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Comics Versus Art

Author : Bart Beaty
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 1442696273
Total Pages : 390 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (426 download)

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Download or read book Comics Versus Art written by Bart Beaty and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2012-07-17 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the surface, the relationship between comics and the ‘high’ arts once seemed simple; comic books and strips could be mined for inspiration, but were not themselves considered legitimate art objects. Though this traditional distinction has begun to erode, the worlds of comics and art continue to occupy vastly different social spaces. Comics Versus Art examines the relationship between comics and the most important institutions of the art world, including museums, auction houses, and the art press. Bart Beaty's analysis centres around two questions: why were comics excluded from the history of art for most of the twentieth century, and what does it mean that comics production is now more closely aligned with the art world? Approaching this relationship for the first time through the lens of the sociology of culture, Beaty advances a completely novel approach to the comics form.

Basil and Oregano

Author : Melissa Capriglione
Publisher : Dark Horse Comics
ISBN 13 : 1506728715
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (67 download)

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Download or read book Basil and Oregano written by Melissa Capriglione and published by Dark Horse Comics. This book was released on 2023-06-06 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mix two parts The Great British Bake Off with one-part magical boarding school plus a generous dash of romance and you’ve got Basil and Oregano, a sweetly delicious lower young adult graphic novel. Porta Bella Magiculinary Academy is the finest school for the art of cooking with magic, and Basil Eyres is determined to be the top student. On the first day of her senior year, Arabella Oregano, the daughter of a renowned chef, joins the academy for her senior year as well. The two are instantly smitten with each other, but Basil senses there’s something Arabella is hiding from her. Still, the two work together to stand out from the class as the end of year culinary festival approaches. But when Arabella’s secret is reveled, Basil is faced with the hardest decision of her life, which has the potential to throw her future aspirations in jeopardy.

Consequential Art

Author : Samuel Amago
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 1487505035
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (875 download)

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Download or read book Consequential Art written by Samuel Amago and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2019-07-12 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spanish comics have attracted considerable critical attention internationally: dissertations have been written, monographs have been published, and an array of cultural institutions in Spain (the media, publishing houses, bookstores, museums, and archives) have increasingly promoted the pleasures, pertinence, and power of graphic narrative to an ever-expanding readership - all in an area of cultural production that was held, until recently, to be the stuff of child's play, the unenlightened, or the unsophisticated. This volume takes up the charge of examining how contemporary comics in Spain have confronted questions of cultural legitimacy through serious and timely engagement with diverse themes, forms, and approaches - a collective undertaking that, while keenly in step with transnational theoretical trends, foregrounds local, regional, and national dimensions particular to the late twentieth- and early twenty-first-century Spanish milieu. From memory and history to the economic and the political, and from the body and personal space to mental geography, the essays collected in Consequential Art account for several key ways in which a range of comics practitioners have deployed the image-text connection and alternative methods of seeing to interrogate some of the most significant cultural issues in Spain.

The Great Canadian Comic Books

Author : Michael Hirsh
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Great Canadian Comic Books written by Michael Hirsh and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Godhead

Author : Ho Che Anderson
Publisher : Fantagraphics Books
ISBN 13 : 1683960807
Total Pages : 163 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (839 download)

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Download or read book Godhead written by Ho Che Anderson and published by Fantagraphics Books. This book was released on 2018-04-18 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A corporation invents a device that can talk to God in this graphic novel thriller. Godhead ricochets from the streets of a working-class African American community to the glimmering halls of corporate America to a mobile scientific laboratory located in the Pacific Ocean. A sprawling contemporary saga with a science-fiction edge, Godhead explores a collision course between science and religion when a corporation creates a device that can talk to God. Is this humanity’s salvation or the equivalent of a Doomsday machine? Godhead is Ho Che Anderson’s most conceptually and thematically ambitious graphic novel to date, his first in over ten years. Visually, he employs a variety of drawing techniques from tonal images to stark black-and-white to full color painting in order to convey a thriller that ranges from intimate domestic drama to globalist corporate intrigue.

The Anti-Capitalist Resistance Comic Book

Author : Gord Hill
Publisher : arsenal pulp press
ISBN 13 : 1551524457
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (515 download)

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Download or read book The Anti-Capitalist Resistance Comic Book written by Gord Hill and published by arsenal pulp press. This book was released on 2020-11-10 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years the world has borne witness to numerous confrontations, many of them violent, between protesters and authorities at pivotal gatherings of the world’s political and economic leaders. While police and the media are quick to paint participants as anarchistic thugs, accurate accounts of their ubsequent treatment at the hands of authorities often go untold—as well as the myriad stories of corporate and government corruption, greed, exploitation, and abuse of power that inspired such protests in the first place. In this startling, politically astute graphic novel, Gord Hill (The 500 Years of Resistance Comic Book) documents the history of capitalism as well as anti-capitalist and anti-globalization movements around the world, from the 1999 “Battle of Seattle” against the World Trade Organization to the Toronto G20 summit in 2010. The dramatic accounts trace the global origins of public protests against those in power, then depict recent events based on eyewitness testimony; they go far to contradict the myths of violence perpetrated by authorities, and instead paint a vivid and historically accurate picture of activists who bring the crimes of governments and multinationals to the world’s attention. As the “Occupy” movements around the world unfold, The Anti-Capitalist Resistance Comic Book is a deft, eye-opening look at the new class warfare, and those brave enough to wage the battle.

Lapg

Author : Demi Naito
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 26 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book Lapg written by Demi Naito and published by . This book was released on 2020-05-21 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The pigeons at Pershing Square in Downtown Los Angeles are usually happy and fun-loving. They are busy with finding food or a mate, or just taking a nap. But today something looks odd. One pigeon isn't standing but is lying on his back! Another pigeon approaches and then she flops on her back! One by one, all the pigeons in the flock come over and flop on their backs. They look dead and don't seem to care that they are easy prey. What's going on? LAPG: A Story of the PiGeons of Los Angeles follows pigeons who think they are the lowest creatures in the city. Is it true? Is there hope for them? The pigeons will learn their history including a very important, but forgotten, incident that took place in Los Angeles.This hand-drawn comic will encourage and uplift readers of all ages. Reading level for middle grade and up.

Hark! A Vagrant

Author : Kate Beaton
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1473585279
Total Pages : 175 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (735 download)

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Download or read book Hark! A Vagrant written by Kate Beaton and published by Random House. This book was released on 2020-05-28 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since Kate Beaton appeared on the comics scene in 2007 her cartoons have become fan favourites and gathered an enormous following, appearing in the New Yorker, Harper and the LA Times, to name but a few. Her website, Hark! A Vagrant, receives an average of 1.2 million hits a month, 500 thousand of them unique. Why? Because she's not just making silly jokes. She's making jokes about everything we learned in school, and more. Praised for their expression, intelligence and comic timing, her cartoons are best known for their wonderfully light touch on historical and literary topics. The jokes are a knowing look at history through a very modern perspective, written for every reader, and are a crusade against anyone with the idea that history is boring. It's pretty hard to argue with that when you're laughing your head off at a comic about Thucydides. They also cover whatever's on her mind that week - be it the perils of city living or the pop-cultural infiltration of Sex and the City, featuring an array of characters, from a mischievous pony, to reinvented superheroes, to a surly teen duo who could be the anti-Hardy-Boys. Perceptive, sharp and wonderfully irreverent, Hark! A Vagrant is as informative as it is hilarious, and a comic collection to treasure.

Mike Parsons

Author : Mike Parsons
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781897001189
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book Mike Parsons written by Mike Parsons and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Comics World

Author : Benjamin Woo
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 1496834666
Total Pages : 299 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (968 download)

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Download or read book The Comics World written by Benjamin Woo and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2021-07-29 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contributions by Bart Beaty, T. Keith Edmunds, Eike Exner, Christopher J. Galdieri, Ivan Lima Gomes, Charles Hatfield, Franny Howes, John A. Lent, Amy Louise Maynard, Shari Sabeti, Rob Salkowitz, Kalervo A. Sinervo, Jeremy Stoll, Valerie Wieskamp, Adriana Estrada Wilson, and Benjamin Woo The Comics World: Comic Books, Graphic Novels, and Their Publics is the first collection to explicitly examine the production, circulation, and reception of comics from a social-scientific point of view. Designed to promote interdisciplinary dialogue about theory and methods in comics studies, this volume draws on approaches from fields as diverse as sociology, political science, history, folklore, communication studies, and business, among others, to study the social life of comics and graphic novels. Taking the concept of a “comics world”—that is, the collection of people, roles, and institutions that “produce” comics as they are—as its organizing principle, the book asks readers to attend to the contexts that shape how comics move through societies and cultures. Each chapter explores a specific comics world or particular site where comics meet one of their publics, such as artists and creators; adaptors; critics and journalists; convention-goers; scanners; fans; and comics scholars themselves. Through their research, contributors demonstrate some of the ways that people participate in comics worlds and how the relationships created in these spaces can provide different perspectives on comics and comics studies. Moving beyond the page, The Comics World explores the complexity of the lived reality of the comics world: how comics and graphic novels matter to different people at different times, within a social space shared with others.

The Rabble of Downtown Toronto

Author : Jason Kieffer, 1982-
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780986480904
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book The Rabble of Downtown Toronto written by Jason Kieffer, 1982- and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Frankie Pickle and the Mathematical Menace

Author : Eric Wight
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439155844
Total Pages : 95 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book Frankie Pickle and the Mathematical Menace written by Eric Wight and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-07-26 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Frankie is struggling. This time it’s not to keep his room clean, or to win the Pine Run 3000. It is something much more serious: MATH! He just doesn’t get it—it seems impossible. So instead of acing his quiz, the numbers become unconquerable monsters. When Frankie finally shares his problem with his family and his best friend, Kenny, they band together to create a math obstacle course that will teach Frankie everything from subtraction to long division—in the most fun of ways! Can Frankie and his imagination overcome the Mathematical Menace that haunts him?

Invaders from the North

Author : John Bell
Publisher : Dundurn
ISBN 13 : 1550026593
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Invaders from the North written by John Bell and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2006-11-11 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of comics and comic art in Canada includes two thirty-page discussions of the lives and works of Johnny Canuck and Chester Brown.

Comic Books and Other Hooks: 21St Century Education

Author : Manfred J. von Vulte
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1491846240
Total Pages : 215 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (918 download)

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Download or read book Comic Books and Other Hooks: 21St Century Education written by Manfred J. von Vulte and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2013-12-27 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 21st Century education is at the cross-roads. It can continue to be defined by a narrow scope, benefiting the median student who can muster moments of brilliance assisted by the technology he or she so easily wields, or it can salvage what was deemed noble by tradition and merge them with the modernistic tools and educational innovations of the new century. Education has reached a point where its students and parents have either seen the limitations of the system and accepted them, or have forged some external responses to them. These retorts can be seen in the following manifestations: the rise of after- school athletics, where sports are now played that have been deemed too aggressive for school, the explosion of tutoring centres who are capitalizing on the fact that process has been a small part of the curriculum and rudimentary skills are overshadowed by what can be best described as educational pulp, and finally, the growth of the independent/private schools and home schooling, where total abdication from public systems has come to rest. Comic books, robotics, industrial arts, instrumental music, cooking, camping, fine art, and other genuine experiential initiatives need to be examined by today's schools. The empty promises of video games and their ethereal claim to genuine experience has produced a significant student body that is resigned to mediocrity, and virtual encounters that provide neither the authentic feeling of victory, nor the reviled sting of true defeat. Students are looking for the genuine, in their teachers, lessons, and activities. 21st Century education by comic book or by hook will rest in the power of professional dynamism and the authentic teaching of practice, process, and prolonged proficiency.

Maximizing the Impact of Comics in Your Library

Author : Jack Phoenix
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1440868867
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (48 download)

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Download or read book Maximizing the Impact of Comics in Your Library written by Jack Phoenix and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2020-03-06 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique guide offers fresh insights on how graphic novels and comics differ from traditional books and require different treatment in the library—from purchasing, shelving, and cataloging to readers' advisory services, programs, and curriculum. Challenging librarians to rethink some of their traditional practices, Maximizing the Impact of Comics in Your Library provides creative and proven solutions for libraries of all types that want to get comics into the hands of fans and promote readership. The author describes how libraries would benefit from an in-house classification system and organization that accounts for both publishers and series. In addition, acquiring comics can often be tricky due to renumbering of series, reboots, shifting creative teams, and more—this book shows you how to work around those obstacles. Shelving and displays that reflect comic readers' browsing habits, creative programs that boost circulation of comics and graphic novels, and how comics can play a vital role in educational institutions are also covered.

Graphic Novels and Comics in Libraries and Archives

Author : Robert G. Weiner
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786456930
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book Graphic Novels and Comics in Libraries and Archives written by Robert G. Weiner and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2010-04-19 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To say that graphic novels, comics, and other forms of sequential art have become a major part of popular culture and academia would be a vast understatement. Now an established component of library and archive collections across the globe, graphic novels are proving to be one of the last kinds of print publications actually gaining in popularity. Full of practical advice and innovative ideas for librarians, educators, and archivists, this book provides a wide-reaching look at how graphic novels and comics can be used to their full advantage in educational settings. Topics include the historically tenuous relationship between comics and librarians; the aesthetic value of sequential art; the use of graphic novels in library outreach services; collection evaluations for both American and Canadian libraries; cataloging tips and tricks; and the swiftly growing realm of webcomics.

The Secret Origins of Comics Studies

Author : Matthew Smith
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317505786
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (175 download)

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Download or read book The Secret Origins of Comics Studies written by Matthew Smith and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-19 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Secret Origins of Comics Studies, today’s leading comics scholars turn back a page to reveal the founding figures dedicated to understanding comics art. Edited by comics scholars Matthew J. Smith and Randy Duncan, this collection provides an in-depth study of the individuals and institutions that have created and shaped the field of Comics Studies over the past 75 years. From Coulton Waugh to Wolfgang Fuchs, these influential historians, educators, and theorists produced the foundational work and built the institutions that inspired the recent surge in scholarly work in this dynamic, interdisciplinary field. Sometimes scorned, often underappreciated, these visionaries established a path followed by subsequent generations of scholars in literary studies, communication, art history, the social sciences, and more. Giving not only credit where credit is due, this volume both offers an authoritative account of the history of Comics Studies and also helps move the field forward by being a valuable resource for creating graduate student reading lists and the first stop for anyone writing a comics-related literature review.