Comic Book Culture
By:"Ron Goulart"
Published on 2000 by Collectors Press, Inc.
Provides a concise history of the comic book business from its shaky beginnings in the early 1930s to its multimillion-dollar success during World War II, and includes cover illustrations from the middle 1930s to the late 1940s.
This Book was ranked 29 by Google Books for keyword comic.
Comic Books as History
By:"Joseph Witek"
Published on 1989 by Univ. Press of Mississippi
Describes changing public attitudes towards comic books
This Book was ranked 6 by Google Books for keyword comic.
Pinter's Comic Play
By:"Elin Diamond"
Published on 1985 by Bucknell University Press
Examines the basis of Harold Pinter's tense comedy and how it functions in his plays as well as covering the major drama from The Room to Other Places. Diamond argues that the metaphysical fear and emptiness so characteristic of the Pinter situation are inseparable from his use and abuse of literary and popular comic traditions.
This Book was ranked 30 by Google Books for keyword comic.
Film and Comic Books
By:"Ian Gordon","Mark Jancovich","Matthew P. McAllister"
Published on 2010-01-06 by Univ. Press of Mississippi
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 comics (American Splendor, Ghost World), and photo-montage comics (Mexico's El Santo). Essayists discuss films beginning with the 1978 Superman. That success led filmmakers to adapt a multitude of comic books for the screen including Marvel's Uncanny X-Men, the Amazing Spider-Man, Blade, and the Incredible Hulk as well as alternative graphic novels such as From Hell, V for Vendetta, and Road to Perdition. Essayists also discuss recent works from Mexico, France, Germany, and Malaysia. Essays from Timothy P. Barnard, Michael Cohen, Rayna Denison, Martin Flanagan, Sophie Geoffroy-Menoux, Mel Gibson, Kerry Gough, Jonathan Gray, Craig Hight, Derek Johnson, Pascal Lef?vre, Paul M. Malone, Neil Rae, Aldo J. Regalado, Jan van der Putten, and David Wilt Ian Gordon is associate professor of history and convenor of American studies at the National University of Singapore. Mark Jancovich is professor of film and television studies at the University of East Anglia. Matthew P. McAllister is associate professor of film, video, and media studies at Pennsylvania State University.
This Book was ranked 8 by Google Books for keyword comic.
Comic Women, Tragic Men
By:"Linda Bamber"
Published on 1982-06-01 by Stanford University Press
This book proceeds from the assumption that Shakespeare, so often perceived as the one writer who appears to have transcended the limits of gender, inevitably writes from the perspective of his own gender. From this perspective, whatever represents the Self is necessarily male; and the Other, which challenges the Self, is female. The author's approach gives us a fresh understanding of both Shakespeare's characters and the structure of the plays. The author defines genre in terms of the nature of the challenge offered by the Other to the Self. Using specific plays and characters of Shakespeare, the author shows how in tragedy the Other betrays or appears to betray the Self; in comedy the Other evades the social hierarchies dominated by versions of the male Self; in romance the Other comes and goes, leaving the Self bereft when she is gone and astounding him with happiness when she reappears. History is defined as a genre in which the masculine heroes confront no challenge from the Other but only from each other, from other versions of the Self. The book consists of a long theoretical introduction followed by chapters on comedy, history, and some individual plays: Hamlet, Antony and Cleopatra, Macbeth, Coriolanus, and The Tempest.
This Book was ranked 11 by Google Books for keyword comic.
Comic Books and the Cold War, 1946-1962
By:"Chris York","Rafiel York"
Published on 2012-02-08 by McFarland
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This Book was ranked 3 by Google Books for keyword comic.
Comic Strips
By:"Art Roche"
Published on 2006 by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Presents an introduction to the basic tools and materials of comic strips, demonstrating how to construct bodies and faces, come up with appealing characters, and build an ensemble cast, and provides ideas for fine-tuning the finished work.
This Book was ranked 31 by Google Books for keyword comic.
India's Immortal Comic Books
By:"Karline McLain"
Published on 2009 by Indiana University Press
A pioneering study of Indian comic book culture
This Book was ranked 15 by Google Books for keyword comic.
The Language of Comic Narratives
By:"Isabel Ermida"
Published on 2008-12-10 by Walter de Gruyter
This book is a thorough and precise account of how humor works in short stories, covering the main areas of linguistic analysis and beyond. It offers a model of narrative comedy that is not only interdisciplinary, but also innovative, accessible and explanatory. The volume looks at humorous narratives from a new perspective that is rendered in a clear language and supplemented by definitions of key concepts and a wealth of examples.
This Book was ranked 27 by Google Books for keyword comic.
The Comic Book Story of Beer
By:"Jonathan Hennessey","Mike Smith","Aaron McConnell"
Published on 2015-09-22 by Ten Speed Press
A New York Times Best Seller A full-color, lushly illustrated graphic novel that recounts the many-layered past and present of beer through dynamic pairings of pictures and meticulously researched insight into the history of the world's favorite brew. The History of Beer Comes to Life! We drink it. We love it. But how much do we really know about beer? Starting from around 7000 BC, beer has emerged as a major element driving humankind’s development, a role it has continued to play through today’s craft brewing explosion. With The Comic Book Story of Beer, the first-ever nonfiction graphic novel focused on this most favored beverage, you can follow along from the very beginning, as authors Jonathan Hennessey and Mike Smith team up with illustrator Aaron McConnell to present the key figures, events, and, yes, beers that shaped and frequently made history. No boring, old historical text here, McConnell’s versatile art style—moving from period-accurate renderings to cartoony diagrams to historical caricatures and back—finds an equal and effective partner in the pithy, informative text of Hennessey and Smith presented in captions and word balloons on each page. The end result is a filling mixture of words and pictures sure to please the beer aficionado and comics geek alike. From the Trade Paperback edition.
This Book was ranked 1 by Google Books for keyword comic.
Comic Books
By:"Shirrel Rhoades"
Published on 2008 by Peter Lang
This book is an insider’s guide to how the comic book industry works. You’ll learn how comic book superheroes are created and the deeper meanings they represent. You’ll follow the development of sequential art storytelling – from caveman wall paintings to modern manga and cinematic techniques. Here you will explore comics in all forms: those flimsy pamphlets we call comic books; thick graphic novels; Japanese manga; and blockbuster movies featuring epic battles between good and evil. But behind it all, you’ll discover how comics are an intellectual property business, the real money found in licensed bedsheets and fast-food merchandise, heart-pounding theme park rides and collectible toys, video games, and Hollywood extravaganza featuring such popular superheroes as Spider-Man, Superman, X-Men, and Batman.
This Book was ranked 32 by Google Books for keyword comic.
The Comic Book Film Adaptation
By:"Liam Burke"
Published on 2015-03-31 by Univ. Press of Mississippi
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 culture to the center of mainstream film production. Through in-depth analysis, industry interviews, and audience research, this book charts the cause-and-effect of this influential trend. It considers the cultural traumas, business demands, and digital possibilities that Hollywood faced at the dawn of the twenty-first century. The industry managed to meet these challenges by exploiting comics and their existing audiences. However, studios were caught off-guard when these comic book fans, empowered by digital media, began to influence the success of these adaptations. Nonetheless, filmmakers soon developed strategies to take advantage of this intense fanbase, while codifying the trend into a more lucrative genre, the comic book movie, which appealed to an even wider audience. Central to this vibrant trend is a comic aesthetic in which filmmakers utilize digital filmmaking technologies to engage with the language and conventions of comics like never before. The Comic Book Film Adaptation explores this unique moment in which cinema is stimulated, challenged, and enriched by the once-dismissed medium of comics.
This Book was ranked 22 by Google Books for keyword comic.
Comic Effects
By:"Paul Lewis"
Published on 1989-08-15 by SUNY Press
Lewis draws on both humor theories and research, arguing for the development of interdisciplinary methodologies in the study of literary humor. He demonstrates that the sociologist of humor and the comic playwright approach the same subject—humor in and between groups—with different tools, that writers of Bildungsromane and developmental psychologists share a common interest in the role of humor in maturation, and that the monsters that haunt the psyches of professional comedians can be useful in understanding the odd minglings of humor and fear in Gothic fiction. His treatment of writers who differ widely in their use of humor suggests that the complexity and diversity of humor make it a richly variable determinant of character, genre, and writer.
This Book was ranked 19 by Google Books for keyword comic.
Comic Books and American Cultural History
By:"Matthew Pustz"
Published on 2012-02-23 by A&C Black
A highly original collection of essays, demonstrating how comic books can be used as primary sources in the teaching and understanding of American history.
This Book was ranked 2 by Google Books for keyword comic.
Comic Relief
By:"John Morreall"
Published on 2011-08-24 by John Wiley & Sons
Comic Relief: A Comprehensive Philosophy of Humor develops an inclusive theory that integrates psychological, aesthetic, and ethical issues relating to humor Offers an enlightening and accessible foray into the serious business of humor Reveals how standard theories of humor fail to explain its true nature and actually support traditional prejudices against humor as being antisocial, irrational, and foolish Argues that humor’s benefits overlap significantly with those of philosophy Includes a foreword by Robert Mankoff, Cartoon Editor of The New Yorker
This Book was ranked 4 by Google Books for keyword comic.
Comic Book Century
By:"Stephen Krensky"
Published on 2008 by Twenty-First Century Books
Uses newspaper articles, historical overviews, and personal interviews to explain the history of American comic books and graphic novels.
This Book was ranked 21 by Google Books for keyword comic.
Comic Book Nation
By:"Bradford W. Wright"
Published on 2003-09-18 by JHU Press
Portrays the role of comic books in shaping American youth and pop culture, from Batman's struggles with corrupt politicians during the Depression to Iron Man's Cold War battles.
This Book was ranked 7 by Google Books for keyword comic.
Comic Potential
By:"Alan Ayckbourn"
Published on 2002 by Samuel French, Inc.
A sci-fi comedy thriller, \
This Book was ranked 33 by Google Books for keyword comic.
Comic Sagas and Tales from Iceland
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Published on 2013-03-07 by Penguin UK
Comic Sagas and Tales brings together the very finest Icelandic stories from the thirteenth to the fifteenth centuries, a time of civil unrest and social upheaval. With feuding families and moments of grotesque violence, the sagas see such classic mythological figures as murdered fathers, disguised beggars, corrupt chieftains and avenging sons do battle with axes, words and cunning. The tales, meanwhile, follow heroes and comical fools through dreams, voyages and religious conversions in medieval Iceland and beyond. Shaped by Iceland's oral culture and their conversion to Christianity, these stories are works of ironic humour and stylistic innovation.
This Book was ranked 23 by Google Books for keyword comic.
Comic Book Artist Collection
By:"Jon B. Cooke","Paul Gulacy","Steve Rude","John Byrne"
Published on 2005-04-01 by TwoMorrows Publishing
Presents collections of articles that cover the history of comic books along with interviews with notable cartoonists.
This Book was ranked 5 by Google Books for keyword comic.
