Author: Rob Davis
Publisher: SelfMadeHero
ISBN: 9781906838812
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Scarper's deathday is just three weeks away, and he clings to the mundane repetition of his life at home and high school for comfort.
The Motherless Oven
Author: Rob Davis
Publisher: SelfMadeHero
ISBN: 9781906838812
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Scarper's deathday is just three weeks away, and he clings to the mundane repetition of his life at home and high school for comfort.
Publisher: SelfMadeHero
ISBN: 9781906838812
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Scarper's deathday is just three weeks away, and he clings to the mundane repetition of his life at home and high school for comfort.
The Book of Forks
Author: Rob Davis
Publisher: SelfMadeHero
ISBN: 9781910593738
Category : Death
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The much-anticipated final volume of Rob Davis's dark and inventive trilogy The Motherless Ovenand The Can Opener's Daughtermay have raised more questions than they answered, but The Book of Forks explains everything. Castro Smith finds himself imprisoned within the mysterious Power Station, writing his Book of Forks while navigating baffling daily meetings with Poly, a troubled young woman who may be his teacher, his doctor, his prison guard . . . or something else entirely. Meanwhile, back home, Vera and Scarper's search for their missing friend takes them through the chaotic war zone of the Bear Park and into new and terrifying worlds. With The Book of Forks, Rob Davis completes his abstract adventure trilogy by stepping inside Castro's disintegrating mind to reveal the truth about the history of the world, the meaning of existence, and the purpose of kitchen scales.
Publisher: SelfMadeHero
ISBN: 9781910593738
Category : Death
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The much-anticipated final volume of Rob Davis's dark and inventive trilogy The Motherless Ovenand The Can Opener's Daughtermay have raised more questions than they answered, but The Book of Forks explains everything. Castro Smith finds himself imprisoned within the mysterious Power Station, writing his Book of Forks while navigating baffling daily meetings with Poly, a troubled young woman who may be his teacher, his doctor, his prison guard . . . or something else entirely. Meanwhile, back home, Vera and Scarper's search for their missing friend takes them through the chaotic war zone of the Bear Park and into new and terrifying worlds. With The Book of Forks, Rob Davis completes his abstract adventure trilogy by stepping inside Castro's disintegrating mind to reveal the truth about the history of the world, the meaning of existence, and the purpose of kitchen scales.
Gypsy Omnibus
Author: Thierry Smolderen
Publisher: Insight Comics
ISBN: 9781683835370
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Revisit the action-packed adventures of Gypsy with this one-of-a-kind omnibus edition! Set in the not-too-distant future, the world of Gypsy has it all: planetary highways, the coronation of a young Russian Tsar, the resurrection of a Mongol army on the trail of Gengis Khan, an all-powerful multinational corporation that controls all earthly transport—and that’s just the tip of the iceberg! In the middle of all this, we have a Gypsy truck driver who, fortunately, knows how to look after himself. Now, for the first time ever, the works of award-winning creators Thierry Smolderen and Enrico Marini are collected in this deluxe omnibus edition. Complete with a stylistic slipcase featuring exclusive new art from Enrico Marini, this collection breathes new life into the world of Gypsy—a must-have for any comics reader!
Publisher: Insight Comics
ISBN: 9781683835370
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Revisit the action-packed adventures of Gypsy with this one-of-a-kind omnibus edition! Set in the not-too-distant future, the world of Gypsy has it all: planetary highways, the coronation of a young Russian Tsar, the resurrection of a Mongol army on the trail of Gengis Khan, an all-powerful multinational corporation that controls all earthly transport—and that’s just the tip of the iceberg! In the middle of all this, we have a Gypsy truck driver who, fortunately, knows how to look after himself. Now, for the first time ever, the works of award-winning creators Thierry Smolderen and Enrico Marini are collected in this deluxe omnibus edition. Complete with a stylistic slipcase featuring exclusive new art from Enrico Marini, this collection breathes new life into the world of Gypsy—a must-have for any comics reader!
Picturing Childhood
Author: Mark Heimermann
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 1477311645
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
Comics and childhood have had a richly intertwined history for nearly a century. From Richard Outcault’s Yellow Kid, Winsor McCay’s Little Nemo, and Harold Gray’s Little Orphan Annie to Hergé’s Tintin (Belgium), José Escobar’s Zipi and Zape (Spain), and Wilhelm Busch’s Max and Moritz (Germany), iconic child characters have given both kids and adults not only hours of entertainment but also an important vehicle for exploring children’s lives and the sometimes challenging realities that surround them. Bringing together comic studies and childhood studies, this pioneering collection of essays provides the first wide-ranging account of how children and childhood, as well as the larger cultural forces behind their representations, have been depicted in comics from the 1930s to the present. The authors address issues such as how comics reflect a spectrum of cultural values concerning children, sometimes even resisting dominant cultural constructions of childhood; how sensitive social issues, such as racial discrimination or the construction and enforcement of gender roles, can be explored in comics through the use of child characters; and the ways in which comics use children as metaphors for other issues or concerns. Specific topics discussed in the book include diversity and inclusiveness in Little Audrey comics of the 1950s and 1960s, the fetishization of adolescent girls in Japanese manga, the use of children to build national unity in Finnish wartime comics, and how the animal/child hybrids in Sweet Tooth act as a metaphor for commodification.
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 1477311645
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
Comics and childhood have had a richly intertwined history for nearly a century. From Richard Outcault’s Yellow Kid, Winsor McCay’s Little Nemo, and Harold Gray’s Little Orphan Annie to Hergé’s Tintin (Belgium), José Escobar’s Zipi and Zape (Spain), and Wilhelm Busch’s Max and Moritz (Germany), iconic child characters have given both kids and adults not only hours of entertainment but also an important vehicle for exploring children’s lives and the sometimes challenging realities that surround them. Bringing together comic studies and childhood studies, this pioneering collection of essays provides the first wide-ranging account of how children and childhood, as well as the larger cultural forces behind their representations, have been depicted in comics from the 1930s to the present. The authors address issues such as how comics reflect a spectrum of cultural values concerning children, sometimes even resisting dominant cultural constructions of childhood; how sensitive social issues, such as racial discrimination or the construction and enforcement of gender roles, can be explored in comics through the use of child characters; and the ways in which comics use children as metaphors for other issues or concerns. Specific topics discussed in the book include diversity and inclusiveness in Little Audrey comics of the 1950s and 1960s, the fetishization of adolescent girls in Japanese manga, the use of children to build national unity in Finnish wartime comics, and how the animal/child hybrids in Sweet Tooth act as a metaphor for commodification.
The Cambridge Companion to British Fiction: 1980–2018
Author: Peter Boxall
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108483410
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 335
Book Description
Gives a comprehensive critical picture of the development of British fiction from the election of Thatcher to the present.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108483410
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 335
Book Description
Gives a comprehensive critical picture of the development of British fiction from the election of Thatcher to the present.
The Rise of the Graphic Novel
Author: Alexander Dunst
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1009192523
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
Bringing digital humanities methods to the study of comics, this monograph traces the emergence of the graphic novel at the intersection of popular and literary culture. Based on a representative corpus of over 250 graphic novels from the United States, Canada, and Great Britain, it shows how the genre has built on the visual style of comics while adopting selected features of the contemporary novel. This argument positions the graphic novel as a crucial case study for our understanding of twenty-first-century culture. More than simply a niche format, graphic novels demonstrate how contemporary literature reworks elements of genre narrative, reconfiguring rather than abolishing distinctions between high and low. The book also puts forward a new historical periodization for the graphic novel, centered on integration into the literary marketplace and leading to an explosive growth in page length and a diversification of aesthetic styles.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1009192523
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
Bringing digital humanities methods to the study of comics, this monograph traces the emergence of the graphic novel at the intersection of popular and literary culture. Based on a representative corpus of over 250 graphic novels from the United States, Canada, and Great Britain, it shows how the genre has built on the visual style of comics while adopting selected features of the contemporary novel. This argument positions the graphic novel as a crucial case study for our understanding of twenty-first-century culture. More than simply a niche format, graphic novels demonstrate how contemporary literature reworks elements of genre narrative, reconfiguring rather than abolishing distinctions between high and low. The book also puts forward a new historical periodization for the graphic novel, centered on integration into the literary marketplace and leading to an explosive growth in page length and a diversification of aesthetic styles.
The Narratology of Comic Art
Author: Kai Mikkonen
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1315410125
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
By placing comics in a lively dialogue with contemporary narrative theory, The Narratology of Comic Art builds a systematic theory of narrative comics, going beyond the typical focus on the Anglophone tradition. This involves not just the exploration of those properties in comics that can be meaningfully investigated with existing narrative theory, but an interpretive study of the potential in narratological concepts and analytical procedures that has hitherto been overlooked. This research monograph is, then, not an application of narratology in the medium and art of comics, but a revision of narratological concepts and approaches through the study of narrative comics. Thus, while narratology is brought to bear on comics, equally comics are brought to bear on narratology.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1315410125
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
By placing comics in a lively dialogue with contemporary narrative theory, The Narratology of Comic Art builds a systematic theory of narrative comics, going beyond the typical focus on the Anglophone tradition. This involves not just the exploration of those properties in comics that can be meaningfully investigated with existing narrative theory, but an interpretive study of the potential in narratological concepts and analytical procedures that has hitherto been overlooked. This research monograph is, then, not an application of narratology in the medium and art of comics, but a revision of narratological concepts and approaches through the study of narrative comics. Thus, while narratology is brought to bear on comics, equally comics are brought to bear on narratology.
New Peterson Magazine
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Languages : en
Pages : 504
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Languages : en
Pages : 504
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Catalogue
Author: Maggs Bros
Publisher:
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Category : Antiquarian booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antiquarian booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
The Further Adventures of Pontius Pilate
Author: Kevin Butcher
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1291788018
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Out of favour after his disastrous governership of Judaea, Pontius Pilate is recalled to Rome and finds that no one wants to know him. But when the new emperor, Caligula, takes the disgraced governor under his wing, suddenly the whole of Rome is beating a path to Pilate's door. However, Pilate quickly discovers that Caligula's friendship comes at a perilous price. What's more, his past is beginning to catch up with him. Pursued by the fanatical followers of Simon Magus and a murderous heretical sect called the Angelics, Pilate must find a way to confound his enemies and at the same time thwart the ambitions of Caligula without incurring the Emperor's wrath. Written by a Professor of Classics and Ancient History at the University of Warwick, England, this novel brings to life one of ancient Rome's most infamous characters.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1291788018
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Out of favour after his disastrous governership of Judaea, Pontius Pilate is recalled to Rome and finds that no one wants to know him. But when the new emperor, Caligula, takes the disgraced governor under his wing, suddenly the whole of Rome is beating a path to Pilate's door. However, Pilate quickly discovers that Caligula's friendship comes at a perilous price. What's more, his past is beginning to catch up with him. Pursued by the fanatical followers of Simon Magus and a murderous heretical sect called the Angelics, Pilate must find a way to confound his enemies and at the same time thwart the ambitions of Caligula without incurring the Emperor's wrath. Written by a Professor of Classics and Ancient History at the University of Warwick, England, this novel brings to life one of ancient Rome's most infamous characters.