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Download or read book The Silent Comic written by David Payne and published by . This book was released on 2015-05-20 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An introduction which highlights specific topics of wordless comic arts. The Silent Comic displays and analyzes key features of wordless comics that are rarely examined while also elaborating further on set ideologies. The book opens the floor and encourages readers to dig deeper into the art of comic books as we know them.
Download or read book Silent Comedy written by Paul Merton and published by Random House. This book was released on 2010-01-26 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the surface it may seem slightly surprising that a master of verbal humour should also be a devotee of silent comedy, but Paul Merton is completely passionate about the early days of Hollywood comedy and the comic geniuses who dominated it. His knowledge is awesome - as anyone who watched his BBC 4 series Silent Clowns or attended the events he has staged nationwide will agree - his enthusiasm is infectious, and these qualities are to be found in abundance in his book. Starting with the very earliest pioneering short films, he traces the evolution of silent comedy through the 1900s and considers the works of the genre's greatest exponents - Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin, Laurel and Hardy and Harold Lloyd - showing not only how each developed in the course of their career but also the extent to which they influenced each other. At the same time, Paul brings a comedian's insight to bear on the art of making people laugh, and explores just how the great comic ideas, routines, gags and pratfalls worked and evolved. His first book for ten years, this is destined to be a classic.
Book Synopsis The Silent Invasion by : Michael Cherkas
Download or read book The Silent Invasion written by Michael Cherkas and published by Nantier Beall Minoustchine Publishing. This book was released on 1999 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Matt Sinkage, a reporter in the Fifties, is sure aliens are taking over people's bodies and our society. Others aren't so sure... Mixes humor and an involving suspenseful yarn.
Book Synopsis G. I. JOE: Silent Interlude 30th Anniversary Edition by : Larry Hama
Download or read book G. I. JOE: Silent Interlude 30th Anniversary Edition written by Larry Hama and published by IDW Publishing. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This wordless issue introduced the world to Snake Eye's mysterious nemesis Storm Shadow and his Arashikage Ninja - and essays by Mark Bellomo offer a look into the inspiration and creation of this comic book classic.
Book Synopsis Comic Venus by : Kristen Anderson Wagner
Download or read book Comic Venus written by Kristen Anderson Wagner and published by Wayne State University Press. This book was released on 2018-03-05 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the social and historical significance of women’s contributions to American silent film comedy. For many people the term "silent comedy" conjures up images of Charlie Chaplin's Little Tramp, Buster Keaton's Stoneface, or Harold Lloyd hanging precariously from the side of a skyscraper. Even people who have never seen a silent film can recognize these comedians at a glance. But what about the female comedians? Gale Henry, Louise Fazenda, Colleen Moore, Constance Talmadge—these and numerous others were wildly popular during the silent film era, appearing in countless motion pictures and earning top salaries, and yet their names have been almost entirely forgotten. As a consequence, recovering their history is all the more compelling given that they laid the foundation for generations of funny women, from Lucille Ball to Carol Burnett to Tina Fey. These women constitute an essential and neglected sector of film history, reflecting a turning point in women's social and political history. Their talent and brave spirit continues to be felt today, and Comic Venus: Women and Comedy in American Silent Film seeks to provide a better understanding of women's experiences in the early twentieth century and to better understand and appreciate the unruly and boundary-breaking women who have followed. The diversity and breadth of archival materials explored in Comic Venus illuminate the social and historical period of comediennes and silent film. In four sections, Kristen Anderson Wagner enumerates the relationship between women and comedy, beginning with the question of why historically women weren't seen as funny or couldn't possibly be funny in the public and male eye, a question that persists even today. Wagner delves into the idea of women's "delicate sensibilities," which presumably prevented them from being funny, and in chapter two traces ideas about feminine beauty and what a woman should express versus what these comedic women did express, as Wagner notes, "comediennes challenged the assumption that beauty was a fundamental component of ideal femininity." In chapter three, Wagner discusses how comediennes such as Clara Bow, Marie Dressler, and Colleen Moore used humor to gain recognition and power through performances of sexuality and desire. Women comedians presented "sexuality as fun and playful, suggesting that personal relationships could be fluid rather than stable." Chapter four examines silent comediennes' relationships to the modern world and argues that these women exemplified modernity and new womanhood. The final chapter of Comic Venus brings readers to understand comediennes and their impact on silent-era cinema, as well as their lasting influence on later generations of funny women. Comic Venus is the first book to explore the overlooked contributions made by comediennes in American silent film. Those with an interest in film and representations of femininity in comedy will be fascinated by the analytical connections and thoroughly researched histories of these women and their groundbreaking movements in comedy and stage.
Download or read book Hellboy written by M. Mignola and published by Dark Horse Comics. This book was released on 2017 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hellboy sets sail from the wreckage of a deserted island only to cross paths with a ghost ship. Taken captive by the phantom crew that plans to sell him to the circus, Hellboy is dragged along by a captain who will stop at nothing in pursuit of a powerful sea creature. Following the events of Hellboy: The Island, Gary Gianni draws Hellboy in an original graphic novel. The master of modern horror comics.-IGN ... Mignola's simple but elegant panel design should be studied by everyone who is or who wants to be a cartoonist. The script is a delight, too, as Hellboy's down-to-earth anger and everyman astonishment remains funny and refreshing. -Publishers Weekly
Book Synopsis The Weirn Books, Vol. 1 by : SVETLANA CHMAKOVA
Download or read book The Weirn Books, Vol. 1 written by SVETLANA CHMAKOVA and published by Yen Press LLC. This book was released on 2020-06-16 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the Night Realm, vampires, shifters, weirns, and other night things passing for human prowl the streets... but they still have to go to school! Ailis and Na'ya are pretty average students (NOT losers), but when a shadow starts looming and a classmate gets all weird, they are the first to notice. It gets personal, though, when Na'ya's little brother D'esh disappears-It's time to confront the secrets of the forbidden mansion in the Silent Woods! Join the acclaimed author of Awkward, Svetlana Chmakova, for an outing into her favorite fantastical world full of magic and adventure!
Book Synopsis Dragon Age Volume 1: The Silent Grove by : David Gaider
Download or read book Dragon Age Volume 1: The Silent Grove written by David Gaider and published by Dark Horse Comics. This book was released on 2012-08-07 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dragon Age: The Silent Grove is the perfect introduction to BioWare's dark fantasy universe! In this essential, canonical story from David Gaider, lead writer of the games, King Alistair, accompanied only by rogues Isabela and Varric, embarks on a quest deep inside the borders of Antiva—a nation of assassins! Together, they will encounter a prison break, dragons, the mysterious Witch of the Wilds, and one of the greatest secrets in the history of the world! * Story by David Gaider, lead writer of the Dragon Age games and novels! * Collecting Dragon Age #1–#6!
Book Synopsis I'm Not a Plastic Bag by : Rachel Hope Allison
Download or read book I'm Not a Plastic Bag written by Rachel Hope Allison and published by Boom! Studios. This book was released on 2013-04-17 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on the real-life occurrence of The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, an island of floating trash in a remote area of the Northern Pacific Ocean more than twice the size of Texas, I'm Not A Plastic Bag tells a moving story about loneliness, beauty, and humankind's connection to our planet
Download or read book Buster Keaton written by James Curtis and published by Knopf. This book was released on 2022-02-15 with total page 833 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: **One of Literary Hub’s Five “Most Critically Acclaimed” Biographies of 2022** From acclaimed cultural and film historian James Curtis—a major biography, the first in more than two decades, of the legendary comedian and filmmaker who elevated physical comedy to the highest of arts and whose ingenious films remain as startling, innovative, modern—and irresistible—today as they were when they beguiled audiences almost a century ago. "It is brilliant—I was totally absorbed, couldn't stop reading it and was very sorry when it ended."—Kevin Brownlow It was James Agee who christened Buster Keaton “The Great Stone Face.” Keaton’s face, Agee wrote, "ranked almost with Lincoln’s as an early American archetype; it was haunting, handsome, almost beautiful, yet it was also irreducibly funny. Keaton was the only major comedian who kept sentiment almost entirely out of his work and . . . he brought pure physical comedy to its greatest heights.” Mel Brooks: “A lot of my daring came from Keaton.” Martin Scorsese, influenced by Keaton’s pictures in the making of Raging Bull: “The only person who had the right attitude about boxing in the movies for me,” Scorsese said, “was Buster Keaton.” Keaton’s deadpan stare in a porkpie hat was as recognizable as Charlie Chaplin’s tramp and Harold Lloyd’s straw boater and spectacles, and, with W. C. Fields, the four were each considered a comedy king--but Keaton was, and still is, considered to be the greatest of them all. His iconic look and acrobatic brilliance obscured the fact that behind the camera Keaton was one of our most gifted filmmakers. Through nineteen short comedies and twelve magnificent features, he distinguished himself with such seminal works as Sherlock Jr., The Navigator, Steamboat Bill, Jr., The Cameraman, and his masterpiece, The General. Now James Curtis, admired biographer of Preston Sturges (“definitive”—Variety), W. C. Fields (“by far the fullest, fairest and most touching account we have yet had. Or are likely to have”—Richard Schickel, front page of The New York Times Book Review), and Spencer Tracy (“monumental; definitive”—Kirkus Reviews), gives us the richest, most comprehensive life to date of the legendary actor, stunt artist, screenwriter, director—master.
Download or read book 'Nuff Said written by Grant Morrison and published by Marvel Comics Group. This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Silent Hill Downpour: Anne's Story by : Tom Waltz
Download or read book Silent Hill Downpour: Anne's Story written by Tom Waltz and published by IDW Publishing. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Originally published as Silent hill Downpour: Anne's story issues #1-4"--Indicia.
Book Synopsis Silent Hill: Dying Inside by : Scott Ciencin
Download or read book Silent Hill: Dying Inside written by Scott Ciencin and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Step By Bloody Step #1 (Of 4) by : Si Spurrier
Download or read book Step By Bloody Step #1 (Of 4) written by Si Spurrier and published by Image Comics. This book was released on 2022-02-23 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An armored giant and a helpless child. Together they cross an astonishing world brimming with beasts, bandits, and—deadliest by far—civilizations… If they stop walking, the earth itself forces them onwards. WHY? The child can’t ask. She and her guardian have no language, no memory, nothing—except each other. Multiple-Eisner nominees SI SPURRIER (X-Men), MATÍAS BERGARA (Coda), and MATHEUS LOPES (Supergirl) present a watershed moment in modern comics: four double-length chapters of a bittersweet fantasy opus, completely text free. Let’s take a walk. Early praise for STEP BY BLOODY STEP: “My new favorite comic. Mysterious, inventive and heartfelt, without ever saying a word.” —JEFF LEMIRE “A stunning feat… truly unique. Dazzles the eyes and swells the heart.” —SCOTT SNYDER “I love anything these guys do, but nothing more than this.” —MARK MILLAR “Gorgeous, heartfelt, surreal… three of my favorite creators.” —RICK REMENDER “Beautiful story. Reminds us why comics are a visual medium.” —GABRIEL BÁ “An incredible silent tale.” —FÁBIO MOON “Haunting, ethereal and above all visually stunning.” —AL EWING “Entirely without words, this beautiful fantasy will leave you speechless too.” —KIERON GILLEN
Download or read book Sinner's Reward written by Tom Waltz and published by Idea & Design Works Llc. This book was released on 2008 with total page 91 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Hitman Jack "The Pup" Stanton runs away with his mob boss's wife, he thinks he's finally put his murderous past behind him. Instead, Jack and his lover take a wrong turn into Silent Hill and quickly learn that some sins are impossible to escape!
Book Synopsis Narrative Structure in Comics by : Barbara Postema
Download or read book Narrative Structure in Comics written by Barbara Postema and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Silent Hill Omnibus by : Scott Ciencin
Download or read book Silent Hill Omnibus written by Scott Ciencin and published by Idea & Design Works Llc. This book was released on 2008 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the Silent Hill Omnibus, collecting over 400 pages of IDW's Silent Hill comic books into one volume -- Silent Hill: Dying Inside, Silent Hill: Three Bloody Tales, and Silent Hill: Dead/Alive.
