Cerebus the Barbarian Messiah

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Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786490322
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Book Synopsis Cerebus the Barbarian Messiah by : Eric Hoffman

Download or read book Cerebus the Barbarian Messiah written by Eric Hoffman and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-01-10 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In December 1977, struggling Canadian comic book artist Dave Sim self-published the first issue of Cerebus the Aardvark, a Conan the Barbarian satire featuring a foul-tempered, sword-wielding creature trapped in a human world. Over the next 26 years, Sim, and later collaborator Gerhard, produced an epic 6,000-page graphic novel, the longest-running English language comic series by a single creative team. They revolutionized the comics medium by showing other artists that they too could forgo major publishers, paving the way for such successes as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Bone. This work, the first collection of critical essays on Cerebus, provides a multifaceted approach to Sim and Gerhard’s complex and entertaining oeuvre, including their innovative use of the comic medium, storytelling and satiric techniques, technical and visual sophistication, and Sim’s use of the comic as commentary on gender and religion.

High Society

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Publisher : [Kitchener, Ont.] : Aardvark-Vanaheim
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 524 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Book Synopsis High Society by : Dave Sim

Download or read book High Society written by Dave Sim and published by [Kitchener, Ont.] : Aardvark-Vanaheim. This book was released on 1986 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the wealthy city-state of Iest, Cerebus the Aardvark finds himself being manipulated into the fast-paced world of business and politics, especially at the hands of the mysterious Astoria, who takes him under her wing for unclear reasons of her own.

The Silver Bear

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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1643130617
Total Pages : 143 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (431 download)

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Book Synopsis The Silver Bear by : Derek Haas

Download or read book The Silver Bear written by Derek Haas and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-09-18 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The intense psychological portrait of a hitman—the anti-Jason Bourne—as he stalks his prey from Boston to LA. He wants you to know him, maybe even admire him, but only for his excellence in his craft. Perhaps he was even born for it. "A natural killer," his mentor—a middleman named Vespucci—said he was. He proved it with his first professional hit: a Fifth Circuit Court judge in Boston, executed with a sheet of Saran Wrap in the stairwell of her own courthouse. He's proved his merit often, usually with a Glock semiautomatic, but he's improvised too, with his bare hands, the heel of a shoe, knives, even a sewing machine. He is the consummate assassin, at the top of his form, immune to the psychological strains of his chosen profession. He is what the Russians call a Silver Bear. He calls himself Columbus. It's the name Vespucci gave him, ten years ago, when he discovered a dark, new world of fences, clients, marks, jobs, jack. Not that his real name meant much to him anyway. He never knew his father or his mother, a prostitute who became dangerously involved back in the seventies with an earnest young congressman named Abe Mann, then a rising star in the Democratic Party. The magnetic Abe Mann has since become the Speaker of the House. He is currently running for the Democratic nomination in an exhausting presidential campaign, weaving his way across the country. Columbus is not far behind. But as he pieces together his past and prepares the seamless assassination of his mark, the criminal underworld he has always ruled begins unraveling violently around him.

Monstress: Book One

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Publisher : Image Comics
ISBN 13 : 1534315292
Total Pages : 536 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (343 download)

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Book Synopsis Monstress: Book One by : Marjorie Liu

Download or read book Monstress: Book One written by Marjorie Liu and published by Image Comics. This book was released on 2019-07-03 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A teenage girl struggles to overcome the trauma of war in an alternate, matriarchal 1900s Asia that's brimming with arcane dangers. This task is made all the more difficult by her mysterious psychic link to an eldritch monster of tremendous power a connection that will transform them both, and place them in the crosshairs of both human and otherworldly powers. Creator/writer MARJORIE LIU (who made history as the first woman to win an Eisner Award for Best Writer) and creator/artist SANA TAKEDA present a deluxe, oversized hardcover edition of their beloved breakout comic in MONSTRESS, BOOK ONE. This massive edition features a striking new cover and includes never-before-seen sketches, script pages, and more for over 500 pages of award-winning content. Collects MONSTRESS #1-18

Melmoth

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Book Synopsis Melmoth by : Dave Sim

Download or read book Melmoth written by Dave Sim and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A graphic novel from the author of "Cerebus" that offers a fictionalized account of the last days of Oscar Wilde.

The Psychotronic Video Guide To Film

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Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780312131494
Total Pages : 662 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (314 download)

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Book Synopsis The Psychotronic Video Guide To Film by : Michael Weldon

Download or read book The Psychotronic Video Guide To Film written by Michael Weldon and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1996 with total page 662 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bible of B-movies is back--and better than ever! From Abby to Zontar, this book covers more than 9,000 amazing movies--from the turn of the century right up to today's Golden Age of Video--all described with Michael Weldon's dry wit. More than 450 rare and wonderful illustrations round out thie treasure trove of cinematic lore--an essential reference for every bad film fan.

Politics in Fantasy Media

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Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786495103
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Book Synopsis Politics in Fantasy Media by : Gerold Sedlmayr

Download or read book Politics in Fantasy Media written by Gerold Sedlmayr and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-10-14 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fantasy is often condemned as escapist, unsophisticated and superficial. This collection of new essays puts such easy dismissals to the test by examining the ways in which Fantasy narratives present diverse, politically relevant discourses--gender, race, religion or consumerism--and thereby serve as indicators of their real-world contexts. Through their depiction of other worlds allegedly disconnected from our own, these texts are able to actualize political attitudes. Instead of categorizing Fantasy either as conservative or progressive, the essays suggest that its generic peculiarity allows the emergence of productive forms of oscillation between these extremes. Covered are J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire sequence, J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter novels, the vampire TV series True Blood, and the dystopian computer game Fallout 3.

Mogworld

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Publisher : Dark Horse Comics
ISBN 13 : 1506706428
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (67 download)

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Book Synopsis Mogworld by : Yahtzee Croshaw

Download or read book Mogworld written by Yahtzee Croshaw and published by Dark Horse Comics. This book was released on 2018-05-29 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a world full to bursting with would-be heroes, Jim couldn't be less interested in saving the day. His fireballs fizzle. He's awfully grumpy. Plus, he's been dead for about sixty years. When a renegade necromancer wrenches him from eternal slumber and into a world gone terribly, bizarrely wrong, all Jim wants is to find a way to die properly, once and for all. On his side, he's got a few shambling corpses, an inept thief, and a powerful death wish. But he's up against tough odds: angry mobs of adventurers, a body falling apart at the seams — and a team of programmers racing a deadline to hammer out the last few bugs in their AI. *Mogworld is the debut novel from video-game icon Yahtzee Croshaw (Zero Punctuation)! With an exclusive one-chapter preview of Yahtzee Croshaw's next novel, Jam—coming to bookstores in October 2012! *Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw's video review site, Zero Punctuation, receives over 2,500,000 unique hits a month, and has been licensed by G4 Television. *Yahtzee's blog receives about 150,000 hits per day. "The first legitimate breakout hit from the gaming community in recent memory." -Boing Boing

Opera As Drama

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Publisher : Knopf
ISBN 13 : 030783400X
Total Pages : 243 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (78 download)

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Book Synopsis Opera As Drama by : Joseph Kerman

Download or read book Opera As Drama written by Joseph Kerman and published by Knopf. This book was released on 2013-08-21 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Passionate, witty, and brilliant, Opera as Drama has been lauded as one of the most controversial, thought-provoking, and entertaining works of operatic criticism ever written. First published in 1956 and revised in 1988, Opera as Drama continues to be indispensable reading for all students and lovers of opera.

Jaka's Story

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Publisher : [Kitchener, Ont.] : Aardvark-Vanaheim
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Book Synopsis Jaka's Story by : Dave Sim

Download or read book Jaka's Story written by Dave Sim and published by [Kitchener, Ont.] : Aardvark-Vanaheim. This book was released on 1990 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collects no. 114-136 of "Cerebus" comics, in which Cerebus, an amoral, anthropomorphic aardvark, meets up once again with his former love Jaka, a dancer in her landlord's tavern, and sets the stage for disaster when he becomes the houseguest of her and her husband, Rick.

Dave Sim

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Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 1626744203
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (267 download)

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Book Synopsis Dave Sim by : Eric Hoffman

Download or read book Dave Sim written by Eric Hoffman and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2013-03-01 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1977, Dave Sim (b. 1956) began to self-publish Cerebus, one of the earliest and most significant independent comics, which ran for 300 issues and ended, as Sim had planned from early on, in 2004. Over the run of the comic, Sim used it as a springboard to explore not only the potential of the comics medium but also many of the core assumptions of Western society. Through it he analyzed politics, the dynamics of love, religion, and, most controversially, the influence of feminism—which Sim believes has had a negative impact on society. Moreover, Sim inserted himself squarely into the comic as Cerebus’s creator, thereby inviting criticism not only of the creation, but also of the creator. What few interviews Sim gave often pushed the limits of what an interview might be in much the same way that Cerebus pushed the limits of what a comic might be. In interviews Sim is generous, expansive, provocative, and sometimes even antagonistic. Regardless of mood, he is always insightful and fascinating. His discursive style is not conducive to the sound bite or to easy summary. Many of these interviews have been out of print for years. And, while the interviews range from very general, career-spanning explorations of his complex work and ideas, to tightly focused discussions on specific details of Cerebus, all the interviews contained herein are engaging and revealing.

Putin Confronts the West

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Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476684995
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Book Synopsis Putin Confronts the West by : René De La Pedraja

Download or read book Putin Confronts the West written by René De La Pedraja and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2021-03-08 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Russia's surprising return to the world stage since 2000 has aroused the curiosity--if not the fear--of the West. Gradually, the Kremlin went from a policy of deference to foreign powers to acting with independence. The driver of this transformation was President Vladimir Putin, who with skillful caution navigated Russia back into the ranks of global powers. In theaters of conflict such as Georgia, Syria and Ukraine, the Kremlin won significant victories at little cost to consolidate its decisive position. Following a chronological approach from the fall of the Soviet Union to the present, this book draws on new documents to describe how Russia regained its former global prominence. Clear accounts of key decisions and foreign policy events--many presented for the first time--provide important insights into the major confrontations with the West.

The Strange Death of Alex Raymond

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ISBN 13 : 9781736860502
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (65 download)

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Download or read book The Strange Death of Alex Raymond written by Dave Sim and published by . This book was released on 2021-08-17 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The story traces the lives and techniques of Alex Raymond (Flash Gordon, RipKirby), Stan Drake (Juliet Jones), Hal Foster (Prince Valiant), and more, dissecting their techniques through recreations of their artwork,and highlighting the metatextual resonances that bind them together"--Page 4 of cove

Oppen

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ISBN 13 : 9781944682118
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (821 download)

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Book Synopsis Oppen by : Eric R. Hoffman

Download or read book Oppen written by Eric R. Hoffman and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Originally published in 2013 in different form under the title Oppen: A Narrative by Shearsman Books Ltd., . . . Bristol, Second Edition 2013" -- Verso tltle page.

Church and State

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ISBN 13 : 9780919359550
Total Pages : 625 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (595 download)

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Book Synopsis Church and State by : Dave Sim

Download or read book Church and State written by Dave Sim and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 625 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Cerebus returns to Iest's Upper City and uses Weisshaupt's cannons to destroy Thrunk and reclaim the papacy. Astoria has mysteriously killed the Western pope (the Lion of Serrea), and Cerebus must execute her for the crime in order to retain his papacy. Cerebus confronts her in a dungeon, and after being taunted by Astoria, he grants himself a divorce from Red Sophia, marries himself to Astoria, rapes her, and then divorces himself from her. Astoria's trial, which echoes with similarities to a repeating pattern of historical executions of reformers, is interrupted when Cerebus makes the predicted Ascension to the Moon that is the culmination of the land's religious prophecy. There, Cerebus meets the Judge, a timeless, godlike being who has watched over history from the very beginning. The Judge explains his version of the creation myth of Cerebus's universe, before warning Cerebus that he will live only a few more years before dying 'alone, unmourned and unloved.' The Judge tells Cerebus that if the Aardvark ever questions his suffering, he should remember his 'second marriage' to Astoria. Cerebus then falls back to earth, where he discovers that the Cirinists have invaded, and his empire has collapsed."--Wikipedia.

The Rough Guide to Manga

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Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1405384239
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (53 download)

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Download or read book The Rough Guide to Manga written by Jason S. Yadao and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009-10-01 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Rough Guide to Manga is the ultimate handbook offering a comprehensive overview of one of the most fashionable genre's in today's popular culture. The guide features the manga story: from manga's twelfth-century roots to the rise of English-language manga with profiles of influential creators like Leiji Matsumoto and CLAMP as well as publishers to look out for. You'll find an overview of manga's unique styles, techniques and genres decoded as well as a canon of fifty must-read manga, including the iconic Astro Boy, global hits Fruits Basket and Battle Royale, plus less well-known works like Please Save My Earth. The Rough Guide to Manga demystifies unfamiliar terms and genres for newcomers whilst offering manga fans plenty of new recommendations including listings for manga magazines and websites along with a glossary of terms. Crammed with illustrations, and including a section on the anime connection, this is must-have Manga for beginners and enthusiasts alike.

Spawn #10

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Publisher : Image Comics
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Spawn #10 written by Dave Sim and published by Image Comics. This book was released on 1993-05-01 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Spawn tries to examine Angela's abandoned lance, it transports him into a realm beyond his wildest imaginings. While in this strange world, Spawn encounters imprisoned heroes, faces a mockery of Blind Justice in the form of the Violator, and glimpses a dreamlike scenario of happiness for him, Wanda and Cyan.