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Graphic novels: history & criticism

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Graphic novels: history & criticism

Paperback. Alan Moore is an acclaimed and controversial writer to emerge since the late 1970s. This volume argues that Moore employs the comic form to dissect the literary canon, the tradition of the comic book, contemporary society, and our understanding of history. Num Pages: 192 pages, 40 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FX; FZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University Press of Mississippi United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781604732139
ISBN
9781604732139
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.80

Hardback. Num Pages: 184 pages, illustrations (colour). BIC Classification: FZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 312 x 230 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1334.
Publisher
Dark Horse Comics United States
Number of pages
184
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781616551155
ISBN
9781616551155
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.89
€ 44.47

Paperback. Series: World Comics and Graphic Nonfiction Series. Num Pages: 174 pages. BIC Classification: FZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 273 x 15. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781477310854
ISBN
9781477310854
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.49

Hardcover. The first book-length study of the acclaimed artist who brought journalistic reportage to comics Editor(s): Worden, Daniel. Series: Critical Approaches to Comics Artists. Num Pages: 298 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FZG; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 603.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Press of Mississippi
Condition
New
SKU
V9781496802217
ISBN
9781496802217
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.66

Paperback. Editor(s): Lunning, Frenchy. Series: Mechademia. Num Pages: 184 pages, 32 halftones, 13 colour photos. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; AKLC; FZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 180 x 12. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816649457
ISBN
9780816649457
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.83

Paperback. When the mighty Endurance becomes trapped in the Weddell Sea, Ernest Shackleton's dream to cross the Antarctic becomes a fight to save the thirty-one souls that set sail with him. The first illustrated retelling of the greatest feat of leadership and survival ever recorded. Illustrator(s): Butler, David. Num Pages: 96 pages, Full colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MTS; 3JJF; BGH; FZG; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 240 x 7. Weight in Grams: 282.
Publisher
The Collins Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848892811
ISBN
9781848892811
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 9.98

Hardcover. In hard-hitting accounts of Auschwitz, Bosnia, Palestine, and Hiroshima s Ground Zero, comics have shown a stunning capacity to bear witness to trauma. Hillary Chute explores the ways graphic narratives by diverse artists, including Jacques Callot, Francisco Goya, Keiji Nakazawa, Art Spiegelman, and Joe Sacco, document the disasters of war." Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: AKLC; FZG; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674504516
ISBN
9780674504516
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.89

Paperback. Based on the Comics: Philosophy and Practice conference held at the University of Chicago in 2012, this title includes essays from prominent scholars on topics such as media archaeology, theories of the image, popular forms, the history of aesthetics, and transmedia dynamics in nineteenth-, twentieth-, and early twenty-first-century contexts. Editor(s): Chute, Hillary L.; Jagoda, Patrick. Num Pages: 272 pages, 97 colour plates, 110 line drawings. BIC Classification: DSB; FZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 255 x 179 x 19. Weight in Grams: 642.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226208466
ISBN
9780226208466
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.04

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University Press of Mississippi United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
412
Condition
New
SKU
V9781617038556
ISBN
9781617038556
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.04

Hardcover. David B. and Filiu draw striking parallels between ancient and contemporary political history in this look at US-Middle East relations. The reader is transported to the pirate-choked Mediterranean sea, where Christians and Muslims continue the crusades, only this time on water. Num Pages: 120 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FX; FZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 177 x 17. Weight in Grams: 526. 120 pages, Illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FX; FZG. Dimension: 244 x 177 x 17. Weight: 530.
Publisher
SelfMadeHero
Number of pages
120
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906838454
ISBN
9781906838454
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.73

Paperback. .
Publisher
McFarland
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780786478422
ISBN
9780786478422
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 19.97

Paperback. This collection of essays explores the social and cultural aspects of steampunk, examining the various manifestations of this multi-faceted genre, in order to better understand the steampunk sub-culture and its effect on-and interrelationship with-popular culture and the wider society. Editor(s): Taddeo, Professor Julie Anne; Miller, Cynthia J. Num Pages: 360 pages, 48 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: AS; DSK; FZG; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 163 x 27. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810893153
ISBN
9780810893153
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.61

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Fantagraphics United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9781606995891
ISBN
9781606995891
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 35.20

paperback. The latest installment of Yale French Studies explores the history and development of bande dessinee, Franco-Belgian comics Editor(s): Grove, Laurence; Syrotinski, Michael. Series: Yale French Studies. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; CJB; DSB; FZG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780300225983
ISBN
9780300225983
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 6.49

Hardcover. Num Pages: 48 pages, Fully Illustrated. BIC Classification: FZG; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 305 x 211 x 8. Weight in Grams: 400. 48 pages, Fully Illustrated. Illustrator(s): Chin, Brian B. Marc Halter presents the true history of the Maginot Line including the fortifications, their genesis, their functions and construction, and the fierce fighting that took place in Alsace-Lorraine and in the Alps. Brian B. Chin's realistic drawings bring us inside this closed world of concrete and reveal the secrets of this remarkable achievement. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FZG; HBWQ. Dimension: 305 x 211 x 8. Weight: 402.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Moselle River
Number of pages
48
Condition
New
SKU
V9782952309257
ISBN
9782952309257
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.81

Paperback. A critical study of the work of acclaimed comics writer Grant Morrison that examines how Morrison challenges contemporary theories of language and meaning, seeking to develop new modes of expression grounded in comics' capacity for visual narrative and the fantasy genres' ability to make figurative meanings literal. Series: Great Comics Artists Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, 50. BIC Classification: FZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University Press of Mississippi United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781617031366
ISBN
9781617031366
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.72

Hardback. Editor(s): Heimermann, Mark; Tullis, Brittany. Series: World Comics and Graphic Nonfiction Series. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; 3JM; DSY; FZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 528.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9781477311615
ISBN
9781477311615
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.23

Paperback. Editor(s): Heimermann, Mark; Tullis, Brittany. Series: World Comics and Graphic Nonfiction Series. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; 3JM; DSY; FZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 528.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9781477311622
ISBN
9781477311622
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.64

Paperback. Analyses how class, race, ethnicity, gender, and sexual orientation are used to construct difference for both the heroes and the villains in ways that are both conservative and progressive Series: Alternative Criminology. Num Pages: 320 pages, 38 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FZG; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 480.
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
295
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814767887
ISBN
9780814767887
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.99

Paperback. MOE is a huge cultural phenomenon and one of the driving forces behind the enormous success of Japanese anime and manga not just in Japan now, but throughout the world Num Pages: 192 pages, over 100 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AKLC1; FZG. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 191 x 127. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
Tuttle Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Paperback with Flaps
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804848886
ISBN
9780804848886
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

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