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The Original Encyclopedia of Comic Book Heroes: Superman - Volume 3
by Michael L Fleischer  Publisher Comments Everything you ever wanted to know about DC's Amazing Amazon -- and so much more -- can be found in this in-depth volume, brought back into print for the first time in 30 years! Originally published in 1976, this comprehensive volume includes every piece...
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The System of Comics
by Thierry Groensteen and Nick Nguyen and Bart Beaty Publisher Comments An authoritative exploration of how the comics achieve meaning, form, and...
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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 Robbins's chronological...
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Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe #01: Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z: Volume 1
by Jeff Christiansen Publisher Comments The first in a twelve-volume series collecting every Offical Handbook of the Marvel Universe entry from 2004-2007 in alphabetical order! Fully updated and expanded, this deluxe edition covers all of Marvel's characters, teams, objects, events, and places...
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Most Outrageous: The Trials and Trespasses of Dwaine Tinsley and Chester the Molester
by Bob Levin Publisher Comments The unsettling saga of Larry Flynt's most notorious protegè. In May 1989, Dwaine Tinsley stood at the summit of an unlikely career. The product of a broken, trailer-trash marriage, he was a high school dropout who had decided to become a...
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Native Americans in Comic Books: A Critical Study
by Michael A. Sheyahshe Publisher Comments This work takes an in-depth look at the world of comic books through the eyes of a Native American reader and offers frank commentary on the medium's cultural representation of the Native American people. It addresses a range of portrayals, from the...
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Winsor McCay: Early Works Volume 2
by Winsor Mccay Publisher Comments Another collection of the work of Winsor McCay, the cartoon genius behind 'Little Nemo in Slumberland'....
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The DC Comics Guide to Writing Comics
by Dennis O'Neil Publisher Comments The authoritative resource on writing comics — illustrated with DC Comics' classic characters! A living legend in the comics industry, author Dennis O'Neil reveals the inside tricks and no-fail techniques for comic book storytelling. In The DC...
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Winsor McCay: Early Works Volume 3
by Winsor Mccay Publisher Comments More "Tales of the Rarebit Fiend" (1907 strips), "Little Sammy Sneeze," "A Pilgrim's Progress," (1907 strips) and dozens of McCay's editorial illustrations from his New York period....
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300: The Art of the Film: A Zack Snyder Film
by Tara Dilullo Publisher Comments What does it mean to turn one of the great graphic novels of our time into a major motion picture? In 1998, Frank Miller shook the comics world with his groundbreaking series 300. Marking Miller's first collaboration with watercolor artist Lynn...
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Essential Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Volume 2
by Len Kaminski Publisher Comments Heroes, villains, gods, demons, sorcerers, scientists, monsters, mobsters, and a talking duck: More than one thousand dynamic dossiers, collected in alphabetical order for the first time across three volumes! From mutants to martial arts, street crime to...
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Film and Comic Books
by Ian (edt) Gordon Publisher Comments Essays that explore how comic books inspire films and create new realms of visual...
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The Physics of Superheroes
by James Kakalios Publisher Comments Praise for The Physics of Superheroes "Surprisingly enough, according to Kakalios, comic books get their physics right more often than you'd think." The Boston Globe "Writing with tongue firmly planted in cheek, Kakalios looks at classic comics with a...
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DC Comics Covergirls
by Louise Simonson Publisher Comments DC COMICS COVERGIRLS is a comprehensive look at the women heroes, villains, and those who are a little bit of both from the Golden Age to the present day. From Wonder Woman of the 1940s to edgy, girl-power-driven comics series like Birds of Prey, this...
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Wordless Books: The Original Graphic Novels
by David A. Berona Publisher Comments “Wordless books” were stories from the early part of the twentieth century told in black and white woodcuts, imaginatively authored without any text. Although woodcut novels have their roots spreading back through the history of graphic arts,...
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Graphic Novels: Everything You Need to Know
by Paul Gravett 
Powells.com Staff Pick Whether you're a novice or longtime reader, there's something of interest for you in Graphic Novels, an insightful and entertaining introduction to an art form whose popularity is growing steadily. Recommended by Bolton, Powells.com...
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This Book Contains Graphic Language: Comics as Literature
by Rocco Versaci Publisher Comments As comics and graphic novels are becoming more popular than ever, literary critics now have a new subject to add to the mix. While many advocates of the medium have maintained that comics are a true art form, there have been no sustained and detailed...
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Cult Fiction: Art & Comics
by Paul Gravett Publisher Comments The comic book, the cartoon strip and the single-panel gag are recurring motifs in twentieth-century art, providing a platform for narrative, political critique, graphic clarity, and, of course, fun. Cult Fiction: Art & Comics examines the work of...
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The Best American Comics 2006
by Harvey Pekar and Anne Elizabeth Moore
Powells.com Staff Pick Art and words meld in explosive and provocative ways in this fantastic and diverse sampling of the best new comics in America. No super heroes, no kids' stuff: just great storytelling. Recommended by Clyde, Powells.com...
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Men of Tomorrow
by Gerard Jones Publisher Comments By the author of The Comic Book Heroes, Killing Monsters, and scores of successful comic books and screenplays, Men of Tomorrow is the first book to tell the surprising story of the young Jewish misfits, hustlers and nerds who invented the superhero and...
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