titles in great detail. ... Read more

    $2.99 USD