Author: Bernard Cosey
Publisher: IDW Publishing
ISBN: 9781631407772
Category : Comic books, strips, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
What was life like for Mickey before 1928... before Hollywood stardom struck? In this riveting, phantasmagorical "what-if" tale, we follow the Mouse from his humble origins--as Oswald Rabbit's screenwriter --through a tangled web of trains, rocket ships, and stolen Shakespeare scripts Will a haunting tune bring Mickey and Minnie together for the first time? Will Goofy find success as a... ferryboat driver? Or will big boss Mr. Casey and relentless Pegleg Pete strike again? Award-winning Swiss cartoonist Bernard Cosey (Lost in the Alps) brings us an amazing Mouse adventure with a thoughtful, emotive twist.
Mickey Mouse: Mysterious Melody
Author: Bernard Cosey
Publisher: IDW Publishing
ISBN: 9781631407772
Category : Comic books, strips, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
What was life like for Mickey before 1928... before Hollywood stardom struck? In this riveting, phantasmagorical "what-if" tale, we follow the Mouse from his humble origins--as Oswald Rabbit's screenwriter --through a tangled web of trains, rocket ships, and stolen Shakespeare scripts Will a haunting tune bring Mickey and Minnie together for the first time? Will Goofy find success as a... ferryboat driver? Or will big boss Mr. Casey and relentless Pegleg Pete strike again? Award-winning Swiss cartoonist Bernard Cosey (Lost in the Alps) brings us an amazing Mouse adventure with a thoughtful, emotive twist.
Publisher: IDW Publishing
ISBN: 9781631407772
Category : Comic books, strips, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
What was life like for Mickey before 1928... before Hollywood stardom struck? In this riveting, phantasmagorical "what-if" tale, we follow the Mouse from his humble origins--as Oswald Rabbit's screenwriter --through a tangled web of trains, rocket ships, and stolen Shakespeare scripts Will a haunting tune bring Mickey and Minnie together for the first time? Will Goofy find success as a... ferryboat driver? Or will big boss Mr. Casey and relentless Pegleg Pete strike again? Award-winning Swiss cartoonist Bernard Cosey (Lost in the Alps) brings us an amazing Mouse adventure with a thoughtful, emotive twist.
Graphic Novels
Author: Michael Pawuk
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 1113
Book Description
Covering genres from adventure and fantasy to horror, science fiction, and superheroes, this guide maps the vast terrain of graphic novels, describing and organizing titles to help librarians balance their graphic novel collections and direct patrons to read-alikes. New subgenres, new authors, new artists, and new titles appear daily in the comic book and manga world, joining thousands of existing titles—some of which are very popular and well-known to the enthusiastic readers of books in this genre. How do you determine which graphic novels to purchase, and which to recommend to teen and adult readers? This updated guide is intended to help you start, update, or maintain a graphic novel collection and advise readers about the genre. Containing mostly new information as compared to the previous edition, the book covers iconic super-hero comics and other classic and contemporary crime fighter-based comics; action and adventure comics, including prehistoric, heroic, explorer, and Far East adventure as well as Western adventure; science fiction titles that encompass space opera/fantasy, aliens, post-apocalyptic themes, and comics with storylines revolving around computers, robots, and artificial intelligence. There are also chapters dedicated to fantasy titles; horror titles, such as comics about vampires, werewolves, monsters, ghosts, and the occult; crime and mystery titles regarding detectives, police officers, junior sleuths, and true crime; comics on contemporary life, covering romance, coming-of-age stories, sports, and social and political issues; humorous titles; and various nonfiction graphic novels.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 1113
Book Description
Covering genres from adventure and fantasy to horror, science fiction, and superheroes, this guide maps the vast terrain of graphic novels, describing and organizing titles to help librarians balance their graphic novel collections and direct patrons to read-alikes. New subgenres, new authors, new artists, and new titles appear daily in the comic book and manga world, joining thousands of existing titles—some of which are very popular and well-known to the enthusiastic readers of books in this genre. How do you determine which graphic novels to purchase, and which to recommend to teen and adult readers? This updated guide is intended to help you start, update, or maintain a graphic novel collection and advise readers about the genre. Containing mostly new information as compared to the previous edition, the book covers iconic super-hero comics and other classic and contemporary crime fighter-based comics; action and adventure comics, including prehistoric, heroic, explorer, and Far East adventure as well as Western adventure; science fiction titles that encompass space opera/fantasy, aliens, post-apocalyptic themes, and comics with storylines revolving around computers, robots, and artificial intelligence. There are also chapters dedicated to fantasy titles; horror titles, such as comics about vampires, werewolves, monsters, ghosts, and the occult; crime and mystery titles regarding detectives, police officers, junior sleuths, and true crime; comics on contemporary life, covering romance, coming-of-age stories, sports, and social and political issues; humorous titles; and various nonfiction graphic novels.
Animal Comics
Author:
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1350015334
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
Animal characters abound in graphic narratives ranging from Krazy Kat and Maus to WE3 and Terra Formars. Exploring these and other multispecies storyworlds presented in words and images, Animal Comics draws together work in comics studies, narrative theory, and cross-disciplinary research on animal environments and human-animal relationships to shed new light on comics and graphic novels in which animal agents play a significant role. At the same time, the volume's international team of contributors show how the distinctive structures and affordances of graphic narratives foreground key questions about trans-species entanglements in a more-than-human world. The writers/artists covered in the book include: Nick Abadzis, Adolpho Avril, Jeffrey Brown, Sue Coe, Matt Dembicki, Olivier Deprez, J. J. Grandville, George Herriman, Adam Hines, William Hogarth, Grant Morrison, Osamu Tezuka, Frank Quitely, Yu Sasuga, Charles M. Schultz, Art Spiegelman, Fiona Staples, Ken'ichi Tachibana, Brian K. Vaughan, and others.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1350015334
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
Animal characters abound in graphic narratives ranging from Krazy Kat and Maus to WE3 and Terra Formars. Exploring these and other multispecies storyworlds presented in words and images, Animal Comics draws together work in comics studies, narrative theory, and cross-disciplinary research on animal environments and human-animal relationships to shed new light on comics and graphic novels in which animal agents play a significant role. At the same time, the volume's international team of contributors show how the distinctive structures and affordances of graphic narratives foreground key questions about trans-species entanglements in a more-than-human world. The writers/artists covered in the book include: Nick Abadzis, Adolpho Avril, Jeffrey Brown, Sue Coe, Matt Dembicki, Olivier Deprez, J. J. Grandville, George Herriman, Adam Hines, William Hogarth, Grant Morrison, Osamu Tezuka, Frank Quitely, Yu Sasuga, Charles M. Schultz, Art Spiegelman, Fiona Staples, Ken'ichi Tachibana, Brian K. Vaughan, and others.
The Marsupilami's Tail
Author: Franquin
Publisher: 9th Cinebook
ISBN: 9781849183635
Category : JUVENILE FICTION
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Readers of Spirou already know the Marsupilami - that lovable creature with the nature-defying tail. Here, in his own series, we follow the Marsupilami's life in his natural habitat. And his adventures are as funny as ever!
Publisher: 9th Cinebook
ISBN: 9781849183635
Category : JUVENILE FICTION
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Readers of Spirou already know the Marsupilami - that lovable creature with the nature-defying tail. Here, in his own series, we follow the Marsupilami's life in his natural habitat. And his adventures are as funny as ever!
Mickey All-Stars
Author: Mike Peraza
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781683963691
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Star artists from around the globe each draw a chapter of Mickey's wildest adventure -- from Giorgio Cavazzano (Disney Masters) to Mike Peraza (Mickey's Christmas Carol) to Marco Rota, plus dozens more! While celebrating his birthday at a carnival, Mickey crosses the threshold of a fortune-teller's mystic portal and finds himself flung headlong into an amazing journey. He encounters one phantasmagorical dimension after another -- a fractured fairy tale kingdom, a cubist realm, and outer space -- with plenty of dragons, mummies, and giant mouse-eating plants along the way. (Not to mention alternate versions of Goofy, Peg Leg Pete, and the Phantom Blot!) Can Mickey get back? How deep does this rabbit hole -- er, mouse hole -- go?
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781683963691
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Star artists from around the globe each draw a chapter of Mickey's wildest adventure -- from Giorgio Cavazzano (Disney Masters) to Mike Peraza (Mickey's Christmas Carol) to Marco Rota, plus dozens more! While celebrating his birthday at a carnival, Mickey crosses the threshold of a fortune-teller's mystic portal and finds himself flung headlong into an amazing journey. He encounters one phantasmagorical dimension after another -- a fractured fairy tale kingdom, a cubist realm, and outer space -- with plenty of dragons, mummies, and giant mouse-eating plants along the way. (Not to mention alternate versions of Goofy, Peg Leg Pete, and the Phantom Blot!) Can Mickey get back? How deep does this rabbit hole -- er, mouse hole -- go?
Mickey's Craziest Adventures
Author: Lewis Trondheim
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781631406942
Category : JUVENILE FICTION
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
It's a "lost" 1965 Disney epic, deemed too wild for publication and saved only in tantalizing fragments... or is it? When Pegleg Pete and the Beagle Boys shrink and steal Scrooge's Money Bin, Mickey and Donald must track them down--in what is really a brand-new album-length thriller by comics masters Lewis Trondheim and Nicolas Keramidas: told in an amazing indy style and presented like a treasure suspended in time!
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781631406942
Category : JUVENILE FICTION
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
It's a "lost" 1965 Disney epic, deemed too wild for publication and saved only in tantalizing fragments... or is it? When Pegleg Pete and the Beagle Boys shrink and steal Scrooge's Money Bin, Mickey and Donald must track them down--in what is really a brand-new album-length thriller by comics masters Lewis Trondheim and Nicolas Keramidas: told in an amazing indy style and presented like a treasure suspended in time!
The Princess in Black and the Mysterious Playdate
Author: Shannon Hale
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 153620532X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 99
Book Description
Noseholes and elephants! A pet-eating monster interrupts a perfect playdate with Princess Sneezewort. . . . But who is that new masked avenger? Princess Magnolia and Princess Sneezewort have plans . . . mysterious plans, like a princess playdate! They dress-up slam! They karaoke jam! But then a shout from outside Princess Sneezewort's castle interrupts their fun. It’s a monster! This is a job for the Princess in Black. Yet when the Princess in Black gets there, she finds only a masked stranger and no monster in sight. But all is not as it seems! Action and humor abound in this ode to friendship that proves that when shape-shifting monsters intrude on your plans, two heroes are better than one.
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 153620532X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 99
Book Description
Noseholes and elephants! A pet-eating monster interrupts a perfect playdate with Princess Sneezewort. . . . But who is that new masked avenger? Princess Magnolia and Princess Sneezewort have plans . . . mysterious plans, like a princess playdate! They dress-up slam! They karaoke jam! But then a shout from outside Princess Sneezewort's castle interrupts their fun. It’s a monster! This is a job for the Princess in Black. Yet when the Princess in Black gets there, she finds only a masked stranger and no monster in sight. But all is not as it seems! Action and humor abound in this ode to friendship that proves that when shape-shifting monsters intrude on your plans, two heroes are better than one.
Donald Duck
Author: Daan Jippes
Publisher: Disney Masters Collection
ISBN: 9781683961116
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Huey, Dewey, and Louie find themselves tested by more than just harsh weather conditions in this new series highlighting classic comic book creators.
Publisher: Disney Masters Collection
ISBN: 9781683961116
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Huey, Dewey, and Louie find themselves tested by more than just harsh weather conditions in this new series highlighting classic comic book creators.
Walt Disney Uncle $crooge and Donald Duck
Author: Don Rosa
Publisher: Don Rosa Library
ISBN: 9781606999271
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Scrooge McDuck strikes Klondike gold in the latest collection of the world-renowned Duck comics.
Publisher: Don Rosa Library
ISBN: 9781606999271
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Scrooge McDuck strikes Klondike gold in the latest collection of the world-renowned Duck comics.
Disneystrology
Author: Lisa Finander
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781594744532
Category : Astrology
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Disneystrology combines astrology, numerology, and the magic of movies to help readers understand their own personalities. Noted astrologer Lisa Finander has identified 366 unique Disney character types- everyone from Snow White to Wall-E-and paired these characters to corresponding birth dates. Readers born on November 9, for example, are typically exuberant, friendly, and youthful-traits best exemplified by Pinocchio. By contrast, readers born on February 22 are often powerful, principled, and determined-the perfect words to describe King Mufasa of The Lion King. Readers will also discover character profiles, compatible birthdays, tips for dealing with others, and much, much more! Illustrated with hundreds of stills from more than 90 years of classic animation, Disneystrology is an entertaining tribute to the most delightful characters in movie history.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781594744532
Category : Astrology
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Disneystrology combines astrology, numerology, and the magic of movies to help readers understand their own personalities. Noted astrologer Lisa Finander has identified 366 unique Disney character types- everyone from Snow White to Wall-E-and paired these characters to corresponding birth dates. Readers born on November 9, for example, are typically exuberant, friendly, and youthful-traits best exemplified by Pinocchio. By contrast, readers born on February 22 are often powerful, principled, and determined-the perfect words to describe King Mufasa of The Lion King. Readers will also discover character profiles, compatible birthdays, tips for dealing with others, and much, much more! Illustrated with hundreds of stills from more than 90 years of classic animation, Disneystrology is an entertaining tribute to the most delightful characters in movie history.