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Book SynopsisAll children grow up, but Peter Pan wanted to be old right away. So he ran off to a magically spooky place to become . . . a mummy! One night in the normal world, Peter overhears Wendy Darling telling her brothers a super scary story, and soon they''re all flying off to Mummy Land. But Peter''s home is filled with other frightening ghouls, including a skeleton pirate crew who want to put Peter in a tomb once and for all! With Far Out Classic Stories, experience the tale of Peter Pan like never before in this twisted graphic novel retelling for kids.

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Book SynopsisBraving the dusty trails of the Wild West, cowgirl Dorothy and her horse Toto are riding to see the wonderful Wiz Kid of Oz! The legendary entertainer is auditioning new acts for his Emerald Circus, and Dorothy and her friends, Tinny, Crow and Leo, hope they can impress him with their talents. But when Dorothy''s lucky silver spurs are stolen by a wicked rival, will Dorothy be able to believe in her own grit and still give her best performance? With Far Out Classic Stories, experience The Wonderful Wizard of Oz like never before in this twisted graphic novel retelling for kids.

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Book SynopsisJoin an astronaut for a day as she goes on her first ever spacewalk, and new crew members arrive. Find out how she trained for her mission and what it's like living and working in space. How do you eat and drink at zero gravity? How do space toilets work? What are space suits designed for?Table of Contents1 A new day2 Getting used to Zero-G3 Meet the crew...4 ...and Mission Control5 Space food6 How do astronauts reach the ISS?7 New crew members arrive8 A tour of the space station 9 Astronaut training diary10 Using the toilet in space11 Science experiments12 A visit to the gym13 Getting set for a spacewalk14 Spacesuits15 Out on a spacewalk!16 Time to relax17 Time for bed18 Space station questions19 Glossary20 Index

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Book SynopsisJoin a brother and sister in Borneo as they help their mother and other scientists with their work in the jungle, and encounter orangutans, a very stinky flower and a clouded leopard. Find out what makes the jungle and the wildlife that lives there so special, and learn about the work being done to protect it.Table of Contents1 Waking up2 Breakfast time3 Around camp4 To the boat and up the river5 Into the jungle6 Field notes: Biodiversity7 Camera traps8 Jungle bloodsuckers9 A stinky surprise10 Mist nets11 Field notes: Birds12 Cleo's entomology lab13 Field notes: Bugs and insects14 A ticklish plant15 Caught on camera16 Back to jungle17 Dinner time18 The jungle at night19 An early start20 Glossary 21 Index

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Book SynopsisFrom the influential work of Los Bros Hernandez in Love & Rockets, to comic strips and political cartoons, to traditional superheroes made nontraditional by means of racial and sexual identity (e.g., Miles Morales/Spider-Man), comics have become a vibrant medium to express Latino identity and culture. Indeed, Latino fiction and nonfiction narratives are rapidly proliferating in graphic media as diverse and varied in form and content as is the whole of Latino culture today.Graphic Borders presents the most thorough exploration of comics by and about Latinos currently available. Thirteen essays and one interview by eminent and rising scholars of comics bring to life this exciting graphic genre that conveys the distinctive and wide-ranging experiences of Latinos in the United States. The contributors’ exhilarating excavations delve into the following areas: comics created by Latinos that push the boundaries of generic conventions; Latino comic book author-artTrade ReviewGraphic Borders is a meaty and expansive read, with a core through-line of unpacking the idea that Latina/o comics are redrawing the known borders of comics narrative. . . . The writing in this collection is strong and compelling, the themes wide ranging and cohesive, and the message highly relevant. If you want to get a great sense of what Latino/a comics are doing in the culture right now, this is a necessary starting point to your journey. * Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics *For those wanting a deeper look at the wells of artistic styles, cultural trends, and historical pressures that influenced our current crop of Latino artist-authors, this anthology digs wide and deep. * Pasatiempo *While the collection itself speaks more to notions of Latino culture and comic books in popular culture, the volume is wisely constructed to convey critical looks toward various dynamics of culture as a whole. . . In today’s contentious understandings of national, state, and urban borders, the use of comic books lays out an intriguing history of these political dynamics. . . Graphic Borders is a thorough look at Latino culture and comic books that engages subjects like borders, gender, history, politics, and sexuality in a cohesive collection of essays. * Popular Culture Studies Journal *The essays in Graphic Borders do not fail to amaze, and the marshalling of such a wide variety of topics and comics by Aldama and González is nothing short of breathtaking. Whether for the comics novice or aficionado, this collection will introduce the reader to new modes of graphic narrative analysis and will shine as a lodestar for future scholarship in the years to come. * Studies in Twentieth and Twenty-first Century Literature *The anthology undoubtedly advances the scholarship on Latin@ comics in resourceful ways, as it brings to the fore the Latin@ intellectual multiverse. * Latino Studies *Graphic Bordersquestions and redefines the 'American way,' building in new fissures, i.e. new territories that one can walk into to experience the Latino imagery, especially Latino comic imagery, in a new way. * Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies *Table of Contents Taking Back Control of Our Story Space: A Foreword (Frank Espinosa) Latino Comic Books Past, Present, and Future—A Primer (Frederick Luis Aldama and Christopher González) Part I. Alternativas One. Out of Sequence: Time and Meaning in Los Bros Hernandez (Patrick L. Hamilton) Two. Recreative Graphic Novel Acts in Gilbert Hernandez’s Twenty-First-Century Neo-Noirs (Frederick Luis Aldama) Three. Three Decades with Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez: An Odyssey by Interview (Christopher González) Part II. Cuerpo Comics Four. Biographic Challenges: Wilfred Santiago’s 21: The Story of Roberto Clemente (Christopher González) Five. Wrestling with Comic Genres and Genders: Luchadores as Signifiers in Sonambulo and Locas (Ellen M. Gil-Gómez) Part III. Tortilla Strips Six. Latino Identity and the Market: Making Sense of Cantú and Castellanos’s Baldo (Héctor Fernández L’Hoeste) Seven. The Archeology of the Post-social in the Comics of Lalo Alcaraz: La Cucaracha and Migra Mouse: Political Cartoons on Immigration (Juan Poblete) Eight. My Debt to Rius (Ilan Stavans) Part IV. A Bird, a Plane ... Straight and Queer Super-Lats Nine. The Alien Is Here to Stay: Otherness, Anti-Assimilation, and Empowerment in Latino/a Superhero Comics (Mauricio Espinoza) Ten. Anya Sofía (Araña) Corazón: The Inner Webbings and Mexi-Ricanization of Spider-Girl (Isabel Millán) Eleven. Revealing Secret Identities: Gay Latino Superheroes and the Necessity of Disclosure (Richard T. Rodríguez) Part V. Multiverses, Admixtures, and More Twelve. Everybody Wants to Rule the Multiverse: Latino Spider-Men in Marvel’s Media Empire (Kathryn M. Frank) Thirteen. Mapping the Blatino Badlands and Borderlands of American Pop Culture (Adilifu Nama and Maya Haddad) Fourteen. The Paradox of Miles Morales: Social Gatekeeping and the Browning of America’s Spider-Man (Brian Montes) Works Cited Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisMainstream narratives of the graphic novel’s development describe the form’s “coming of age,” its maturation from pulp infancy to literary adulthood. In Arresting Development, Christopher Pizzino questions these established narratives, arguing that the medium’s history of censorship and marginalization endures in the minds of its present-day readers and, crucially, its authors. Comics and their writers remain burdened by the stigma of literary illegitimacy and the struggles for status that marked their earlier history.Many graphic novelists are intensely aware of both the medium’s troubled past and their own tenuous status in contemporary culture. Arresting Development presents case studies of four key works—Frank Miller’s Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home, Charles Burns’s Black Hole, and Gilbert Hernandez’s Love and Rockets—exploring how Trade ReviewArresting Development is an excellent point of connection between previous and current scholarship of the contemporary comics era—a project that encourages scholars to embrace the complexity of what it means to read and study comics. * Studies in Twentieth and Twenty-first Century Literature *Pizzino's book is an excellent work for understanding the medium of comics in a transatlantic Anglophone world. * Inks: The Journal of the Comics Studies Society *Important…[Pizzino's] case studies will undoubtedly shape future critical discussions of the individual works that are their focus. * Studies in the Novel *I recommend Arresting Development without reservation as the close readings of the comics in this book offer new insights that would not have been gained without the concept of autoclasm, a way of seeing comics as comics. * Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics *[Pizzino's] argument uncovers an important and often misunderstood history of comics' battle for cultural acceptance…Pizzino produces some enlightening readings of the formal ways cartoonists respond to the problem of legitimacy. * Twentieth-Century Literature *Arresting Development is a fascinating book...Pizzino offers interesting and thoughtful reflections on a number of important comic creators and works, and presents a refreshing new way to look at the question of 'status' in comics and the place of comics in relation to literature and fine art. * Comic Book Yeti *Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: From the Basement 1. Coming of Age: The Problem of the Bildungsroman 2. Autoclastic Icons: Picturing Illegitimacy 3. Pop Art Comics: Frank Miller 4. The Scandal of Pleasure: Alison Bechdel 5. Rolling in the Gutter: Charles Burns 6. Blood and Fire: Gilbert Hernandez Conclusion: On Becoming a Comics Scholar Notes Works Cited Index

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Book SynopsisMainstream narratives of the graphic novel’s development describe the form’s “coming of age,” its maturation from pulp infancy to literary adulthood. In Arresting Development, Christopher Pizzino questions these established narratives, arguing that the medium’s history of censorship and marginalization endures in the minds of its present-day readers and, crucially, its authors. Comics and their writers remain burdened by the stigma of literary illegitimacy and the struggles for status that marked their earlier history.Many graphic novelists are intensely aware of both the medium’s troubled past and their own tenuous status in contemporary culture. Arresting Development presents case studies of four key works—Frank Miller’s Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home, Charles Burns’s Black Hole, and Gilbert Hernandez’s Love and Rockets—exploring how Trade ReviewArresting Development is an excellent point of connection between previous and current scholarship of the contemporary comics era—a project that encourages scholars to embrace the complexity of what it means to read and study comics. * Studies in Twentieth and Twenty-first Century Literature *Pizzino's book is an excellent work for understanding the medium of comics in a transatlantic Anglophone world. * Inks: The Journal of the Comics Studies Society *Important…[Pizzino's] case studies will undoubtedly shape future critical discussions of the individual works that are their focus. * Studies in the Novel *I recommend Arresting Development without reservation as the close readings of the comics in this book offer new insights that would not have been gained without the concept of autoclasm, a way of seeing comics as comics. * Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics *[Pizzino's] argument uncovers an important and often misunderstood history of comics' battle for cultural acceptance…Pizzino produces some enlightening readings of the formal ways cartoonists respond to the problem of legitimacy. * Twentieth-Century Literature *Arresting Development is a fascinating book...Pizzino offers interesting and thoughtful reflections on a number of important comic creators and works, and presents a refreshing new way to look at the question of 'status' in comics and the place of comics in relation to literature and fine art. * Comic Book Yeti *Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: From the Basement 1. Coming of Age: The Problem of the Bildungsroman 2. Autoclastic Icons: Picturing Illegitimacy 3. Pop Art Comics: Frank Miller 4. The Scandal of Pleasure: Alison Bechdel 5. Rolling in the Gutter: Charles Burns 6. Blood and Fire: Gilbert Hernandez Conclusion: On Becoming a Comics Scholar Notes Works Cited Index

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Book SynopsisEl Eternauta, Daytripper, and Beyond examines the graphic narrative tradition in the two South American countries that have produced the medium’s most significant and copious output. Argentine graphic narrative emerged in the 1980s, awakened by Héctor Oesterheld’s groundbreaking 1950s serial El Eternauta. After Oesterheld was “disappeared” under the military dictatorship, El Eternauta became one of the most important cultural texts of turbulent mid-twentieth-century Argentina. Today its story, set in motion by an extraterrestrial invasion of Buenos Aires, is read as a parable foretelling the “invasion” of Argentine society by a murderous tyranny. Because of El Eternauta, graphic narrative became a major platform for the country’s cultural redemocratization. In contrast, Brazil, which returned to democracy in 1985 after decades of dictatorship, produced considerably less analysis of the period of repression Trade ReviewFoster demonstrates how graphic narratives, through a combination of graphic visuals and literary texts, are the medium for the telling of human stories, for they succeed in transforming everyday situations into visual works of art. * Studies in Twentieth and Twenty-first Century Literature *It is always a joy to consume criticism by a comics aficionado and scholar like Foster, who does not lose his edge with time; if anything, his work has become more sophisticated, evidencing a protracted view of Latin America's comics industry. * Hispanic Review *El Eternauta, Daytripper, and Beyond is successful in exposing readers to a body of graphic narrative that is often ignored by U.S. readers. Foster has provided a useful foundation from which scholars can begin to build more detailed and developed histories of graphic naratives in Argentina and Brazil. * Luso-Brazilian Review *[El Eternauta, Daytripper, and Beyond] is written in clear language and it is an enjoyable read which proves to be entirely accessible to specialist and non-specialist readers alike. * Hispanic Research Journal *El Eternauta, Daytipper, and Beyond constitutes an important contribution to the English-language bibliography on comic-book production in Latin America…This book is a valuable ally for scholars who want...further research into Latin American contemporary cultural production, and specifically for those working on Latin American or Global graphic narrative. * Popular Culture Studies Journal *Table of Contents Preface I. Argentina and the Forging of a Tradition of Graphic Narrative: Military Tyranny and Redemocratization 1. Masculinity as Privileged Human Agency in H. G. Oesterheld’s El Eternauta 2. The Bar as Theatrical Heterotopia: José Muñoz and Carlos Sampayo’s El Bar de Joe 3. Resisting Tyranny: The Perramus Figure of Alberto Breccia and Juan Sasturain 4. The Lion in Winter: Carlos Sampayo and Francisco Solano López’s Police Commissioner Evaristo 5. News Bulletins from the Gender Wars: Patricia Breccia’s Sin novedad en el frente II. Brazil: Graphic Narrative as Postmodern and Globalized Consciousness 6. Of Death and the Road: Rafael Grampá’s Mesmo Delivery 7. The Unbearable Weight of Being: Daniel Galera and Rafael Coutinho’s Cachalote 8. Copacabana and Other Hellish Fantasies: Sandro Lobo and Odyr Berdardi’s Copacabana 9. Days of Death: Fábio Moon and Gabriel Bá’s Daytripper as Existential Journey 10. Women’s Wondrous Powers versus the Telluric Gods in Angélica Freitas and Odyr Bernardi’s Guadalupe Notes Works Cited Index

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Book SynopsisComics 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 Trade ReviewPicturing Childhood is a much needed and long-awaited interdisciplinary project that looks at representations of children throughout the history of comics. * Studies in Twentieth and Twenty-first Century Literature *This anthology will be extremely valuable for educators and students of children's comics; it is likely to trigger many important conversations about the intersections between comics and childhoods. * Jeunesse *Picturing Childhood is at its best when its contributors are exploring new ground and when they shine the spotlights of historical analysis and close reading on under-researched topics. * Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth *Table of Contents Putting Childhood Back into World Comics: A Foreword, by Frederick Luis Aldama Acknowledgments Introduction. Bridging Comics Studies and Childhood Studies, by Mark Heimermann and Brittany Tullis Chapter 1. Little Orphan Annie as Streetwalker, by Pamela Robertson Wojcik Chapter 2. Competent Children and Social Cohesion: Representations of Childhood in Home Front Propaganda Comics during World War II in Finland, by Ralf Kauranen Chapter 3. In the Minority: Constructions of American Dream Childhood in 1950s–Early 1960s Little Audrey Comics, by Christopher J. Hayton and Janardana D. Hayton Chapter 4. Comics and Emmett Till, by Qiana Whitted Chapter 5. Out of the Mouths of Babes: Mafalda's Interrogation of the Argentine Angel in the House, by Brittany Tullis Chapter 6. Sex, Comix, and Masculinity: The Rhetoric of Zap Comix's Attack on the American Mainstream, by Ian Blechschmidt Chapter 7. RAW and Little Lit: Resisting and Redefining Children's Comics, by Lara Saguisag Chapter 8. Lolicon: Adolescent Fetishization in Osamu Tezuka's Ayako, by James G. Nobis Chapter 9. Wise beyond Her Years: How Persepolis Introjects the Adult into the Child, by Clifford Marks Chapter 10. Vehlmann, or the End of Innocence: Lessons in Cruelty in Seuls and Jolies ténèbres, by Annick Pellegrin Chapter 11. Zeno, Childhood, and The Three Paradoxes, by C. W. Marshall Chapter 12. Dancing with Demons: Consciousness and Identity in the Comics of Lynda Barry, by Tamryn Bennett Chapter 13. The Grotesque Child: Animal-Human Hybridity in Sweet Tooth, by Mark Heimermann List of Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisComics 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 Trade ReviewPicturing Childhood is a much needed and long-awaited interdisciplinary project that looks at representations of children throughout the history of comics. * Studies in Twentieth and Twenty-first Century Literature *This anthology will be extremely valuable for educators and students of children's comics; it is likely to trigger many important conversations about the intersections between comics and childhoods. * Jeunesse *Picturing Childhood is at its best when its contributors are exploring new ground and when they shine the spotlights of historical analysis and close reading on under-researched topics. * Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth *Table of Contents Putting Childhood Back into World Comics: A Foreword, by Frederick Luis Aldama Acknowledgments Introduction. Bridging Comics Studies and Childhood Studies, by Mark Heimermann and Brittany Tullis Chapter 1. Little Orphan Annie as Streetwalker, by Pamela Robertson Wojcik Chapter 2. Competent Children and Social Cohesion: Representations of Childhood in Home Front Propaganda Comics during World War II in Finland, by Ralf Kauranen Chapter 3. In the Minority: Constructions of American Dream Childhood in 1950s–Early 1960s Little Audrey Comics, by Christopher J. Hayton and Janardana D. Hayton Chapter 4. Comics and Emmett Till, by Qiana Whitted Chapter 5. Out of the Mouths of Babes: Mafalda's Interrogation of the Argentine Angel in the House, by Brittany Tullis Chapter 6. Sex, Comix, and Masculinity: The Rhetoric of Zap Comix's Attack on the American Mainstream, by Ian Blechschmidt Chapter 7. RAW and Little Lit: Resisting and Redefining Children's Comics, by Lara Saguisag Chapter 8. Lolicon: Adolescent Fetishization in Osamu Tezuka's Ayako, by James G. Nobis Chapter 9. Wise beyond Her Years: How Persepolis Introjects the Adult into the Child, by Clifford Marks Chapter 10. Vehlmann, or the End of Innocence: Lessons in Cruelty in Seuls and Jolies ténèbres, by Annick Pellegrin Chapter 11. Zeno, Childhood, and The Three Paradoxes, by C. W. Marshall Chapter 12. Dancing with Demons: Consciousness and Identity in the Comics of Lynda Barry, by Tamryn Bennett Chapter 13. The Grotesque Child: Animal-Human Hybridity in Sweet Tooth, by Mark Heimermann List of Contributors Index

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Book Synopsis The creation of the Fantastic Four effectively launched the Marvel Comics brand in 1961. Within ten years, the introduction (or reintroduction) of characters such as Spider-Man, the Hulk, Iron Man, Captain America, and the X-Men catapulted Marvel past its primary rival, DC Comics, for domination of the comic book market. Since the 2000s, the company’s iconic characters have leaped from page to screens with the creation of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which includes everything from live-action film franchises of Iron Man and the Avengers to television and streaming media, including the critically acclaimed Netflix series Daredevil and Jessica Jones. Marvel, now owned by Disney, has clearly found the key to transmedia success. Make Ours Marvel traces the rise of the Marvel brand and its transformation into a transmedia empire over the past fifty years. A dozen original essays range across topics such as how Marvel expanded the notion of an all-sTrade ReviewWell-written. . . .[A]nd packed with information about the workings of the Marvel Universe. There is much to ponder and learn here. * Choice *Make Ours Marvel is a well-timed anthology that fairly and critically examines Marvel’s long history as one of the great myth-makers of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. * Studies in Twentieth and Twenty-first Century Literature *The contributors [to Make Ours Marvel]...lay the groundwork for the future study of Marvel Entertainment, a great achievement unto itself. The audience for this book may be wide considering the popularity of the subject matter, but more specifically it is highly recommended to those scholars invested in studying Marvel Entertainment. This strong collection of essays on transmedia study is undoubtedly made for those studying Marvel Entertainment across its permutations in comics, film, TV, and more. * Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction. Excelsior! Or, Everything That Rises Must Converge, by Matt Yockey Chapter 1. Reforming the “Justice” System: Marvel’s Avengers and the Transformation of the All-Star Team Book, by Mark Minett and Bradley Schauer Chapter 2. Man Without Fear: David Mack, Daredevil, and the “Bounds of Difference” in Superhero Comics, by Henry Jenkins Chapter 3. “This Female Fights Back!”: A Feminist History of Marvel Comics, by Anna F. Peppard Chapter 4. “Share Your Universe”: Generation, Gender, and the Future of Marvel Publishing, by Derek Johnson Chapter 5. Breaking Brand: From NuMarvel to MarvelNOW! Marvel Comics in the Age of Media Convergence, by Deron Overpeck Chapter 6. Marvel and the Form of Motion Comics, by Darren Wershler and Kalervo A. Sinervo Chapter 7. Transmedia Storytelling in the “Marvel Cinematic Universe” and the Logics of Convergence-Era Popular Seriality, by Felix Brinker Chapter 8. The Marvel One-Shots and Transmedia Storytelling, by Michael Graves Chapter 9. Spinning Webs: Constructing Authors, Genre, and Fans in the Spider-Man Film Franchise, by James N. Gilmore Chapter 10. Playing Peter Parker: Spider-Man and Superhero Film Performance, by Aaron Taylor Chapter 11. Spotting Stan: The Fun and Function of Stan Lee’s Cameos in the Marvel Universe(s), by Dru Jeffries Chapter 12. Schrödinger’s Cape: The Quantum Seriality of the Marvel Multiverse, by William Proctor Notes on Contributors Index

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Book Synopsis The creation of the Fantastic Four effectively launched the Marvel Comics brand in 1961. Within ten years, the introduction (or reintroduction) of characters such as Spider-Man, the Hulk, Iron Man, Captain America, and the X-Men catapulted Marvel past its primary rival, DC Comics, for domination of the comic book market. Since the 2000s, the company’s iconic characters have leaped from page to screens with the creation of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which includes everything from live-action film franchises of Iron Man and the Avengers to television and streaming media, including the critically acclaimed Netflix series Daredevil and Jessica Jones. Marvel, now owned by Disney, has clearly found the key to transmedia success. Make Ours Marvel traces the rise of the Marvel brand and its transformation into a transmedia empire over the past fifty years. A dozen original essays range across topics such as how Marvel expanded the notion of an all-sTrade ReviewWell-written. . . .[A]nd packed with information about the workings of the Marvel Universe. There is much to ponder and learn here. * Choice *Make Ours Marvel is a well-timed anthology that fairly and critically examines Marvel’s long history as one of the great myth-makers of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. * Studies in Twentieth and Twenty-first Century Literature *The contributors [to Make Ours Marvel]...lay the groundwork for the future study of Marvel Entertainment, a great achievement unto itself. The audience for this book may be wide considering the popularity of the subject matter, but more specifically it is highly recommended to those scholars invested in studying Marvel Entertainment. This strong collection of essays on transmedia study is undoubtedly made for those studying Marvel Entertainment across its permutations in comics, film, TV, and more. * Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction. Excelsior! Or, Everything That Rises Must Converge, by Matt Yockey Chapter 1. Reforming the “Justice” System: Marvel’s Avengers and the Transformation of the All-Star Team Book, by Mark Minett and Bradley Schauer Chapter 2. Man Without Fear: David Mack, Daredevil, and the “Bounds of Difference” in Superhero Comics, by Henry Jenkins Chapter 3. “This Female Fights Back!”: A Feminist History of Marvel Comics, by Anna F. Peppard Chapter 4. “Share Your Universe”: Generation, Gender, and the Future of Marvel Publishing, by Derek Johnson Chapter 5. Breaking Brand: From NuMarvel to MarvelNOW! Marvel Comics in the Age of Media Convergence, by Deron Overpeck Chapter 6. Marvel and the Form of Motion Comics, by Darren Wershler and Kalervo A. Sinervo Chapter 7. Transmedia Storytelling in the “Marvel Cinematic Universe” and the Logics of Convergence-Era Popular Seriality, by Felix Brinker Chapter 8. The Marvel One-Shots and Transmedia Storytelling, by Michael Graves Chapter 9. Spinning Webs: Constructing Authors, Genre, and Fans in the Spider-Man Film Franchise, by James N. Gilmore Chapter 10. Playing Peter Parker: Spider-Man and Superhero Film Performance, by Aaron Taylor Chapter 11. Spotting Stan: The Fun and Function of Stan Lee’s Cameos in the Marvel Universe(s), by Dru Jeffries Chapter 12. Schrödinger’s Cape: The Quantum Seriality of the Marvel Multiverse, by William Proctor Notes on Contributors Index

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Book Synopsis2023 Ray and Pat Browne Best Single Work by One or More Authors in Popular and American Culture, Popular and American Culture Association (PACA) / Popular Culture Association (PCA)2023 Ray and Pat Browne Best Edited Reference/Primary Source Work in Popular Culture Award (Honorable Mention), Popular and American Culture Association (PACA) / Popular Culture Association (PCA)2023 Peter C. Rollins Book Award, Southwest Texas Popular Culture and American Culture Associations (SWPACA)A revisionist history of women''s pivotal roles as creators of and characters in comic books.The history of comics has centered almost exclusively on men. Comics historians largely describe the medium as one built by men telling tales about male protagonists, neglecting the many ways in which women fought for legitimacy on the page and in publishers' studios. Despite this male-dominated focus, women played vital roles in the early history of comics. The story Trade ReviewComic Book Women is a necessary counterweight to...male-centric [comic book creator] biographies...Brunet and Davis take a fresh look at the early days of comics, focusing on the women who helped to build up the industry—and who were subsequently erased from the history books. * Book Riot *A comprehensive look at the important role female creators played in the production of the media in the Golden Age of Comics...Comic Book Women is thoughtful and well-researched, guiding us to not only reexamine comics history but also to push for more accountability and intersectionality in the modern canon. * ANTIGRAVITY Magazine *Comic Book Women recognizes the often-unremembered women characters and creators of the industry while recognizing their sometimes problematic roles. * Technical Communication *The depth and breadth of this heavily illustrated book is stunning. This is a groundbreaking contribution to the field…Essential. * CHOICE *An ambitious, exhaustive work that works to change how women have been perceived in the field of comics and document their contributions to the medium. . . the book serves as a foundational work in comics scholarship and brings women’s work into the mainstream research. Covering all possible genres, it is comprehensive and a must-read for any comics fans. * Journal of Popular Culture *Table of ContentsForeword by Trina Robbins Introduction Chapter 1. Superhero Comics Chapter 2. Jungle Comics Chapter 3. Crime Comics Chapter 4. Horror Comics Chapter 5. Western Comics Chapter 6. Title Characters Chapter 7. Science Fiction Comics Chapter 8. Romance Comics Conclusion Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisWinner —2024 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awardsin Best Academic/Scholarly Work, announced atSan Diego Comic-Con International (2024) A data-driven deep dive into a legendary comics author’s subversion of gender norms within the bestselling comic of its time. By the time Chris Claremont’s run as author of Uncanny X-Men ended in 1991, he had changed comic books forever. During his sixteen years writing the series, Claremont revitalized a franchise on the verge of collapse, shaping the X-Men who appear in today’s Hollywood blockbusters. But, more than that, he told a new kind of story, using his growing platform to articulate transgressive ideas about gender nonconformity, toxic masculinity, and female empowerment. J. Andrew Deman’s investigation pairs close reading and quantitative analysis to examine gender representation, content, characters, and story structure. The Claremont Run compares several hundTrade ReviewIf you were ever curious how much each X-Man talks or thinks on the page, Deman’s book has cataloged and applied it in an essay written with deep love and admiration. It’s the perfect complement for anyone looking to revisit Claremont’s run or read his enduring stories for the first time. -- Eric Vilas-Boas * Vulture *Deman’s book offers us extended meditations on gender in the X-Men. It is a masterful work on the ways Claremont’s run is not only iconic, but achieves a level of gender subversion at a time when comics stood by traditional masculine and feminine roles . . . this is an excellent work of scholarship showing the ways public and academic scholarship can meet to open up new perspectives on works of popular culture. * International Journal of Comic Art Blog *Table of Contents Foreword. A Danger Room of One’s Own by Jay Edidin Introduction. X-Women to Watch Out For Chapter 1. Jean, Moira, and the Archetypal “Claremont Woman” Chapter 2. Storm: From Mother Goddess to Resolutely Indefinable Chapter 3. Ladies Night and the Second Generation of Claremont Women Chapter 4. She Makes Him Nervous: Cyclops’s Baseline Masculinity and the Exchange of Gender Power Chapter 5. Wolverine as Subversive Masculine Paradigm Chapter 6. A Spectrum of “Men”: Refracting Masculinities through Nightcrawler and Havok Conclusion. A Legacy in Waiting Acknowledgments Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisConsiders how comics display our everyday stuffjunk drawers, bookshelves, atticsas a way into understanding how we represent ourselves nowFor most of their history, comics were widely understood as disposableyou read them and discarded them, and the pulp paper they were printed on decomposed over time. Today, comic books have been rebranded as graphic novelsclothbound high-gloss volumes that can be purchased in bookstores, checked out of libraries, and displayed proudly on bookshelves. They are reviewed by serious critics and studied in university classrooms. A medium once considered trash has been transformed into a respectable, if not elite, genre. While the American comics of the past were about hyperbolic battles between good and evil, most of today's graphic novels focus on everyday personal experiences. Contemporary culture is awash with stuff. They give vivid expression to a culture preoccupied with the processes of circulation and appraisal, accumulation and possession. By deTrade ReviewAs the American vernacular art of comics cements its cultural and academic respectability, other areas of cultural studies are being brought to bear on the form. That project yields interesting and illuminating results in University of Southern California communications professor Henry Jenkins' new book, Comics and Stuff. * Reason Magazine *I cannot recommend this book more for those of us who love to study the medium that is comic books. This book needs to sit right next to Scott McCloud’s Understanding Comics and Will Eisner’s Comics and Sequential Art as a must have resource to truly understand all that comic books can be. ... Thanks to Henry Jenkins I also know I’m far from alone and feel like I understand myself better at the end of this book than I did before. * Masked Library *A major book from a major contemporary thinker. Comics and Stuff models a rigorous but supple interdisciplinarity that the hybrid form of comics itself inspires; its range is wide and enlivening. A lucid, brilliant, and important book. -- Hillary Chute, author of Why Comics? From Underground to EverywhereJenkins examines graphic novels with regard to patterns and values in material culture. His broad view of 'stuff' encompasses possessions and objects and also cultural icons. ... Including color illustrations and extensive references, this compelling exploration of comics will inspire readers to think about stuff. * Choice *For nearly a century, comic books have been an integral part of ‘the stuff’ of our collective fantasies, both a wildly successful form of entertainment and a visual archive of our developing identities. In Henry Jenkins’s Comics and Stuff, one of our greatest cultural critics offers an expansive and exuberant study of the ways that contemporary comics and graphic novels document the material life of American culture, from collecting to artistic curation and hoarding to archiving. Jenkins introduces readers to aesthetically innovative, yet largely understudied, comics and graphic novels to show us how this enduring medium provides a visual map of our most cherished object worlds. -- Ramzi Fawaz, author of The New Mutants: Superheroes and the Radical Imagination of American ComicsJenkins characterizes comics as communicating a series of rituals and personal agendas ... His grasp of comics as a cornucopia of contemporary/past cultures is far reaching. * CHOICE *

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Book SynopsisIntroduces key terms, research traditions, debates, and histories, and offers a sense of the new frontiers emerging in the field of comics studiesAcross more than fifty original essays, Keywords for Comics Studies provides a rich, interdisciplinary vocabulary for comics and sequential art. The essays also identify new avenues of research into one of the most popular and diverse visual media of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.Keywords for Comics Studies presents an array of inventive analyses of terms central to the study of comics and sequential art that are traditionally siloed in distinct lexicons: these include creative and aesthetic terms like Ink, Creator, Border, and Panel; conceptual terms such as Trans*, Disability, Universe, and Fantasy; genre terms like Zine, Pornography, Superhero, and Manga; and canonical terms like X-Men, Archie, Trade ReviewKeywords for Comics Studies is the book this field needs right now, featuring its heavy hitters explaining—as well as debating—the complex and conceptual underpinnings of comics today. Savvy, fresh, inclusive, and often brilliant, it’s an essential text. * Hillary Chute, author of Why Comics? From Underground to Everywhere *In this latest entry of the sublime Keywords series from NYU Press, Fawaz, Streeby, and Whaley demonstrate, once again, why they are three of the top scholars working in the Humanities today. This volume is a well-curated, intellectually nimble, collection of wonderfully constructed interdisciplinary entries from a compelling spectrum of creators, educators and theorists. This delightfully accessible book belongs in the collection of anyone truly serious about researching the medium of comics and its associated cultures. * John Jennings, Professor of Media and Cultural Studies at the University of California at Riverside and illustrator of Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation *

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Book SynopsisIntroduces key terms, research traditions, debates, and histories, and offers a sense of the new frontiers emerging in the field of comics studiesAcross more than fifty original essays, Keywords for Comics Studies provides a rich, interdisciplinary vocabulary for comics and sequential art. The essays also identify new avenues of research into one of the most popular and diverse visual media of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.Keywords for Comics Studies presents an array of inventive analyses of terms central to the study of comics and sequential art that are traditionally siloed in distinct lexicons: these include creative and aesthetic terms like Ink, Creator, Border, and Panel; conceptual terms such as Trans*, Disability, Universe, and Fantasy; genre terms like Zine, Pornography, Superhero, and Manga; and canonical terms like X-Men, Archie, Trade ReviewKeywords for Comics Studies is the book this field needs right now, featuring its heavy hitters explaining—as well as debating—the complex and conceptual underpinnings of comics today. Savvy, fresh, inclusive, and often brilliant, it’s an essential text. * Hillary Chute, author of Why Comics? From Underground to Everywhere *In this latest entry of the sublime Keywords series from NYU Press, Fawaz, Streeby, and Whaley demonstrate, once again, why they are three of the top scholars working in the Humanities today. This volume is a well-curated, intellectually nimble, collection of wonderfully constructed interdisciplinary entries from a compelling spectrum of creators, educators and theorists. This delightfully accessible book belongs in the collection of anyone truly serious about researching the medium of comics and its associated cultures. * John Jennings, Professor of Media and Cultural Studies at the University of California at Riverside and illustrator of Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation *

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Book SynopsisMax Crumbly faces the music in this second book in the series from #1 New York Times bestselling Dork Diaries author Rachel René​e Russell!When we last left our hero, Max Crumbly, he had crash-landed on top of a Mighty Meat Monster pizza after taking a late night tumble through the vents at South Ridge Middle School—and he was completely surrounded by three ruthless criminals! Will Max be shredded to bits like mozzarella cheese on the hard and crunchy pizza crust of doom? Can his friend and sidekick, computer whiz Erin, help get him out of this sticky situation alive?

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Whitney Gardner puts an unexpected twist on the classic dilemma of how to be yourself. Full of cleverness, charm, and—most importantly—vampires, FAKE BLOOD gives readers a fresh new voice and a taste of something truly special." -- Booki Vivat, the New York Times bestselling author and illustrator of FRAZZLED“FAKE BLOOD is a sweet and funny book with a surprise ending and plenty of winks for lovers of vampire fiction — but more than that, it’s a story about trying on identities and learning to be comfortable with yourself.” -- Molly Knox Ostertag, author-illustrator of The Witch Boy“Charming, hilarious, and full of vampires . . . my favorite kind of graphic novel!” -- James Riley, New York Times bestselling author of Story Thieves*"“[T]hink Raina Telgemeier with a Noelle Stevenson slant…Gardner's middle school romp is a magnum opus.” * Kirkus Reviews, starred review *"Gardner’s tale, which includes a share of lighthearted pokes at the Twilight series, is a fun romp through sixth grade." * Publishers Weekly *"The dialogue and pop culture references in this graphic novel are LOL funny." * Girls Life *“Gardner’s artwork is whimsical and charming, and the cartoonish faces perfectly capture the extreme moods inherent in this age. Warm colours and dynamic shifts in visual perspective give Fake Blood an autumnal coziness that pulls the reader into each scene. The story has a simple sweetness to it, championing family and friendship over hard-core action or fighting.” * Quill & Quire *

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Whitney Gardner puts an unexpected twist on the classic dilemma of how to be yourself. Full of cleverness, charm, and—most importantly—vampires, FAKE BLOOD gives readers a fresh new voice and a taste of something truly special." -- Booki Vivat, the New York Times bestselling author and illustrator of FRAZZLED“FAKE BLOOD is a sweet and funny book with a surprise ending and plenty of winks for lovers of vampire fiction — but more than that, it’s a story about trying on identities and learning to be comfortable with yourself.” -- Molly Knox Ostertag, author-illustrator of The Witch Boy“Charming, hilarious, and full of vampires . . . my favorite kind of graphic novel!” -- James Riley, New York Times bestselling author of Story Thieves*"“[T]hink Raina Telgemeier with a Noelle Stevenson slant…Gardner's middle school romp is a magnum opus.” * Kirkus Reviews, starred review *"Gardner’s tale, which includes a share of lighthearted pokes at the Twilight series, is a fun romp through sixth grade." * Publishers Weekly *"The dialogue and pop culture references in this graphic novel are LOL funny." * Girls Life *

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Book SynopsisBased in the agrarian world of commercial sesame farming in northern Paraguay, Forecasts tells a story about what happens when global insurance companies promise financial safety nets to local farmers struggling with the effects of climate change. This striking graphic novel brings together original ethnographic research and Paraguayan gothic art to confront the limitations of finance to respond to a deteriorating environment.Taking a human-centered approach to complex weather and financial models, Forecasts offers new ways of looking at overlapping speculative futures in a more-than-human landscape. Based on more than a year of fieldwork in Paraguay, the book follows one man’s possible journeys through a season of planting and harvesting, buffeted by losses and sustained by the hope that he can cultivate conditions that will help his family thrive. Forecasts makes a sweeping account of environmental and financial risk accessible through the intimaTable of ContentsPreface Forecasts Appendix A: Bestiary Appendix B: Anthropology of Finance Capital and Climate Change Appendix C: Agrarian Transformations Appendix D: Anthropological Methods for Forecasts Appendix E: An Interview with the Creators Appendix F: Variant Covers Appendix G: The Making of Forecasts

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Book SynopsisBased in the agrarian world of commercial sesame farming in northern Paraguay, Forecasts tells a story about what happens when global insurance companies promise financial safety nets to local farmers struggling with the effects of climate change. This striking graphic novel brings together original ethnographic research and Paraguayan gothic art to confront the limitations of finance to respond to a deteriorating environment. Taking a human-centered approach to complex weather and financial models, Forecasts offers new ways of looking at overlapping speculative futures in a more-than-human landscape. Based on more than a year of fieldwork in Paraguay, the book follows one man’s possible journeys through a season of planting and harvesting, buffeted by losses and sustained by the hope that he can cultivate conditions that will help his family thrive. Forecasts makes a sweeping account of environmental and financial risk accessible through the intimTable of ContentsPreface Forecasts Appendix A: Bestiary Appendix B: Anthropology of Finance Capital and Climate Change Appendix C: Agrarian Transformations Appendix D: Anthropological Methods for Forecasts Appendix E: An Interview with the Creators Appendix F: Variant Covers Appendix G: The Making of Forecasts

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