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Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2022].
Physical Desc
xxvi, 394 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Richly illustrated with images from Art Spiegelman's work, Maus Now gathers together many of contemporary culture's leading critics, authors, and academics on the radical achievement and innovation of Maus more than forty years since its first publication. Pulitzer Prize-winning author Art Spiegelman is one of our most influential contemporary artists, and it is hard to overstate his effect on postwar American culture. Maus has shaped the fields...
Series
Reference shelf volume 82, no. 5
Publisher
The H.W. Wilson Co
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
viii, 195 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Comics, graphic novels, sequential art have gained unprecedented legitimacy. The articles collected in this volume provide an overview of this wildly diverse, increasingly popular, and widely accepted form of literature. --from editor's preface.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
449 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Over the past century, tans have elevated comics from the back pages of newspapers into one of our most celebrated forms of culture, from Fun Home, the Tony Award-winning musical based on Alison Bechdel's groundbreaking graphic memoir, to the dozens of superhero films that are annual blockbusters worldwide. What is the essence of comics' appeal? What does this art form do that others can't? Whether you've read every comic you can get your hands on...
Publisher
[Distributed by] Disinformation Co
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (78 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (20 pages)
Language
English
Description
We begin with Moore's childhood background, and follow the evolution of his career as he transformed the comics medium, through to his immersion in a magical worldview where science, spirituality, and society are part of the same universe.
Publisher
Greenwood
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
4 volumes, 1921 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Focusing especially on American comic books and graphic novels from the 1930s to the present, this massive four-volume work provides a colorful yet authoritative source on the entire history of the comics medium"--
Publisher
Salem Press
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
2 v. (xvi, 818 p.) : ill. ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Heroes and Superheroes provides insight into more than 130 of the most popular and studied graphic novels. These essays look beyond the pop culture aspects of the medium to show the wide range of literary themes and artistic styles used to convey beliefs and conflicts, some harking back to ancient times. They challenge the researcher to see beyond the panels of a comic book, and show readers how the themes of ancient literary tradition are still alive...
Author
Publisher
Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
199 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
Through their frequent presentations and workshops, Fletcher-Spear and Jenson-Benjamin have developed a keen sense of what librarians want and need in the manga and graphic novels area, from evaluating, selecting, and ordering to building and integrating collections and defending titles. As reviewers for major publications, including Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA), the authors are up-to-date and well-informed about new and popular titles and series,...
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