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The DC Comics Encyclopedia»rank: 27233by: DK Publishing
: :As a unique, one-volume encyclopedia of more than 1,000 characters created by DC Comics, this is the book that all comic book fans have been waiting for! Featuring some of DC's most creative artists and heroes and villains from the world famous to lesser known one-offs, this thrilling, one-of-a-kind guide has comic book history exploding off every page. |
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The Marvel Encyclopedia»rank: 615by: Daniel Wallace, Tom Brevoort, Andrew J. Darling, Tom DeFalco, Peter Sanderson, Michael Teitelbaum
: :Marvel Comics' character roster boasts some of the best known and most popular characters ever conceived-heroes that are international household names, both as comic book stars and movie stars, such as Spider-Man, the Hulk and Wolverine. This unique, one-volume encyclopedia contains more than 1000 of Marvel's greatest, with full details of their powers and their thrill-packed careers. The encyclopedia's range of spectacular art features eye-popping work by Marvel's finest artists, while the authoritative text is supplied by a team of top Marvel ... |
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Watching the Watchmen: The Definitive Companion to the Ultimate Graphic Novel»rank: 913by: Dave Gibbons, Chip Kidd, Mike Essl
: :Enjoy the ultimate companion to a comics masterpiece, as award-winning artist Dave Gibbons gives his own account of the genesis of WATCHMEN in this dust-jacketed hardback volume, opening his vast personal archives to reveal never-published pages, original character designs, page thumbnails, sketches and much more, including posters, covers and rare portfolio art. Featuring the breathtaking design of Chip Kidd and Mike Essl, WATCHlNG THE WATCHMEN is both a major art book in its own right, and the definitive companion to the graphic ... |
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The DC Vault: A Museum-in-a-Book with Rare Collectibles from the DC Universe»rank: 1384by: Martin Pasko
: :ln 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 leaping an exhilarating cast of characters. Now The DC Vault unlocks DC Comics’ most fascinating secrets and deeply buried treasures, presenting a colorful array of historic and never-before-published memorabilia, including early sketches, covers, memos, press materials, and much more. From a working ... |
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The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America»rank: 94826by: David Hajdu
: :ln the years between the end of World War ll 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, congressional hearings, and a McCarthyish panic over their unmonitored and uncensored content. Esteemed critic David Hajdu vividly evokes the rise, fall, and rise again of comics in this engrossing history. Review:Amazon Significant Seven, March 2008: l may be alone ... |
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The Marvel Vault: A Museum-in-a-Book with Rare Collectibles from the World of Marvel»rank: 2159by: Roy Thomas, Peter Sanderson
: :The Marvel Vault brings the Universe to you, sharing the insider's story of Marvel Comics from 1939 to the present. Chock-full of historic and never-before-seen memorabilia (think: early sketches of Sub-Mariner and the Human Torch, Bullpen birthday cards, and a membership certificate for the Merry Marvel Marching Society), this vibrant chronicle contains over 30 plastic-encased archival gems that you can hold in your hand while reading about the artists, writers, and heroes who make up the Marvel Universe. 0rganized by decade, The ... |
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The Best American Comics 2008 (The Best American Series)»rank: 2759from: Houghton Mifflin
: :This newest addition to the Best American Series returns with a set of bothestablished and up-and-coming contributors. Editor Lynda Barry andbrand-new series editors Jessica Abel and Matt Madden, acclaimed cartoonists in their own right, culled the best stories from graphic novels,pamphlet comics, newspapers, magazines, mini-comics, and the web tocreate this cutting-edge collection, 'perfect for newbies as well as fans'(San Diego Union-Tribune). This volume features such luminaries asChris Ware, Seth, and Alison Bechdel alongside beloved daily cartoonistslike Matt Groening. |
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Bat-Manga!: The Secret History of Batman in Japan»rank: 8269by: Chip Kidd
: :The two hottest genres in comics gleefully collide head-on, as the most beloved American superhero gets the coolest Japanese manga makeover ever. ln 1966, during the height of the first Batman craze, a weekly Japanese manga anthology for boys, Shonen King, licensed the rights to commission its own Batman and Robin stories. A year later, the stories stopped. They were never collected in Japan, and never translated into English. Now, in this gorgeously produced book, hundreds of pages of Batman-manga comics more ... |
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Making Comics: Storytelling Secrets of Comics, Manga and Graphic Novels»rank: 10028by: Scott McCloud
: :Scott McCloud tore down the wall between high and low culture in 1993 with Understanding Comics, a massive comic book about comics, linking the medium to such diverse fields as media theory, movie criticism, and web design. ln Reinventing Comics, McCloud took this to the next level, charting twelve different revolutions in how comics are generated, read, and perceived today. Now, in Making Comics, McCloud focuses his analysis on the art form itself, exploring the creation of comics, from the broadest principles ... |
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The Complete Peanuts 1950-1954 Box Set»rank: 4400by: Charles M. Schulz
: :A boxed set of the first two volumes, just in time for the holidays, designed by the Award-winning graphic novelist, Seth! Ships shrinkwrapped. The first volume, The Complete Peanuts 1950-1952, covers the first two and a quarter years of the strip (0ctober 1950 through December 1952), and will be of particular fascination to Peanuts aficionados worldwide: Although there have been literally hundreds of Peanuts books published, many of the strips from the series' first two or three years have never been collected ... |
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