Comic book and cartoon artwork Books
Penguin Putnam Inc Cartooning the Head and Figure
Book SynopsisTHE QUESTION:Are there new ways of opening the field of cartooning to any one who likes to draw?THE ANSWER:Yes!Here are tried and proven methods that explain, simplify and teach every one, regardless of age, the art of cartooning. Step by step procedures with more than 3,000 illustrations . . .
£14.39
Penguin Young Readers Escuela de dibujo manga Manga Drawing School
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£25.65
Billy Ireland Cartoon Library Iconoclast in Ink The Political Cartoons of Jay N
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£999.99
Johns Hopkins University Press Comic Book Nation The Transformation of Youth
Book SynopsisComic Book Nation is at once a serious study of popular culture and an entertaining look at an enduring American art form.Trade ReviewA winner... a book that is trenchant, crisply written and absolutely jargon-free, with plenty of enthusiasm but no idolatry-and great fun to read... There should be a place for Comic Book Nation on the bookshelf of anyone who ever read comics for fun as a kid or has taken them seriously as an adult. -- Dennis Drabelle Washington Post Book World Comics fans ought to rejoice over this book. At a time of transition, with underground comics proliferating on the Web while major companies like Marvel try to pull themselves out of bankruptcy, Comic Book Nation offers a much-needed historical perspective. Tracing the industry's rise, Wright gives comics the scholarly attention they deserve, diligently filling in the back story of a medium that has both reflected and shaped American values for generations... Wright deserves credit for tackling the breadth of comics history, and he succeeds commendably in creating a testament to the genre's power. For anyone who has ever read comics or wanted to leap a building in a single bound, Comic Book Nation is worth a look. -- Damien Cave Salon Pow! Bam! Crash! Analysis! This insightful and highly entertaining political and cultural history [offers] an intelligent study not only of comics but of shifting attitudes toward popular culture, children, violence, patriotism, and America itself. Publishers Weekly (starred review) At last, a substantive book studying the effect of comic books on American culture and vice versa... [This] extremely well-organized book traces the genre's birth, expansions, and retractions from the 1930s to the present. The fascinating result highlights the increasingly intriguing interaction between pressing events in American society and what was written and published on colorfully paneled pages... A truly worthwhile study of comics as part of American culture. Library Journal (starred review) A fascinating history of comic books that is impressively researched, amply illustrated, smoothly written, carefully analyzed-and fun. It is a serious but not somber study, enlivened with droll humor and deft analogies. -- Neil A. Grauer Cleveland Plain Dealer Fluently animates the artistic, economic, and social history of comic books, from Superman as '30s hero of the downtrodden to debates over kids' consumption of violent imagery to fan culture. Paper Informative, humorous, and penetrating... [Wright's] theme is simple and persuasive: Comic books provide an acute lens through which to study shifts in popular culture, from World War II to Vietnam to the Reagan era. -- Jacob Heilbrunn Washington Monthly Solid... A well-documented comics-industry chronicle. Booklist An extremely well researched, engagingly written and long overdue attempt to evaluate the historical impact of comic books on American culture. -- Mike Tsichlis St. Louis Post-Dispatch This is a sweeping and ambitious history that is successful in explaining the business of comic book publishing and the ways in which the writers, artists, and publishers created an alternative world that appeals to many youthful readers... The book is well written and illustrated. -- Bernard Mergen Journal of American History I loved Wright's book...Wright succeeds in capturing my past-the smell of chestnuts, popcorn and bubble gum in Grampa's Mom and Pop store [where I bought comic books]-and making us value comics as important cultural artifacts, contributing to our concept of youth and nationhood. Since reading Comic Book Nation, I've rediscovered the joy of comics. -- Grant Tracey North American Review As interesting as it is well written, a serious comic fan might learn a few things NeedCoffee.com 2003 Wright's lively history of the form shows how comic books have molded as well as reflected young Americans as readers, consumers, citizens. -- Jennifer Howard Washington Post Book World 2003 Both educational and entertaining. Cercles 2005Table of ContentsContents: Preface Introduction Chapter 1: Superheroes for the Common Man: The Birth of the Comic Book Industry, 1933-1941 Chapter 2: Race, Politics, and Propaganda: Comic Books Go to War, 1939-1945 Chapter 3: Confronting Success: Comic Books and Postwar America, 1945-1956 Chapter 4: Youth Crisis: Comic Books and Controversy, 1947-1950 Chapter 5: Reds, Romance, and Renegades: Comic Books and the Culture of the Cold War, 1947-1954 Chapter 6: Turning Point: Comic Books in Crisis, 1954-1955 Chapter 7: Great Power and Great Responsibility: Superheroes in a Superpower, 1956-1967 Chapter 8: Questioning Authority: Comic Books and Cultural Change, 1968-1979 Chapter 9: Direct to the Fans: The Comic Book Industry since 1980 Epilogue: The Death of Superman or, Must There Be a Comic Book Industry? Spider-Man at Ground Zero: A 9-11 Postscript
£53.13
Billy Ireland Cartoon Library Billy Ireland
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£999.99
Billy Ireland Cartoon Library A Gallery of Rogues
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£999.99
F&W Publications Inc Draw Great Characters and Creatures
Book SynopsisLearn to make your characters unique, compelling and lifelike with these 75 exercises for all skill levels, including beginners. Topics include tools and materials; shapes; personalities; facial expressions; body language; character interaction; and costuming. Character types featured include more than just humans; learn how to draw animals, plants, creatures and more. Author Bev Johnson guides you through a variety of questions to explore not only the kinds of characters you want to create, but also the relationships between them, such as who their friends and enemies are, what their personality distinctions are, etc. so you can you can create truly interesting characters.
£16.14
Chronicle Books Super Graphic
Book SynopsisThe comic book universe is adventurous, mystifying, and filled with heroes, villains, and cosplaying Comic-Con attendees. This book by one of Wired magazine''s art directors traverses the graphic world through a collection of pie charts, bar graphs, timelines, scatter plots, and more. Super Graphic offers readers a unique look at the intricate and sometimes contradictory storylines that weave their way through comic books, and shares advice for navigating the pages of some of the most popular, longest-running, and best-loved comics and graphic novels out there. From a colorful breakdown of the DC Comics reader demographic to a witty Venn diagram of superhero comic tropes and a Chris Ware sadness scale, this book charts the most arbitrary and monumental characters, moments, and equipment of the wide world of comics.Trade Review"Even if you're not a comic book fan, the variety of infographic styles on offer in Super Graphic: A Visual Guide to the Comic Book Universe by Tim Leong will bring you tons of inspiration." -- Creative Bloq
£999.99
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Critical Critters
Book SynopsisCeri''s humorous but meaningful message accompanied by Ralph''s sensational paintings will satisfy art-lovers and conservationists alike.Following on from Extinct Boids and Nextinction, Critical Critters is the third in this epic trilogy of books dedicated to extinct and critically endangered animals from cartoonist Ralph Steadman and filmmaker Ceri Levy - the GONZOVATIONISTS.Expect plenty more of what made the first two books so successful - unpredictable nonsense beasts, irreverent jokes, a diary-style record of the creative mayhem, and around 100 spectacular illustrations by Ralph of critically endangered mammals, insects, fish, lizards and trees a stunning collection, with a serious conservation message.Trade Review[Steadman's] wonderfully idiosyncratic style captures the animals in a way no camera could, his paintings positively fizzing off the page. -- James Lloyd * BBC Focus *From grumpy mountain gorillas to the humble red squirrel, Steadman gives amazing life to creatures that might not be around much longer. * Big Issue North *A brilliant book that will satisfy conservationists and art-lovers alike. -- Katya Edwards * Daily Mail *Table of ContentsGin Martini Calls How to Value a Species and Why We Should Care Creating a Synopsis Woolly Mammoth Ralph emails: Anyway – starting is necessary… Foreword Humphead Wrasse Singapore Freshwater Crab Grunting Spiked Turt Amur Leopard Invasion of the Gonzovationists Groglick Red Wowlet Jamaican Iguana Sumatran Rhinoceros Mountain Gorilla Hawksbill Turtle Bornean Orangutan Sumatran Orangutan Chinese Pangolin Sunda Pangolin Pygmy Tarsier Maned Three-toed Sloth The Visitation Hector’s Dolphin Hippopotamus Irrawaddy Dolphin African Elephant Asian Elephant Bonobo Saiga Antelope Northern Hairy-nosed Wombat Angelshark Pygmy Three-toed Sloth Tarzan’s Chameleon Black-footed Ferret Przewalski’s Horse Striped Spirit Wine Cuban Crocodile Kanab Ambersnail Pool-strutting Monkeychick Philippine Crocodile Seychelles Sheath-tailed Bat Digg Soiler Dratsab White Rhinoceros Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Southern Bluefin Tuna Pacific Bluefin Tuna Golden-rumped Sengi Lord Howe Island Stick Insect Luristan Newt Rat-arsed Skunk Aye-aye Baad Guttering Gnat Flutterby Little Mother Moth Red Wolf Tiger Grevy’s Zebra Giant Panda Borneo Pygmy Elephant Snow Leopard Chimpanzee Terry Cotter – the Island’s Potter Fin Whale Galápagos Sea Lion Black Rhinoceros Blue Whale Golden Bamboo Lemur Long-nosed Gwylim Black Spider Monkey Suicide Palm Addax or White Antelope African Wild Dog Amazonian Manatee American Manatee or West Indian Manatee African Manatee Grey Nurse Shark Garden Bumblebee Polar Bear Articulated Bumlice Greek Red Damsel Lion Hula Painted Frog Indri Delhi Sands Flower-loving Fly Western Long-beaked Echidna Eastern Long-beaked Echidna Sir David’s Long-beaked Echidna Visiting the Steadman Uncontinuum Mongolian Beaver Volcano Rabbit African Wild Ass Dylis Voryd Peacock Parachute Spider Saint Lucia Racer Indian Python Horrid Ground-weaver Spider Why-me? Skimleach Frigate Island Giant Tenebrionid Beetle Chinese Giant Salamander Vaquita Leatherback Sea Turtle Red Squirrel Saola Monarch Butterfly Largetooth Sawfish Walrus White-headed Langur Masai Giraffe Reticulated Giraffe Southern Giraffe Northern Giraffe Bactrian Camel Lemur Leaf Frog Dugong Western European Hedgehog Acknowledgements
£23.75
Dark Horse Comics,U.S. Oh My Goddess! Omnibus Volume 4
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£21.70
Red Wheel/Weiser Our Gods Wear Spandex: The Secret History of
Book SynopsisWas Superman''s arch nemesis Lex Luthor based on Aleister Crowley? Can Captain Marvel be linked to the Sun gods on antiquity? In Our Gods Wear Spandex, Christopher Knowles answers these questions and brings to light many other intriguing links between superheroes and the enchanted world of estoerica. Occult students and comic-book fans alike will discover countless fascinating connections, from little known facts such as that DC Comics editor Julius Schwartz started his career as H.P. Lovecraft''s agent, to the tantalizingly extensive influence of Madame Blavatsky''s Theosophy on the birth of comics, to the mystic roots of Superman. The book also traces the rise of the comic superheroes and how they relate to several cultural trends in the late 19th century, specifically the occult explosion in Western Europe and America. Knowles reveals the four basic superhero archetypes--the Messiah, the Golem, the Amazon, and the Brotherhood--and shows how the occult Bohemian underground of the early 20th century provided the inspiration for the modern comic book hero. With the popularity of occult comics writers like Invisibles creator Grant Morrison and V for Vendetta creator Alan Moore, the vast ComiCon audience is poised for someone to seriously introduce them to the esoteric mysteries. Chris Knowles is doing just that in this epic book. Chapters include: Ancient of Days, Ascended Masters, God and Gangsters, Mad Scientists and Modern Sorcerers, and many more. From the ghettos of Prague to the halls of Valhalla to the Fortress of Solitude and the aisles of BEA and ComiCon, this is the first book to show the inextricable link between superheroes and the enchanted world of esoterica. * Chris Knowles is associate editor and columnist for the five-time Eisner Award-winning Comic Book Artist magazine, as well as a pop culture writer for UK magazine Classic Rock. * Knowles worked with Robert Smigel on The X Presidents graphic novel, based on the popular Saturday Night Live cartoon, and has created designs and artwork for many of the world''s top superheroes and fantasy characters. * Features the art of Joe Linsner, creator of the legendary Dawn series, and more recently a collaborator with comics maestro Stan Lee.
£17.09
TwoMorrows Publishing American Comic Book Chronicles: The 1950s
Book SynopsisThe American Comic Book Chronicles continues its ambitious series of full-color hardcovers where TwoMorrows' top authors document every decade of comic book history from the 1940s to today! Bill Schelly authors the volume on the 1950s era of Marilyn Monroe and Elvis Presley, with a year-by-year account of the most significant publications, notable creators, and impactful trends, including: the rise of the great EC "New Trend" titles (Tales of the Crypt, Weird Science), Harvey Kurtzman's Mad, and Carl Barks' classic work on Donald Duck and Uncle Scrooge! Plus, read about the publication of Dr. Fredric Wertham's notorious anti-comics book, Seduction of the Innocent, and the Senate hearings on juvenile delinquency that led to the creation of the Comics Code, changing the face of comics for decades to come!
£999.99
Hermes Press The Art and History of Popeye
Book SynopsisWhen cartoonist Elzie Segar created Popeye, as a minor character ten years into the run of the Thimble Theatre strip in 1929, little did he know that the world's most famous sailor would still be around over ninety years later and still being offered as a Sunday feature. To celebrate Popeye, the character, the comic strip and his universe, a feature cartoonist Charles M. Schulz described as “perfect... consistent in drawing and humor,” Hermes Press is publishing the definitive art monograph on the subject. This 300 plus page book features a comprehensive essay written by pop culture historian R.C. Harvey accompanied by over 350 illustrations of original strip and comic book art, animation art, illustrations, advertising art, products, the Robert Altman film, and everything Popeye. Every aspect of Popeye is explored, from Olive Oyl and Eugene the Jeep to Wimpy and Bluto. So, if you've ever read the strip, watched the cartoons, seen the movie, or ever eaten spinach and wondered if you'll have super-powers, this new comprehensive history is a must.
£53.09
Experiment Start with a Scribble: Drawing for the
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£15.19
Design Studio Press The Daily Zoo: Year 2: Still Keeping the Doctor
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£15.26
Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd The Political Cartoons of Derso and Kelen: Years
Book SynopsisAlois Derso (1888-1964) and Emery Kelen (1896-1978) were remarkable cartoonists who became internationally renowned, particularly for their depictions in the 1920s of efforts to build a better world following the establishment of the League of Nations; of the rise of fascism in the thirties; and of the world cooperation through the United Nations that emerged in the forties. Their sequence of cartoons, imbued with humour, wit, gentle satire, artistry and vision, captures the Zeitgeist of a period of history that resonates today. Surprisingly, no comprehensive account of their work and lives has been published before. The authors analyse and discuss the extraordinary political insights revealed in the cartoons, which contribute to our understanding of those years. Drawing on original research, this overdue book delves into all aspects of Derso and Kelen’s careers, including the unusual, if not unique, technical nature of their artistic collaboration and Kelen’s additional gifts as a writer. It will inform the non-expert of the history of the time and the often overlooked role of cartoons as historical evidence. So memorable and informative are the images, it will also be a useful supplement to the literature on modern history, international relations and art.Table of ContentsFrontispiece; Preface; 1 Introducing Derso and Kelen; 2 ‘Political Puppet Show in Lausanne’; 3 Keepers of the Peace and Purse; 4 From Adam and Eve to the Promised Land; 5 But will there be peace in our time?; 6 War Again; 7 ‘Uncannily like the first’, the United Nations is born.; 8 Appreciation; Endpiece; Appendix 1. Exhibitions; Appendix 2. Books authored, edited and/or illustrated by Derso and Kelen; Endnotes; Select Bibliography; Acknowledgments and credits
£999.99
Design Studio Press The Daily Zoo: Year 2: Still Keeping the Doctor
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£18.40
Universitatsverlag Winter Comic Art and Avant-Garde: Bill Watterson's
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£53.00
V&R unipress GmbH Krieg in Comic, Graphic Novel und Literatur II
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£50.17
V&R unipress GmbH Remarque Revisited: Beiträge zu Erich Maria
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£50.36
V&R unipress GmbH Doing Memory Revisited: Transmediale und
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£999.99
Atico La Historia En Cómic de la Cerveza
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£25.94
Leuven University Press Superhero Comics and Scottish Identity
Book SynopsisThe work of Frank Quitely and the role of comics art in contemporary Scottish culture, politics and society. Superhero Comics and Scottish Identity explores the life and career of Glasgow-born, Eisner Award-winning, and internationally acclaimed Marvel, DC, and Image Comics artist Frank Quitely. With a prolific career spanning more than three decades, Quitely played a pivotal role in the British superhero renaissance of the 1990s and 2000s and in the explosive emergence of the Scottish new wave of comics, a movement that included peers like Alan Grant, Mark Millar, and Grant Morrison, but has been underrepresented in both comics studies and Scottish studies. This work investigates questions of historical and contemporary expressions of Scottishness in transcultural comics genres such as superhero, science fiction, and fantasy. Framed through the lens of comics and literary genres, as well as their British and American editors, Quitely's approach to Scottishness is oblique and self-reflexive; his expressions of Scottishness are tensely bound to current nuanced examinations of Scottish national, literary and historical subjectivity. His work oscillates between two axiomatic antipodes: the regional, provincial, and local versus the transnational, cosmopolitan, and global. This comprehensive study also features an in-depth interview with Quitely, as well as unearthed archives, sketchbooks, notes, and donated or personal artworks not available elsewhere. This book will be made open access within three years of publication thanks to Path to Open, a program developed in partnership between JSTOR, the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS), University of Michigan Press, and The University of North Carolina Press to bring about equitable access and impact for the entire scholarly community, including authors, researchers, libraries, and university presses around the world. Learn more at https://about.jstor.org/path-to-open/
£69.63
