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BIOGRAPHIX SC GEORGE PEREZ (C: 0-1-1)
Born in the South Bronx to Puerto Rican parents, artist and writer George Pérez (1954-2022) cut his teeth in the 1970s as an artist at Marvel who worked on lesser titles like The Deadly Hands of Kung Fu and Creatures on the Loose, and then mainstays like Fantastic Four and... Read More →
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BIOGRAPHIX SC MOEBIUS (C: 0-1-1)
The first English-language volume to explore the career of the comics artist who inspired Blade Runner, Akira, and Hayao Miyazaki, this seventh volume in the Biographix Series features Jean Giraud (1938-2012) started drawing comics in the late 1950s for a variety of French comics magazines. Under his real name, he... Read More →
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BLACK PANTHER INTERROGATING A CULTURAL PHENOMENON SC (C: 0-1
Black Panther is one of the most financially successful and culturally impactful films to emerge from the American film industry in recent years. When it was released in 2018 it broke numerous records and resonated with audiences all around the world in ways that transcended the dimensions of the superhero... Read More →
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COMICS ART IN KOREA SC (C: 0-1-1)
The definitive volume on the rich and dynamic field of Korean comics, in Comics Art in Korea, comics scholar John A. Lent embarks on a comprehensive exploration of the vibrant world of Korean comics, cartoons, comic strips, graphic novels, webcomics, and animation. This meticulously researched work delves deep into the... Read More →
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CONVERSATIONS WITH TODD MCFARLANE SC (C: 0-1-1)
Over thirty years after his initial ascent to super stardom, Todd McFarlane (b. 1961) remains one of the most popular and contentious comic artists ever. The interviews compiled in this volume offer a nuanced portrait of McFarlane's polarizing character. Beginning with his earliest days on Spider-Man to the months before... Read More →
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COPYRIGHT VIGILANTES INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY HOLLYWOOD SC (C:
Copyright Vigilantes: Intellectual Property and the Hollywood Superhero, 1998-2018 explains superhero blockbusters as allegories of intellectual property relations. In movies based on characters owned by the comics duopoly of DC and Marvel, no narrative recurs more often than a villain's attempt to copy the superhero's unique powers. Since the 1930s,... Read More →
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INDIGENOUS COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS STUDIES IN GENRE SC (C: 0
In recent years, studios like Marvel and DC have seen enormous success transforming comics into major motion pictures. At the same time, bookstores such as Barnes & Noble in the US and Indigo in Canada have made more room for comic books and graphic novels on their shelves. Yet despite... Read More →
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LLOYD KAUFMAN INTERVIEWS SC (C: 0-1-0)
After nearly fifty years of disrupting media, gleefully Rabelaisian uberindie filmmaker Lloyd Kaufman (b. 1945) has been maligned, mocked, and-worst of all-ignored throughout the general course of his wildly eclectic and impactful filmography. As the equally huckster-ish and self-denigrating cofounder and president of Troma Entertainment, Kaufman has indisputably left his... Read More →
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SHAOLIN BREW RACE COMICS & EVOLUTION OF SUPERHERO SC (C: 0-1
Shaolin Brew: Race, Comics, and the Evolution of the Superhero looks at how the comic book industry developed from a white perspective and how minority characters were and are viewed through a stereotypical white gaze. Further, the book explores how voices of color have launched a shift in the industry,... Read More →
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SUPERHEROES BEYOND SC (C: 0-1-1)
A dynamic collection acknowledging a powerful diversity of superheroes outside of expected boundaries, Superheroes Beyond moves superhero research beyond expected examples. In this innovative collection, contributors unmask international crimefighters, track superheroes outside of the comic book page, and explore heroes whose secret identities are not cisgender men.
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