Graphic novels: history & criticism books

2429 books were found.

Retcon Game: Retroactive Continuity and the Hyperlinking of America

Retcon Game: Retroactive Continuity and the Hyperlinking...

Author: Andrew J. Friedenthal
ISBN: 9781496811325
Format: Hardback
$290.40

The narrative technique of retroactive continuity seems rife lately, given all the world-building in comics. Andrew...  Read More >>

The Moe Manifesto: An Insider's Look at the Worlds of Manga, Anime, and Gaming

The Moe Manifesto: An Insider's Look at the Worlds of...

Author: Patrick W. Galbraith
ISBN: 9780804848886
Format: Paperback
$26.27

MOE is a huge cultural phenomenon and one of the driving forces behind the enormous success of Japanese anime and...  Read More >>

Comics and Memory in Latin America

Comics and Memory in Latin America

Author: Jorge Catalá Carrasco ,  Paulo Drinot
ISBN: 9780822964247
Format: Paperback
$132.00

This volume presents new perspectives on how comics on and from Latin America both view and express memory formation...  Read More >>

Make Money Collecting Everyday Easy to Find Items

Make Money Collecting Everyday Easy to Find Items

Author: Bernard Levine
ISBN: 9781393422570
Format: Paperback
$20.67

In this unique fun compendium, you will discover lots of wonderful things to collect that will reward you with a...  Read More >>

WatchMojo's 50 Most Influential Comics of the '80s

WatchMojo's 50 Most Influential Comics of the '80s

Author: Lambert Muir
ISBN: 9780995313743
Format: Paperback
$20.60

The '80s were a vibrantly transgressive time for comics. Creators were constantly pushing the envelope, challenging...  Read More >>

On the Graphic Novel

On the Graphic Novel

Author: Santiago García ,  Bruce Campbell
ISBN: 9781496813183
Format: Paperback
$92.40

A noted comics artist himself, Santiago García follows the history of the graphic novel from early nineteenth-century...  Read More >>

Inventing Comics: A New Translation of Rodolphe Töpffer's Reflections on Graphic Storytelling, Media Rhetorics, and Aesthetic Practice

Inventing Comics: A New Translation of Rodolphe Töpffer's...

Author: Rodolphe Töpffer ,  Sergio C Figueiredo
ISBN: 9781602358690
Format: Paperback
$86.99

Inventing Comics recovers and translates two of Rudolphe Töpffer's nineteenth-century essays on the rhetorical invention...  Read More >>

Picturing Childhood: Youth in Transnational Comics

Picturing Childhood: Youth in Transnational Comics

Author: Mark Heimermann ,  Brittany Tullis
ISBN: 9781477311622
Format: Paperback
$53.95

Uniting the perspectives of comics studies and childhood studies, this pioneering collection is the first book devoted...  Read More >>

Educating through Popular Culture: You're Not Cool Just Because You Teach with Comics

Educating through Popular Culture: You're Not Cool Just...

Author: Edward Janak ,  Ludovic A. Sourdot
ISBN: 9781498549172
Format: Hardback
$294.00

Educating through Popular Culture is a tool for educators at all levels to improve their practice via popular culture...  Read More >>

Picturing Childhood: Youth in Transnational Comics

Picturing Childhood: Youth in Transnational Comics

Author: Mark Heimermann ,  Brittany Tullis
ISBN: 9781477311615
Format: Hardback
$161.95

Uniting the perspectives of comics studies and childhood studies, this pioneering collection is the first book devoted...  Read More >>

Asian Comics

Asian Comics

Author: John A. Lent
ISBN: 9781496813015
Format: Paperback
$92.40

 Read More >>

The Secret Origins of Comics Studies

The Secret Origins of Comics Studies

Author: Matthew Smith (Radford University, USA) ,  Randy Duncan (Henderson State University, USA)
ISBN: 9781138884519
Format: Hardback
$368.00

In The Secret Origins of Comics Studies, today’s leading comics scholars turn back a page to reveal the founding...  Read More >>

Lalo Alcaraz: Political Cartooning in the Latino Community

Lalo Alcaraz: Political Cartooning in the Latino Community...

Author: Hector D. Fernandez L'Hoeste
ISBN: 9781496811370
Format: Hardback
$290.40

Amid the controversy surrounding immigration and border control, the work of California cartoonist Lalo Alcaraz...  Read More >>

A Politically Incorrect History of Hong Kong: Cartoon Stories and the Tale of a Bootleg T-Shirt

A Politically Incorrect History of Hong Kong: Cartoon...

Author: Larry Feign
ISBN: 9789627866251
Format: Paperback
$15.50

Satirical cartoon history of Hong Kong  Read More >>

Comic Connections: Analyzing Hero and Identity

Comic Connections: Analyzing Hero and Identity

Author: Sandra Eckard
ISBN: 9781475828016
Format: Hardback
$136.00

This book focuses on defining heroic traits in popular characters such as Superman, Batman, or Daredevil, while...  Read More >>

The Evolution of the Costumed Avenger: The 4,000-Year History of the Superhero

The Evolution of the Costumed Avenger: The 4,000-Year...

Author: Jess Nevins
ISBN: 9781440854835
Format: Hardback
$103.00

 Read More >>

The Trauma Graphic Novel

The Trauma Graphic Novel

Author: Andrés Romero-Jódar
ISBN: 9781138238886
Format: Hardback
$326.00

 Read More >>

Brighter Than You Think: 10 Short Works by Alan Moore: With Critical Essays by Marc Sobel

Brighter Than You Think: 10 Short Works by Alan Moore:...

Author: Marc Sobel ,  Alan Moore
ISBN: 9781941250129
Format: Paperback
$42.99

 Read More >>

Comic Connections: Analyzing Hero and Identity

Comic Connections: Analyzing Hero and Identity

Author: Sandra Eckard
ISBN: 9781475828023
Format: Paperback
$69.99

 Read More >>

Superheroes on World Screens

Superheroes on World Screens

Author: Rayna Denison ,  Rachel Mizsei-Ward
ISBN: 9781496809698
Format: Paperback
$79.20

Superheroes such as Superman and Spider-Man have spread all over the world. As this edited volume shows, many national...  Read More >>

Neil Gaiman

Neil Gaiman

Author: Joseph M. Sommers
ISBN: 9781682172605
Format: Hardback
$277.20

One of the most prolific and award-winning writers of prose spanning comics and graphic novels to feature-length...  Read More >>

Cultures of Comics Work

Cultures of Comics Work

Author: Casey Brienza ,  Paddy Johnston
ISBN: 9781137554772
Format: Hardback
$369.57

 Read More >>

Latest Reading Guide

MRG2025CC

 

Shopping Cart
Your cart is empty
Shopping cart
Mailing List