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Confessions, Romances, Secrets, and Temptations: Archer St. John and the St. John Romance Comics
by John Benson  Publisher Comments A tour through the best of the romance genre of comics in the 1950s. <BR>"Confessions, Romances, Secrets, and Temptations" is the companion volume to John Benson's popular anthology of romance comics, "Romance Without Tears." Published in the 1950s...
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All Star Companion Volume 3
by Roy Thomas Publisher Comments Comics legend Roy Thomas presents still more amazing secrets behind the 1940-51 All-Star Comics and the 1941-44 Seven Soldiers of Victory - and illustrated speculation about how other Golden Age super-teams might have been assembled! Also, an issue-by...
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The Unauthorized X-Men: SF and Comic Writers on Mutants, Prejudice, and Adamantium (Smart Pop)
by Len Wein Publisher Comments Comic writers trace the X-Men series' evolution, challenge its metaphors, anddraw from its truths about human nature and human society in this exploratorylook at the still-timely and often-revamped classic....
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Great British Comics: Celebrating a Century of Ripping Yarns and Wizard Wheezes
by Paul Gravett Publisher Comments Read by millions, British comics are world-famous. And for more than a quarter of a century, Britain's writers and artists have had a significant influence on the American comic-book scene, revitalizing standards from Batman to X-Men and originating...
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The Marvel Comics Encyclopedia
by Marvel Comics Publisher Comments A comprehensive overview of all of Marvel's greatest heroes and villains furnishes profiles of more than one thousand characters that document their individual superpowers and their careers, in a reference that traces the history of Marvel Comics and...
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Star Wars: The Comics Companion (Star Wars)
by Ryder Windham Publisher Comments Dark Horse presents the definitive guide to Star Wars comics, complete with in-depth coverage all the way through Episode III! Written by Ryder Windham, Star Wars expert, and densely illustrated with both brand-new art and classic images from the comics,...
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Tim Sale: Black and White - Revised and Expanded
by Richard Starkings Publisher Comments Tim Sale discusses his life and work in this comprehensive and lavishly illustrated volume. This new, revised, and expanded edition of the original sold-out and out-of-print Tim Sale: Black and White previously published by Active Images features never...
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Foul Play!: The Art and Artists of the Notorious 1950s E.C. Comics!
by Grant Geissman Publisher Comments Legendary publisher Bill Gaines is perhaps best remembered as the founder of MAD Magazine, but in the opinion of many dedicated comic book fans, his greatest achievement was E.C. Comics, a line of adventure, horror, and science-fiction comics whose...
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Men of Tomorrow: Geeks, Gangsters, and the Birth of the Comic Book
by Gerard Jones Publisher Comments Animated by the stories of some of the last century's most charismatic and conniving artists, writers, and businessmen, Men of Tomorrow brilliantly demonstrates how the creators of the superheroes gained their cultural power and established a crucial...
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The History of Web Comics
by T. Campbell Publisher Comments One of the more remarkable phenomena associated with the World Wide Web is the web comic: serialized comics strips (or single-panel episodes) produced originally and specially for viewing on the web. Noted web historian T. Campbell has compiled a...
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The Negima Reader: Secrets Behind the Magic
by Takeshi Abe Publisher Comments Ten-year-old prodigy Negi Springfield has just graduated from magic academy and dreams of becoming a master wizard, but hes sent to Japan to teach English at an all-girls school, where hes forbidden to display his powers. But sometimes he just can't...
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Comic Wars: How Two Tycoons Battled Over the Marvel Comics Empire--And Both Lost
by Dan Raviv Review "Dan Raviv is a wizard. Though Comic Wars is a factual account of the origins and aftermath of a corporate bankruptcy, he's managed to make it as suspenseful and exciting as the superhero thrillers over which most of the battle was fought. Even...
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Carl Barks and the Disney Comic Book: Unmasking the Myth of Modernity
by Thomas Andrae Publisher Comments The first full-length critical study of the comic artist who created Duckburg and Uncle...
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Joe Chiodo Artwork: Shape, Color and Form
by Joe Chiodo Publisher Comments Joe's back in 2007 with an all new art book which showcases his most recent sketches, drawings, and paintings of his favorite subject: girls, girls, girls! This new book features pin-ups and good girls which are demure and sultry. Girls, Girls, Girls...
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Comics as Philosophy
by Jeff Mclaughlin Synopsis An inventive anthology that uses comics to explore the tenets of...
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Father of the Comic Strip: Rodolphe Topffer (Great Comics Artists)
by David Kunzle Publisher Comments A critical study of the Swiss artist who created the comic...
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Chicken Fat: Drawings, Sketches, Cartoons and Doodles
by Will Elder Publisher Comments A collection of sketchbook drawings by the famous "MAD" magazine co-creator and elder statesman of comic art. <BR>This companion volume to "Will Elder: The Mad Playboy of Art" peeks into the gray matter of one of comics' most fertile and wide...
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The Sandman Papers: An Exploration of the Sandman Mythology
by Joe (edt) Sanders Publisher Comments A collection of twelve analytical essays about the popular mass-circulation comic by Neil Gaiman addresses particular Sandman episodes and story arcs while examining its creator's achievements in relation to his other works. Original....
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500 Essential Graphic Novels: The Ultimate Guide
by Gene Kannenberg Synopsis Featuring full-color images from the best moments in graphic novel history, this comprehensive reference explores everything from dragons, cow races, and monstrous rats to insider secrets from Casanova himself. Includes top ten must-reads for every...
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Official Overstreet Comic Book Companion (Official Overstreet Comic Book Companion)
by Robert M. Overstreet Publisher Comments KNOW HOW MUCH YOUR COMICS ARE WORTH ULTRA-ACCURATE LISTINGS FOR SUPERHEROES! BATMAN™, SPIDER-MAN™, TEEN TITANS™, X-MEN™, OUTSIDERS™, WOLVERINE™, AND MUCH MORE! America’s leading expert on comic book prices...
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