Graphic novels: history & criticism books

2429 books were found.

Divas, Dames & Daredevils: Lost Heroines of Golden Age Comics

Divas, Dames & Daredevils: Lost Heroines of Golden Age...

Author: Mike Madrid ,  Maria Elena Buszek, PhD
ISBN: 9781935259244
Format: Undefined
$44.85

A fully illustrated and thrilling look back at the lost supergirls of Golden Age comics  Read More >>

Voyage in Noise: Warren Ellis and the Demise of Western Civilization

Voyage in Noise: Warren Ellis and the Demise of Western...

Author: Julian Darius ,  Warren Ellis
ISBN: 9781940589015
Format: Paperback
$34.29

Through works like Transmetropolitan, Planetary, and The Authority, Warren Ellis has changed the history of comic...  Read More >>

Comics and Language: Reimagining Critical Discourse on the Form

Comics and Language: Reimagining Critical Discourse...

Author: Hannah Miodrag
ISBN: 9781617038044
Format: Hardback
$290.40

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The Daniel Clowes Reader: Ghost World, Nine Short Stories, and Critical Materials - Comics About Art, Adolescence, and Real Life

The Daniel Clowes Reader: Ghost World, Nine Short Stories,...

Author: Ken Parille ,  Ken Parille
ISBN: 9781606995891
Format: Paperback
$57.95

A landmark critical compilation introducing new readers to the artist's award-winning comics.  Read More >>

Joe Kubert: A Tribute to the Creator & Mentor

Joe Kubert: A Tribute to the Creator & Mentor

Author: Jon B. Cooke ,  Jon B. Cooke
ISBN: 9781605490533
Format: Paperback
$47.39

For its second issue, Comic Book Creator magazine - the new voice of the comics medium - pays tribute to the late,...  Read More >>

Dragon Ball Z ""It's Over 9,000!"" Cosmovisiones En Colision

Dragon Ball Z ""It's Over 9,000!"" Cosmovisiones En...

Author: Derek Padula ,  Ryo Horikawa
ISBN: 9780983120568
Format: Paperback
$39.57

Dragon Ball Z ""It's Over 9,000!"" Cosmovisiones en colisión se convierte en el primer book que explica de dónde...  Read More >>

Comic Book Crime: Truth, Justice, and the American Way

Comic Book Crime: Truth, Justice, and the American Way...

Author: Nickie D. Phillips ,  Staci Strobl
ISBN: 9780814767887
Format: Paperback
$64.99

Analyses how class, race, ethnicity, gender, and sexual orientation are used to construct difference for both the...  Read More >>

Comic Book Crime: Truth, Justice, and the American Way

Comic Book Crime: Truth, Justice, and the American Way...

Author: Nickie D. Phillips ,  Staci Strobl
ISBN: 9780814767870
Format: Hardback
$184.00

Analyses how class, race, ethnicity, gender, and sexual orientation are used to construct difference for both the...  Read More >>

Imitating the Saints: Christian Philosophy and Superhero Mythology

Imitating the Saints: Christian Philosophy and Superhero...

Author: Dr Adam Barkman (Redeemer University College)
ISBN: 9781935688051
Format: Paperback
$36.22

"Something really 'higher' is occasionally glimpsed in mythology: Divinity, the right to power, the due of worship;...  Read More >>

Pulp Fascism

Pulp Fascism

Author: Jonathan Et Bowden ,  Greg Johnson
ISBN: 9781935965640
Format: Paperback
$33.64

"About Pulp Fascism: ""Jonathan Bowden said that greatness lies in the mind and in the fist. Nietzsche combined...  Read More >>

Pulp Fascism

Pulp Fascism

Author: Jonathan Et Bowden ,  Greg Johnson
ISBN: 9781935965633
Format: Hardback
$59.51

"Jonathan Bowden was a paradox: on the one hand, he was an avowed elitist and aesthetic modernist, yet on the other...  Read More >>

The Superhero Reader

The Superhero Reader

Author: Charles Hatfield ,  Jeet Heer
ISBN: 9781617038068
Format: Paperback
$92.40

Despite their commercial appeal and cross-media reach, superheroes are only recently starting to attract sustained...  Read More >>

The Superhero Reader

The Superhero Reader

Author: Charles Hatfield ,  Jeet Heer
ISBN: 9781617038020
Format: Hardback
$184.80

Despite their commercial appeal and cross-media reach, superheroes are only recently starting to attract sustained...  Read More >>

Graphic Novels and Comics in the Classroom: Essays on the Educational Power of Sequential Art

Graphic Novels and Comics in the Classroom: Essays on...

Author: Carrye Kay Syma ,  Robert G. Weiner
ISBN: 9780786459131
Format: Paperback
$43.95

Comics make a good fit with education because students are using a format that provides active engagement. This...  Read More >>

Enter the Superheroes: American Values, Culture, and the Canon of Superhero Literature

Enter the Superheroes: American Values, Culture, and...

Author: Alex S. Romagnoli ,  Gian S. Pagnucci
ISBN: 9780810891715
Format: Hardback
$121.99

Ever since the first appearances of Superman and Batman in comic books of the late 1930s, superheroes have been...  Read More >>

The Star Reach Companion

The Star Reach Companion

Author: Richard Arndt ,  Mike Friedrich
ISBN: 9781605490519
Format: Paperback
$73.79

Presents the history and bibliography of the 1970s independent comic, highlighting its importance to the comics...  Read More >>

The Complete Funky Winkerbean: Volume 2, 1975-1977

The Complete Funky Winkerbean: Volume 2, 1975-1977

Author: Tom Batiuk
ISBN: 9781606351512
Format: Hardback
$118.80

Since its debut on March 27, 1972, Funky Winkerbean has chronicled the lives of a group of students from the fictitious...  Read More >>

The Best of Alter Ego Volume 2

The Best of Alter Ego Volume 2

Author: Roy Thomas ,  Bill Schelly
ISBN: 9781605490489
Format: Paperback
$52.67

Presents more features from the fabled magazine begun in 1961. This title uncovers secrets about the super-hero...  Read More >>

Superman: The High-Flying History of America's Most Enduring Hero

Superman: The High-Flying History of America's Most...

Author: Larry Tye
ISBN: 9780812980776
Format: Paperback
$44.88

"Seventy-five years after he came to life, Superman remains one of America's most adored and enduring heroes. Tye,...  Read More >>

Dragon Age: The World of Thedas Volume 1

Dragon Age: The World of Thedas Volume 1

Author: Dark Horse ,  Ben Gelinas
ISBN: 9781616551155
Format: Hardback
$100.00

Suitable for Dragon Age newcomers, this volume brings you up to speed on everything you need to know about the regions,...  Read More >>

Life on the Press: The Popular Art and Illustrations of George Benjamin Luks

Life on the Press: The Popular Art and Illustrations...

Author: Robert L. Gambone
ISBN: 9781617037160
Format: Paperback
$79.20

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Of Comics and Men: A Cultural History of American Comic Books

Of Comics and Men: A Cultural History of American Comic...

Author: Jean-Paul Gabilliet ,  Bart Beaty
ISBN: 9781617038556
Format: Paperback
$105.60

Originally published in France and long sought in English translation, Jean-Paul Gabilliet's Of Comics and Men documents...  Read More >>

Dave Sim: Conversations

Dave Sim: Conversations

Author: Eric Hoffman ,  Dominick Grace
ISBN: 9781617037818
Format: Hardback
$290.40

In 1977, Dave Sim began to self-publish Cerebus, one of the earliest and most significant independent comics, which...  Read More >>

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