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  • Grotesque Progeny

    The Commodification of Dangerous and Endangered Children

    by Mark Heimermann ...
    Series series Cultures of Childhood
    In contemporary Western society, childhood appears more protected than ever to the casual onlooker. Yet, we are increasingly fascinated by narratives in which children are depicted as unsettling beings, both dangerous and endangered, sometimes chaotic or even evil. In Grotesque Progeny: The Commodification of Dangerous and Endangered Children, author Mark Heimermann argues that these ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • Misfit Children

    An Inquiry into Childhood Belongings

    by Jessica Balanzategui, Daniel Butler, Danette DiMarco, Julian Gill-Peterson, Ann Gonzalez, Stephen Hartman, Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, Mark Heimermann, Naja Later, Craig Martin, Sean Moreland, Derek Newman-Stille, Carmen Nolte-Odhiambo, Christopher Parkes, Andrew Pump, Awo Abena Amoa Sarpong, Maria Schwenk, De-Valera N.Y.M Botchway ...
    Series series Children and Youth in Popular Culture
    Misfits are often confused with outcasts. Yet misfits rather find themselves in-between that which fits and that which does not. This volume is interested in this slipperiness of misfits and explores the blockages and the promises of such movements, as well as the processes and conditions that produce misfits, the means that enable them to undo their denomination as misfits, and the practices that ... Read more

    $105.99 USD

  • The Child in Post-Apocalyptic Cinema

    by Debbie Olson, Eduardo Barros-Grela, María Bobadilla Pérez, Tarah Brookfield, Glen Donnar, Aryak Guha, Mark Heimermann, James M. Hodapp, Frank Jacob, Cassandra L. Jones0, Eric D. Miller1, Joseph Wiinikka-Lydon2, Betül Atesçi Koçak3, Jennifer Brown4 ...
    The child in many post-apocalyptic films occupies a unique space within the narrative, a space that oscillates between death and destruction, faith and hope. The Child in Post-Apocalyptic Cinema interrogates notions of the child as a symbol of futurity and also loss. By exploring the ways children function discursively within a dystopian framework we may better understand how and why traditional ... Read more

    $105.99 USD

  • Picturing Childhood

    Youth in Transnational Comics

    Edited by Mark Heimermann, Brittany Tullis ...
    Series series World Comics and Graphic Nonfiction Series
    Comics and childhood have had a richly intertwined history for nearly a century. From Richard Outcault’s Yellow Kid, Winsor McCay’s Little Nemo, and Harold Gray’s Little Orphan Annie to Hergé’s Tintin (Belgium), José Escobar’s Zipi and Zape (Spain), and Wilhelm Busch’s Max and Moritz (Germany), iconic child characters have given both kids and adults not only hours of entertainment but also an ... Read more

    $26.59 USD

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  • 1,000 Comic Books You Must Read

    by Tony Isabella ...
    Hero Worship!1000 Comic Books You Must Read is an unforgettable journey through 70 years of comic books. Arranged by decade, this book introduces you to 1000 of the best comic books ever published and the amazing writers and artists who created them.• See Superman from his debut as a sarcastic champion of the people, thumbing his nose at authority, to his current standing as a respected citizen of ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Slugfest

    Inside the Epic, 50-year Battle between Marvel and DC

    by Reed Tucker ...
    The first in-depth, behind-the-scenes book treatment of the rivalry between the two comic book giants.THEY ARE THE TWO TITANS OF THE COMIC BOOK INDUSTRY--the Coke and Pepsi of superheroes--and for more than 50 years, Marvel and DC have been locked in an epic battle for spandex supremacy. At stake is not just sales, but cultural relevancy and the hearts of millions of fans.To many partisans, Marvel ... Read more

    $20.19 USD

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  • The Ages of Wonder Woman

    Essays on the Amazon Princess in Changing Times

    Edited by Joseph J. Darowski ...
    Created in 1941 by the psychologist William Marston, Wonder Woman would go on to have one of the longest continuous runs of published comic book adventures in the history of the industry. More than 70 years after her debut, Wonder Woman remains a popular culture icon. Throughout the intervening years many comic book creators have had a hand in guiding her story, resulting in different ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Film and Comic Books

    Edited by Ian Gordon, Mark Jancovich, Matthew P. McAllister ...
    In Film and Comic Books contributors analyze the problems of adapting one medium to another; the translation of comics aesthetics into film; audience expectations, reception, and reaction to comic book-based films; and the adaptation of films into comics.A wide range of comic/film adaptations are explored, including superheroes (Spider-Man), comic strips (Dick Tracy), realist and autobiographical ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Cerebus the Barbarian Messiah

    Essays on the Epic Graphic Satire of Dave Sim and Gerhard

    Edited by Eric Hoffman ...
    In December 1977, struggling Canadian comic book artist Dave Sim self-published the first issue of Cerebus the Aardvark, a Conan the Barbarian satire featuring a foul-tempered, sword-wielding creature trapped in a human world. Over the next 26 years, Sim, and later collaborator Gerhard, produced an epic 6,000-page graphic novel, the longest-running English language comic series by a single ... Read more

    $16.99 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

    $39.59 USD

  • CLAMP in Context

    A Critical Study of the Manga and Anime

    by Dani Cavallaro ...
    Since its debut manga RG Veda, CLAMP has steadily asserted itself as one of the most widely renowned teams of manga artists, leaving a durable imprint in every established genre while also devising novel formulas along the way. Endowed not only with stylistic distinctiveness but also comprehensive cultural structure, CLAMP's output is distinguished by unique worldbuilding flair and visual vitality ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Grant Morrison

    Combining the Worlds of Contemporary Comics

    by Marc Singer ...
    Series series Great Comics Artists Series
    One of the most eclectic and distinctive writers currently working in comics, Grant Morrison (b. 1960) brings the auteurist sensibility of alternative comics and graphic novels to the popular genres-superhero, science fiction, and fantasy-that dominate the American and British comics industries. His comics range from bestsellers featuring the most universally recognized superhero franchises (All ... Read more

    $17.99 USD