Author: Cary Bates
Publisher: DC Comics
ISBN:
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 46
Book Description
Enjoy this great comic from DC’s digital archive!
Captain Atom (1986-1992) #50
Author: Cary Bates
Publisher: DC Comics
ISBN:
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 46
Book Description
Enjoy this great comic from DC’s digital archive!
Publisher: DC Comics
ISBN:
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 46
Book Description
Enjoy this great comic from DC’s digital archive!
Sporting Supermen
Author: Brendan Gallagher
Publisher: White Lion Publishing
ISBN: 9781845131654
Category : Athletes
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
When Brendan Gallagher wrote a feature on theTelegraph's sports pages about his favorite sporting comic heroes, the response from readers was unprecedented: hundreds of e-mails from nostalgic readers. Now he has turned his research and enthusiasm into a unique celebration of these prodigious characters. He devotes separate chapters to the three greatest heroes: Wilson of the Wizard; Alf Tupper, the "Tough of the Track;" and Roy of the Rovers. Then he covers the best of the rest, includingnbsp;men like Skid Solo, Johnny Cougar, and Raven on the Wing. He also tells the story of the remarkable Gilbert Dalton, author of the Wilson stories, a writing machine who wrote millions of words in his lifetime and whose productivity put Dickens to shame, and has talked to the BBC's Stewart Storey for a modern (and entirely serious) analysis of some of Wilson's most amazing feats (like a three-minute mile). Here, then, are such truly extraordinary feats as bowling out Australia twice in a day with 120mph deliveries in a 1953 Ashes Test, a professional soccer player still playing in the top flight at the age of around 75, not to mention running 20 miles cross-country innbsp;two hours to warn the Duke of Wellington of Napoleon's advance.
Publisher: White Lion Publishing
ISBN: 9781845131654
Category : Athletes
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
When Brendan Gallagher wrote a feature on theTelegraph's sports pages about his favorite sporting comic heroes, the response from readers was unprecedented: hundreds of e-mails from nostalgic readers. Now he has turned his research and enthusiasm into a unique celebration of these prodigious characters. He devotes separate chapters to the three greatest heroes: Wilson of the Wizard; Alf Tupper, the "Tough of the Track;" and Roy of the Rovers. Then he covers the best of the rest, includingnbsp;men like Skid Solo, Johnny Cougar, and Raven on the Wing. He also tells the story of the remarkable Gilbert Dalton, author of the Wilson stories, a writing machine who wrote millions of words in his lifetime and whose productivity put Dickens to shame, and has talked to the BBC's Stewart Storey for a modern (and entirely serious) analysis of some of Wilson's most amazing feats (like a three-minute mile). Here, then, are such truly extraordinary feats as bowling out Australia twice in a day with 120mph deliveries in a 1953 Ashes Test, a professional soccer player still playing in the top flight at the age of around 75, not to mention running 20 miles cross-country innbsp;two hours to warn the Duke of Wellington of Napoleon's advance.
Gothic for Girls
Author: Julia Round
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN: 1496824490
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Winner of the 2019 Broken Frontier Award for Best Book on Comics Today fans still remember and love the British girls’ comic Misty for its bold visuals and narrative complexities. Yet its unique history has drawn little critical attention. Bridging this scholarly gap, Julia Round presents a comprehensive cultural history and detailed discussion of the comic, preserving both the inception and development of this important publication as well as its stories. Misty ran for 101 issues as a stand-alone publication between 1978 and 1980 and then four more years as part of Tammy. It was a hugely successful anthology comic containing one-shot and serialized stories of supernatural horror and fantasy aimed at girls and young women and featuring work by writers and artists who dominated British comics such as Pat Mills, Malcolm Shaw, and John Armstrong, as well as celebrated European artists. To this day, Misty remains notable for its daring and sophisticated stories, strong female characters, innovative page layouts, and big visuals. In the first book on this topic, Round closely analyzes Misty’s content, including its creation and production, its cultural and historical context, key influences, and the comic itself. Largely based on Round’s own archival research, the study also draws on interviews with many of the key creators involved in this comic, including Pat Mills, Wilf Prigmore, and its art editorial team Jack Cunningham and Ted Andrews, who have never previously spoken about their work. Richly illustrated with previously unpublished photos, scripts, and letters, this book uses Misty as a lens to explore the use of Gothic themes and symbols in girls’ comics and other media. It surveys existing work on childhood and Gothic and offers a working definition of Gothic for Girls, a subgenre which challenges and instructs readers in a number of ways.
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN: 1496824490
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Winner of the 2019 Broken Frontier Award for Best Book on Comics Today fans still remember and love the British girls’ comic Misty for its bold visuals and narrative complexities. Yet its unique history has drawn little critical attention. Bridging this scholarly gap, Julia Round presents a comprehensive cultural history and detailed discussion of the comic, preserving both the inception and development of this important publication as well as its stories. Misty ran for 101 issues as a stand-alone publication between 1978 and 1980 and then four more years as part of Tammy. It was a hugely successful anthology comic containing one-shot and serialized stories of supernatural horror and fantasy aimed at girls and young women and featuring work by writers and artists who dominated British comics such as Pat Mills, Malcolm Shaw, and John Armstrong, as well as celebrated European artists. To this day, Misty remains notable for its daring and sophisticated stories, strong female characters, innovative page layouts, and big visuals. In the first book on this topic, Round closely analyzes Misty’s content, including its creation and production, its cultural and historical context, key influences, and the comic itself. Largely based on Round’s own archival research, the study also draws on interviews with many of the key creators involved in this comic, including Pat Mills, Wilf Prigmore, and its art editorial team Jack Cunningham and Ted Andrews, who have never previously spoken about their work. Richly illustrated with previously unpublished photos, scripts, and letters, this book uses Misty as a lens to explore the use of Gothic themes and symbols in girls’ comics and other media. It surveys existing work on childhood and Gothic and offers a working definition of Gothic for Girls, a subgenre which challenges and instructs readers in a number of ways.
The Beano Annual 2014
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781845355081
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Britain's best-selling comic, 'The Beano' celebrates its 75th birthday this year Join Dennis the Menace, The Bash Street Kids, Roger the Dodger and Minnie the Minx for 112 pages of mischief, mayhem and menacing
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781845355081
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Britain's best-selling comic, 'The Beano' celebrates its 75th birthday this year Join Dennis the Menace, The Bash Street Kids, Roger the Dodger and Minnie the Minx for 112 pages of mischief, mayhem and menacing
Daft Wee Stories
Author: Limmy
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1473517893
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
DAFT WEE STORIES is Limmy’s first book. It is a collection of stories. There are short stories. There are longer stories. There are stupid stories. There are thoughtful stories. There are upside-down stories. There are normal-way-up stories. There are weird stories. There are less weird stories. There are really weird stories. There is nothing else like it. Have a read.
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1473517893
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
DAFT WEE STORIES is Limmy’s first book. It is a collection of stories. There are short stories. There are longer stories. There are stupid stories. There are thoughtful stories. There are upside-down stories. There are normal-way-up stories. There are weird stories. There are less weird stories. There are really weird stories. There is nothing else like it. Have a read.
King's Reach
Author: John Sanders
Publisher: Rebellion Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1781089841
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 245
Book Description
From within King's Reach Tower on the banks of the Thames, John Sanders masterminded the output of Britain's biggest comics publisher over twenty-five years. In this memoir he reveals, for the first time, his story and that of the medium that would go on to dominate global culture.
Publisher: Rebellion Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1781089841
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 245
Book Description
From within King's Reach Tower on the banks of the Thames, John Sanders masterminded the output of Britain's biggest comics publisher over twenty-five years. In this memoir he reveals, for the first time, his story and that of the medium that would go on to dominate global culture.
Beano Dennis & Gnasher: Battle for Bash Street School (Beano Fiction)
Author:
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0755504445
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Can a group of ten year old mates (and one scruffy dog) really outwit the most fiendish, cunning teachers in the universe and, after millions of years, finally make school cool?!
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0755504445
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Can a group of ten year old mates (and one scruffy dog) really outwit the most fiendish, cunning teachers in the universe and, after millions of years, finally make school cool?!
Alice in Sunderland
Author: Bryan Talbot
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
ISBN: 1630084042
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 333
Book Description
Sunderland! Thirteen hundred years ago it was the greatest center of learning in the whole of Christendom and the very cradle of English consciousness. In the time of Lewis Carroll it was the greatest shipbuilding port in the world. To this city that gave the world the electric light bulb, the stars and stripes, the millennium, the Liberty Ships and the greatest British dragon legend came Carroll in the years preceding his most famous book, Alice in Wonderland, and here are buried the roots of his surreal masterpiece. Enter the famous Edwardian palace of varieties, The Sunderland Empire, for a unique experience: an entertaining and epic meditation on myth, history and storytelling and decide for yourself — does Sunderland really exist?
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
ISBN: 1630084042
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 333
Book Description
Sunderland! Thirteen hundred years ago it was the greatest center of learning in the whole of Christendom and the very cradle of English consciousness. In the time of Lewis Carroll it was the greatest shipbuilding port in the world. To this city that gave the world the electric light bulb, the stars and stripes, the millennium, the Liberty Ships and the greatest British dragon legend came Carroll in the years preceding his most famous book, Alice in Wonderland, and here are buried the roots of his surreal masterpiece. Enter the famous Edwardian palace of varieties, The Sunderland Empire, for a unique experience: an entertaining and epic meditation on myth, history and storytelling and decide for yourself — does Sunderland really exist?
The Dandy Monster Comic
Author: Quarto Publishing Group UK
Publisher: Aurum Press Limited
ISBN: 9781845132170
Category : British comic books, strips, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
A slip-cased facsimile of the first ever 'Dandy' annual published in 1941. It will appeal to all of the generations who have read the 'Dandy' and will provide a great insight to the early days of the comic.
Publisher: Aurum Press Limited
ISBN: 9781845132170
Category : British comic books, strips, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
A slip-cased facsimile of the first ever 'Dandy' annual published in 1941. It will appeal to all of the generations who have read the 'Dandy' and will provide a great insight to the early days of the comic.
Gothic in Comics and Graphic Novels
Author: Julia Round
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476614326
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
This book explores the connections between comics and Gothic from four different angles: historical, formal, cultural and textual. It identifies structures, styles and themes drawn from literary gothic traditions and discusses their presence in British and American comics today, with particular attention to the DC Vertigo imprint. Part One offers an historical approach to British and American comics and Gothic, summarizing the development of both their creative content and critical models, and discussing censorship, allusion and self-awareness. Part Two brings together some of the gothic narrative strategies of comics and reinterprets critical approaches to the comics medium, arguing for an holistic model based around the symbols of the crypt, the spectre and the archive. Part Three then combines cultural and textual analysis, discussing the communities that have built up around comics and gothic artifacts and concluding with case studies of two of the most famous gothic archetypes in comics: the vampire and the zombie.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476614326
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
This book explores the connections between comics and Gothic from four different angles: historical, formal, cultural and textual. It identifies structures, styles and themes drawn from literary gothic traditions and discusses their presence in British and American comics today, with particular attention to the DC Vertigo imprint. Part One offers an historical approach to British and American comics and Gothic, summarizing the development of both their creative content and critical models, and discussing censorship, allusion and self-awareness. Part Two brings together some of the gothic narrative strategies of comics and reinterprets critical approaches to the comics medium, arguing for an holistic model based around the symbols of the crypt, the spectre and the archive. Part Three then combines cultural and textual analysis, discussing the communities that have built up around comics and gothic artifacts and concluding with case studies of two of the most famous gothic archetypes in comics: the vampire and the zombie.