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Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art by Scott McCloud Publisher Comments Praised throughout the cartoon industry by such luminaries as Art Spiegelman, Matt Groening, and Will Eisner, this innovative comic book provides a detailed look at the history, meaning, and art of comics and cartooning.... (read more) List Price $22.99 Your price: $15.95 Used - Trade Paper 
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The Avengers: The Ultimate Guide to Earth's Mightiest Heroes! by Scott Beatty Publisher Comments Comic fans, young and old, can now learn everything there is to know about Marvel's very first Super Hero team, The Avengers. Making their very first appearance in The Avengers #1 in September of 1963, The Avengers have been known as the Earth's... (read more) Your price: $24.99 New - Hardcover
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Leaping Tall Buildings: The Origins of American Comics by Christopher Irving Publisher Comments Some are mild mannered geeks, others mad geniuses or street-smart city dwellers driven to action. These are the men and women behind the masks and tights of America’s most beloved superheroes. But these aren’t the stories of the heroes’... (read more) Your price: $35.00 New - Hardcover
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The Silver Age of Comic Book Art by Arlen Schumer Publisher Comments They were pioneers of their art and of their generation, taking comic book art to an astonishing new level and paving the way for future artists. They were the artists of the Silver Age of comics (1956–1970), and their work is celebrated in the new... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $11.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope by Morgan Spurlock Publisher Comments A photographic look at the world's most exciting pop-culture event. One of the entertainment industry's most exhilarating, eccentric, and influential events of the year, San Diego Comic-Con International celebrates the weird, wacky, and wonderful world... (read more) List Price $24.99 Your price: $11.95 Sale - Hardcover
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The Art of Daniel Clowes: Modern Cartoonist by Alvin (edt) Buenaventura Publisher Comments Throughout his 25-year career, alternative cartoonist/screenwriter Daniel Clowes has always been ahead of artistic and cultural movements. In the late 1980s his groundbreaking comic book series Eightball defined indie culture with wit, venom, and even a... (read more) Your price: $40.00 New - Hardcover
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Reinventing Comics by Scott McCloud Publisher Comments < P> In 1993, Scott McCloud tore down the wall between high and low culture with the acclaimed international hit < I> Understanding Comics< /I> , a massive comic book that explored the inner workings of the worlds most misunderstood art... (read more) List Price $22.99 Your price: $12.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Golden Age Western Comics by Steven (edt) Brower Publisher Comments The Wild West has been romanticized in American culture ever since the dime novels capturing the exploits of Jesse James were produced in the years directly following the Civil War, and the Western genre continues to enthrall audiences to this day. The... (read more) Your price: $24.95 New - Hardcover
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From Girls to Grrrlz: A History of Women's Comics from Teens to Zines by Trina Robbins Publisher Comments Boys aren't the only ones who read comics-girls do too From Betty and Veronica to Slutburger and Art Babe, Girls to Grrrlz explores the amazing but true history of girl comics. Pop culture fans will delight in author Trina Robbinss chronological... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The DC Vault: A Museum-In-A-Book Featuring Rare Collectibles from the DC Universe by Martin Pasko Publisher Comments In 1935, popular culture was forever transformed when DC Comics published the first book of “all new, all original” comic material. To the delight of millions of readers everywhere, the modern comic book was born, and from its pages came... (read more) List Price $49.95 Your price: $15.95 Used - Hardcover
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We Go Pogo: Walt Kelly, Politics, and American Satire (Great Comics Artists) by Kerry D. Soper Publisher Comments A critical appreciation of the life's work of a great comic strip... (read more) Your price: $25.00 New - Trade Paper
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Reading Comics: How Graphic Novels Work and What They Mean by Douglas Wolk Publisher Comments The first serious, readable, provocative, canon-smashing book of comics criticism by the leading critic in the field. Suddenly, comics are everywhere: a newly matured art form, filling bookshelves with brilliant, innovative work and shaping the ideas... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Hardcover
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Marvel Encyclopedia: X-Men by Syd Barney Hawke Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 234-235) and index.... (read more) Your price: $18.95 Used - Hardcover
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Fantastic Four Ultimate Guide by Dk Publishing Publisher Comments Just in time for the July release of the film adaptation of Marvel Comics' series from 20th Century Fox, this guide covers the history of the groundbreaking team of superheroes. Full color.... (read more) List Price $24.99 Your price: $10.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Vertigo Encyclopedia by Alex Irvine Synopsis DC Comics' innovative imprint for mature readers, Vertigo, is ready to follow in the footsteps of the successful "Marvel Encyclopedia" and "DC Comics Encyclopedia" with this ultimate guide to the most influential comics.... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price: $16.95 Used - Hardcover
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Crime Does Not Pay Archives Volume 1 by Various Publisher Comments Uncut and uncensored, the infamous pre-code Crime Does Not Pay comics are finally collected into a series of archival hardcovers With brutal, realistic tales focusing on vile criminals, Crime Does Not Pay was one of the most popular comics of the 1940s... (read more) Your price: $49.99 New - Hardcover
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Mark Schultz Various Drawings Volume Five by Mark Schultz Publisher Comments This fifth volume of Various Drawings showcases a generous selection of private art and commissions, along with a smattering of previously published pieces, all created by Mark Schultz over the past two years. A wealth of sketches, preliminaries, studies... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $9.95 New - Trade Paper
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The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America by David Hajdu Publisher Comments In the years between the end of World War II and the mid-1950s, the popular culture of today was invented in the pulpy, boldly illustrated pages of comic books. But no sooner had comics emerged than they were beaten down by mass bonfires... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $9.50 Used - Hardcover
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Pictures and Words: New Comic Art and Narrative Illustration by Roanne Bell Publisher Comments Comics, graphic novels, and single panel cartoons have long flourished as an alternative medium. In recent years these forms of narrative illustration—artwork that tells its own story rather than supporting a text—have increasingly crossed... (read more) List Price $27.50 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Manga: The Complete Guide by Jason Thompson Publisher Comments • Reviews of more than 900 manga series • Ratings from 0 to 4 stars • Guidelines for age-appropriateness • Number of series volumes • Background info on series and artists THE ONE-STOP RESOURCE FOR CHOOSING BETWEEN THE BEST... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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