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Making comics : storytelling secrets of comics, manga and graphic novels
Presents instructions for aspiring cartoonists on the art form's key techniques, sharing concise and accessible guidelines on such principles as capturing the human condition through words and images in a minimalist style.
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- 9780060780944
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- 264 p. ; 26 cm.
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- 741.51 Mcc m
Civil War : a Marvel Comics event
The Marvel Universe is changing. In the wake of a tragedy, Capitol Hill proposes the Super Hero Registration Act, requiring all costumed heroes to unmask themselves before the government. Divided, the nation's greatest champions must each decide how to react - a decision that will alter the course of their lives forever! COLLECTING: Civil War 1-7, Marvel Spotlight: Civil War, Daily Bugle: Civil…
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- 9780785194484
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- Unpaged p. ; 29 cm.
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- 741.5973 Mil c
The Routledge companion to comics
This cutting-edge handbook brings together an international roster of scholars to examine many facets of comics and graphic novels. Contributor essays provide authoritative, up-to-date overviewsof the major topics and questions within comic studies, offering readers a truly global approach to understanding the field. Essays examine: the history of the temporal, geographical, and formal developm…
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- 9780367581534
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- 741.59 Bra r
Writing for animation, comics & games
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- 9780240805825
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- 226 p. ; 25 cm.
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- 808.23 Mar w
Words for pictures : the art and business of writing comics and graphic novels
Best-selling Marvel Comics writer Brian Michael Bendis reveals the comic book writing secrets behind his work on The Avengers, Ultimate Spider-Man, All-New X-Men, and more. One of the most popular writers in modern comics, Brian Michael Bendis reveals the tools and techniques he and other top creators use to create some of the most popular comic book and graphic novel stories of all time. Words…
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- 9780770434359
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- 209 p. ; 27 cm.
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- 741.51 Ben w
1001 Comics You Must Read Before You Die
Graphic novels.
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- 9781844036981
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- 958 p. ; 21 cm.
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Marvel now! Omnibus
The future is now...MARVEL NOW! Get in on the ground floor as the Marvel Universe is revitalized for a new and exciting era of adventure! COLLECTING: Uncanny Avengers 1, Marvel Now! Point One 1, A+X 1, Deadpool 1, Iron Man 1, All-New X-Men 1, Fantastic Four 1, Thor: GOD OF THUNDER 1, X-Men Legacy 1, Captain America 1, Indestructible Hulk 1, FF 1, Avengers 1, T-Bolts 1, Avengers Arena 1, Cable/X…
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- 9780785183808
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Manga action: heroes and heroines
This title is a step-by-step tutorial that will help both the novice and the amateur artist in the design and drawing of the most courageous characters of manga -- Cover.
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- 9788499362922
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- 191 p. ; 20 cm.
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- 743.4 Cam m
The art of He-Man and the masters of the universe
In 1983, the world was introduced to He-Man and the Masters of the Universe. What followed was a cultural sensation that changed the landscape of children's entertainment forever! Join Mattel and Dark Horse in this comprehensive retrospective chronicling He-Man's decades-long epic journey from toy, to television, to film, to a true pop culture phenomenon!
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- 9781616555924
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- 791.4572 See a
Set the action! : creating backgrounds for compelling storytelling in animati…
Create the Gotham for your Batman, the African savannah for your Simba, or the bustling newsroom for your Clark Kent. Background, setting, environment.whatever you call it, it is the silent character in the visual story, and a dynamic and compelling setting can define and hone the action and drama of your story. If you're in the habit of creating disembodied characters or adding backgrounds as …
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- 9780240820538
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- vi, 231 p. ; 231 cm.
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- 777.7 Her s
Maus : a survivor's tale
The definitive edition of the graphic novel acclaimed as “the most affecting and successful narrative ever done about the Holocaust” (Wall Street Journal) and “the first masterpiece in comic book history” (The New Yorker) • PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • One of Variety’s “Banned and Challenged Books Everyone Should Read” A brutally moving work of art—widely hailed as the greatest g…
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- 9780679406419
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- 295 p. ; 24 cm.
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- 940.53180922 Spi m
Avengers vs. X-Men
The Avengers and the X-Men - the two most popular super-hero teams in history - go to war! This landmark pop-culture event brings together Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Hulk, Black Widow, Spider-Man, Wolverine, Cyclops, Storm, Magneto and more in the story that changes them forever! And in AVX: Vs., experience the larger-than-life battles too big for any other comic to contain! Iron Man vs. …
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- 9780785163183
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- Unpaged p. ; 26 cm.
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- 741.5973 Rom a
The visual language of comics : introduction to the structure and cognition o…
Drawings and sequential images are an integral part of human expression dating back at least as far as cave paintings, and in contemporary society appear most prominently in comics. Despite this fundamental part of human identity, little work has explored the comprehension and cognitive underpinnings of visual narratives--until now. This work presents a provocative theory: that drawings and seq…
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- 9781441181459
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- 221 p. ; 25 cm.
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Native Americans in comic books : a critical study
This work takes an in-depth look at the world of comic books through the eyes of a Native American reader and offers frank commentary on the medium's cultural representation of the Native American people. It addresses a range of portrayals, from the bloodthirsty barbarians and noble savages of dime novels, to formulaic secondary characters and sidekicks, and, occasionally, protagonists sans pat…
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- 9781476667997
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- 215 p. ; 26 cm.
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Comics : a global history, 1968 to the present
The first global history of comics around the world from the late 1960s to the present day Comics, manga, bandes dessinées, fumetti, tebeo, historietas… no matter the name, they have been a powerful medium across four continents for decades. This is the history of comics around the world from the late 1960s to the dawn of the 21st century. Comics is a richly illustrated narrative of extraord…
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- 9780500290965
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- 319 p. ; 26 cm.
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Manga in theory and practice : the craft of creating manga
Learn how to create manga from Hirohiko Araki—creator of Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure and a master of the medium! Hirohiko Araki is the author of one of the longest-running and most beloved manga of all time, the epic fan favorite JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure. According to him, manga is the ultimate synthesis of all forms of art, and in this book he reveals the secrets behind how to make the magi…
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- 9781421594071
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- 226 p. ; 22 cm.
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Daytripper
The acclaimed Daytripper follows Bras de Olivias Dominguez during different periods in his life, each with the same ending: his death. Daytripper follows the life of one man, Bras de Olivias Dominguez. Every chapter features an important period in Bras’ life in exotic Brazil, and each story ends the same way: with his death. And then, the following story starts up at a different point in his …
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- 9781401229696
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- 247 p. ; 26 cm.
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- 741.5973 Moo d
Persepolis : the story of childhood
BEST SELLER • A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK • Wise, funny, and heartbreaking, Persepolis is Marjane Satrapi’s acclaimed graphic memoir of growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. “A wholly original achievement.... Satrapi evokes herself and her schoolmates coming of age in a world of protests and disappearances.... A stark, shocking impact.” —The New York Times: "The 50 Bes…
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- 9780375714573
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- 153 p. ; 23 cm.
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- 955.054092 Sat p
Persepolis 2 : the story of a return
The fascinating continuation of the best-selling Persepolis, “one of the freshest and most original memoirs of our day” (Los Angeles Times). Marjane Satrapi dazzles with her heartrending graphic memoir about growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. In 1984, Marjane flees fundamentalism and the war with Iraq to begin a new life in Vienna. Once there, she faces the trials of adolesce…
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- 9780375714665
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- 187 p. ; 23 cm.
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- 955.054092 Sat p
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