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
€ 26.80
Hardback. This stunning book explores the rich mythology of Assassin's Creed, featuring the art and history of the series from the first groundbreaking game through the graphic novels to the DLCs. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: FZG; UDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 332 x 31. Weight in Grams: 2186.
- Publisher
- Titan Books Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783298822
- ISBN
- 9781783298822
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 41.03
€ 51.99
€ 41.03
Paperback. Drawing on concepts from several disciplinary fields - including semiotics, literary and narrative theory, art history, and psychology, the author shows that the traditions and formal features of comics provide new possibilities for autobiographical storytelling. Num Pages: 282 pages, 37 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 143 x 24. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Press of Mississippi
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781628461749
- ISBN
- 9781628461749
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.26
€ 39.26
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€ 24.14
€ 26.99
€ 24.14
Paperback. This collection of 11 provocative essays examines the complex psychological and political choices made by Captain America and Iron Man in the wake of a civil war. This book analyzes the polar sides of this debate - national security vs. individual freedoms. Editor(s): Langley, Travis. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FZG; JFCA; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 227 x 18. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Publisher
- Sterling Publishing Co Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781454917120
- ISBN
- 9781454917120
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.94
€ 13.99
€ 11.94
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€ 30.53
€ 33.99
€ 30.53
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
€ 17.99€ 15.83
€ 17.99
€ 15.83
Paperback. How all the elements in the grammar of comics merge to create a storyline Translator(s): Miller, Ann. Num Pages: 216 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FZG; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 16. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Press of Mississippi
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781496802569
- ISBN
- 9781496802569
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.26
€ 39.26
Hardcover. Num Pages: 500 pages, 1. BIC Classification: FZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 263 x 47. Weight in Grams: 2064.
- Publisher
- Fantagraphics
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781606999332
- ISBN
- 9781606999332
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.50
€ 58.50
Hardback. As there has yet to be any substantial scrutiny of the complex confluences a more sustained dialogue between disability studies and comics studies might suggest, Disability in Comic Books and Graphic Narratives aims through its broad range of approaches and focus points to explore this exciting subject in productive and provocative ways. Series: Literary Disability Studies. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: FZG; JFFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 425.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137501103
- ISBN
- 9781137501103
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 34.19
€ 41.99
€ 34.19
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
€ 35.00€ 34.11
€ 35.00
€ 34.11
Hardback. Can comics be documentary, and can documentary take the form of, and thus be, comics? Through a cluster of early twenty-first century comics, Mickwitz argues that these comics share a documentary ambition to visually narrate and represent aspects and events of the real world. Series: Palgrave Studies in Comics and Graphic Novels. Num Pages: 187 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; FZG; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 381.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 187
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137501165
- ISBN
- 9781137501165
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.93
€ 105.93
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
€ 56.09€ 46.45
€ 56.09
€ 46.45
Hardback. Num Pages: 592 pages, 1. BIC Classification: FZC; FZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 318 x 43. Weight in Grams: 2994.
- Publisher
- Dark Horse Comics,U.S.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781506700649
- ISBN
- 9781506700649
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.59
€ 64.59
Paperback. Hellboy, Mike Mignola's famed comic book demon hunter, wanders through a haunting and horrific world steeped in the history of weird fictions and wide-ranging folklores. This title shows how our engagement with Hellboy is also a highly aestheticized encounter with the medium of comics and the materiality of the book. Num Pages: 272 pages, 71color images. BIC Classification: FXS; FZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. .
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520288041
- ISBN
- 9780520288041
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 21.34
€ 27.99
€ 21.34
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
€ 20.99€ 19.84
€ 20.99
€ 19.84
Hardback. Series: Gender and Culture Series. Num Pages: 296 pages, Color insert and 62 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; FZG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231172745
- ISBN
- 9780231172745
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 102.85€ 78.92
€ 102.85
€ 78.92
Paperback. Beginning with early interviews in fanzines and concluding with a new interview conducted in 2010, this book collects widely ranging discussions from Howard Chaykin's earliest days as an assistant for such legends as Gil Kane and Wallace Wood, to his recent work on titles such as American Century. Editor(s): Costello, Brannon. Series: Conversations with Comic Artists Series. Num Pages: 328 pages, 35|35 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AGB; AKLC; FZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Press of Mississippi United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781628461770
- ISBN
- 9781628461770
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.28
€ 34.28
Paperback. Editor(s): McConnell, Robin. Num Pages: 280 pages, 1. BIC Classification: FP; FZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 203 x 18. Weight in Grams: 746.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Conundrum Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781894994491
- ISBN
- 9781894994491
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.21
€ 23.21
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; FZG; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Chicago Review Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781613733325
- ISBN
- 9781613733325
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.64
€ 25.99
€ 24.64