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  • Creation, Translation, and Adaptation in Donald Duck Comics

    The Dream of Three Lifetimes

    by Peter Cullen Bryan ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    This book examines the scope and nature of Donald Duck and his family's popularity in Germany, in contrast to the diminished role they play in America. This is achieved through examination of the respective fan communities, business practices, and universality of the characters. This work locates and understands the aspects of translation and adaptation that inform the spread of culture that have ... Read more

    $98.09 USD

  • Televisual Shared Universes

    Expanded and Converged Storyworlds on the Small Screen

    by Vincent Tran, Clare Ford, Jason Ford, Lisa Horton, Chris McGunnigle, Melina Meimaridis, Aaron Propes, Peter Soulen, Princess O'Nika Auguste, Erin K. Burrell0, Christopher A. Medjesky1, Christopher J. Olson2, Raymond I. Schuck3, David Beard4, Peter Cullen Bryan5, CarrieLynn D. Reinhard6, Mareike Spychala8 ...
    This book of empirical studies analyzes examples of televisual shared universes since the 1960s to understand how the nature of televised serial narratives and network corporate policies have long created shared storyworlds. While there has been much discussion about shared cinematic universes and comic book universes, the concept has had limited exploration in other media, such as those seen on ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • The Other 1980s

    Reframing Comics’ Crucial Decade

    by Maaheen Ahmed, José Alaniz, Jonathan Alexandratos, Peter Cullen Bryan, Jeremy Carnes, Blair Davis, Andrew Hoberek, Robert Hutton, Aaron Kashtan, Meg King, Andrew J. Kunka, Shiamin Kwa, Isabelle Licari-Guillaume, Rachel Miller, Alex B. Smith, Paul Williams, Daniel F. Yezbick, James Zeigler ...
    Fans and scholars have long regarded the 1980s as a significant turning point in the history of comics in the United States, but most critical discussions of the period still focus on books from prominent creators such as Frank Miller, Alan Moore, and Art Spiegelman, eclipsing the work of others who also played a key role in shaping comics as we know them today. The Other 1980s offers a more ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

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  • American Comics

    A History

    by Jeremy Dauber ...
    The sweeping story of cartoons, comic strips, and graphic novels and their hold on the American imagination.Comics have conquered America. From our multiplexes, where Marvel and DC movies reign supreme, to our television screens, where comics-based shows like The Walking Dead have become among the most popular in cable history, to convention halls, best-seller lists, Pulitzer Prize–winning titles, ... Read more

    $15.39 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Why Comics?

    From Underground to Everywhere

    by Hillary Chute ...
    New York Times Notable Book: An "engaging" illustrated book full of "valuable insights into the contemporary world of graphic storytelling" ( Los Angeles Review of Books).Over the past century, fans have elevated comics from the back pages of newspapers into one of our most celebrated forms of culture, from Fun Home, the Tony Award–winning musical based on Alison Bechdel's groundbreaking graphic ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Projections

    Comics and the History of Twenty-First-Century Storytelling

    by Jared Gardner ...
    Series series Post*45
    When Art Spiegelman's Maus won the Pulitzer Prize in 1992, it marked a new era for comics. Comics are now taken seriously by the same academic and cultural institutions that long dismissed the form. And the visibility of comics continues to increase, with alternative cartoonists now published by major presses and more comics-based films arriving on the screen each year.Projections argues that the ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

  • Comics Versus Art

    by Bart Beaty ...
    On the surface, the relationship between comics and the ‘high’ arts once seemed simple; comic books and strips could be mined for inspiration, but were not themselves considered legitimate art objects. Though this traditional distinction has begun to erode, the worlds of comics and art continue to occupy vastly different social spaces.Comics Versus Art examines the relationship between comics and ... Read more

    $40.99 USD

  • Of Comics and Men

    A Cultural History of American Comic Books

    by Jean-Paul Gabilliet ...
    Translated by Bart Beaty, Nick Nguyen ...
    Originally published in France and long sought in English translation, Jean-Paul Gabilliet's Of Comics and Men: A Cultural History of American Comic Books documents the rise and development of the American comic book industry from the 1930s to the present. The book intertwines aesthetic issues and critical biographies with the concerns of production, distribution, and audience reception, making it ... Read more

    $25.19 USD

  • Fifty Key American Films

    Edited by John White, Sabine Haenni ...
    Series series Routledge Key Guides
    Fifty Key American Films explores and contextualises some of the most important films ever made in the United States. With case studies from the early years of cinema to the present day, this comprehensive Key Guide provides accessible analyses from a range of theoretical perspectives.This chronologically ordered volume includes coverage of:Citizen KaneCasablancaPsycho</e... ... Read more

    $45.99 USD

  • The Flaherty

    Decades in the Cause of Independent Cinema

    by Patricia R. Zimmermann, Scott MacDonald ...
    "[A] history of this singular institution that has indelibly shaped independent and documentary filmmaking, as well as its critical reception." — Film QuarterlyThis is the inspiring story of The Flaherty, one of the oldest continuously running nonprofit media arts institutions in the world, which has shaped the development of independent film, video, and emerging forms in the United States for ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Considering Watchmen

    Poetics, Property, Politics: New edition with full color illustrations

    by Andrew Hoberek ...
    Series series Comics Culture
    Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’s Watchmen has been widely hailed as a landmark in the development of the graphic novel. It was not only aesthetically groundbreaking but also anticipated future developments in politics, literature, and intellectual property.Demonstrating a keen eye for historical detail, Considering Watchmen gives readers a new appreciation of just how radical Moore and Gibbons’s ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • Documentary Film

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Patricia Aufderheide ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Documentary film can encompass anything from Robert Flaherty's pioneering ethnography Nanook of the North to Michael Moore's anti-Iraq War polemic Fahrenheit 9/11, from Dziga Vertov's artful Soviet propaganda piece Man with a Movie Camera to Luc Jacquet's heart-tugging wildlife epic March of the Penguins. In this concise, crisply written guide, Patricia Aufderheide takes readers along the diverse ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

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