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  • Draw Kawaii: Cute People
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    Draw Kawaii: Cute People

    Lundie, Isobel

    Kawaii is a Japanese word meaning 'cute' and a globally appreciated Japanese art style involving creating characters that are cute and charming. Cute People will introduce budding artists to the...
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  • Routledge Companion to Comics
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    Routledge Companion to Comics

    Frank Bramlett

    This cutting-edge handbook brings together an international roster of scholars to examine many facets of comics and graphic novels. Contributor essays provide authoritative, up-to-date overviewsof...
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  • How to Draw a Graphic Novel
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    How to Draw a Graphic Novel

    Balthazar Pagani

    Packed with professional tips and interviews with leading graphic novelists, this is the ultimate guide on how to create a graphic novel. How to Draw a Graphic Novel is structured as a series of...
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  • Marvel X-Men The Ultimate Guide
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    Marvel X-Men The Ultimate Guide

    DK

    The ultimate reference guide to the X-Men's comic book history Discover the uncanny and exceptional history of the X-Men.Jean Grey, Storm, Wolverine, Cyclops, Rogue, Kitty Pryde, Gambit, Professor...
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  • Empirical Comics Research
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    Empirical Comics Research

    Alexander Dunst

    This edited volume brings together work in the field of empirical comics research. Drawing on computer and cognitive science, psychology and art history, linguistics and literary studies, each...
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  • Graphic Justice
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    Graphic Justice

    Thomas Giddens

    The intersections of law and contemporary culture are vital for comprehending the meaning and significance of law in today’s world. Far from being unsophisticated mass entertainment, comics and...
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  • Once Upon a China
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    Once Upon a China

    CJ Lim

    Once Upon a China is an unconventional architectural story of great beauty, empathy, honour and sadness. The chapters are ingenious reimaginations of ‘Dream of the Red Mansion’, ‘Journey to the West...
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  • Once Upon a China
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    Once Upon a China

    CJ Lim

    Once Upon a China is an unconventional architectural story of great beauty, empathy, honour and sadness. The chapters are ingenious reimaginations of ‘Dream of the Red Mansion’, ‘Journey to the West...
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  • Contexts of Violence in Comics Contexts of Violence in Comics
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    Contexts of Violence in Comics

    Ian Hague

    This book is part of a nuanced two-volume examination of the ways in which violence in comics is presented in different texts, genres, cultures and contexts.Contexts of Violence in Comics asks the...
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  • Critical Approaches to Comics
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    Critical Approaches to Comics

    Matthew J. Smith

    Critical Approaches to Comics offers students a deeper understanding of the artistic and cultural significance of comic books and graphic novels by introducing key theories and critical methods for...
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  • Global Manga
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    Global Manga

    Casey Brienza

    Outside Japan, the term ’manga’ usually refers to comics originally published in Japan. Yet nowadays many publications labelled ’manga’ are not translations of Japanese works but rather have been...
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  • DC Encyclopedia New Edition
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    DC Encyclopedia New Edition

    DK

    New edition of the most comprehensive reference guide to the DC Universe in print. The official and definitive guide to the dynamic and engrossing characters of the DC comics multiverse. Written...
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  • British Comics
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    British Comics

    James Chapman

    In this entertaining cultural history of British comic papers and magazines, James Chapman shows how comics were transformed in the early twentieth century from adult amusement to imaginative reading...
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  • Stan Lee: A Life, Centennial Edition
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    Stan Lee: A Life, Centennial Edition

    Batchelor, Bob

    The definitive biography of Marvel legend Stan Lee, celebrating the 100th anniversary of his birth. Stan Lee's extraordinary life was as epic as the superheroes he co-created, from the Amazing...
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  • True Believer: The Rise and Fall of Stan Lee
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    True Believer: The Rise and Fall of Stan Lee

    Riesman, Abraham

    The definitive, revelatory biography of Marvel Comics icon Stan Lee, an artist and entrepreneur who reshaped global pop culture--at a steep personal cost. The definitive, revelatory biography of...
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  • Marvel Book New Edition
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    Marvel Book New Edition

    Wiacek, Stephen

    The essential guide to the Marvel Universe updated and expanded The bestselling guide to the vast, interconnected Marvel Comics Multiverse fully updated and expanded. This new expanded and updated...
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  • Marvel Encyclopedia New Edition
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    Marvel Encyclopedia New Edition

    DK

    The updated and expanded edition of DK's best-selling Marvel Encyclopedia The best-selling, official, and definitive guide to the characters of the dynamic, ever-expanding Marvel Universe. Compiled...
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  • Comics and Migration
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    Comics and Migration

    Ralf Kauranen

    Comics and human mobility have a long history of connections. This volume explores these entanglements with a focus on both how comics represent migration and what applied uses comics have in...
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  • Routledge Introduction to Canadian Comics
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    Routledge Introduction to Canadian Comics

    Brenna Clarke Gray

    The Routledge Introduction to Canadian Comics is a book for the aspiring comics scholar interested in the unique socio-cultural and literary development of comics as an art form in Canada. It is the...
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  • Routledge Introduction to Canadian Comics
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    Routledge Introduction to Canadian Comics

    Brenna Clarke Gray

    The Routledge Introduction to Canadian Comics is a book for the aspiring comics scholar interested in the unique socio-cultural and literary development of comics as an art form in Canada. It is the...
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  • Comics and the Senses
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    Comics and the Senses

    Ian Hague

    Attempts to define what comics are and explain how they work have not always been successful because they are premised upon the idea that comic strips, comic books and graphic novels are inherently...
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  • Reading Art Spiegelman Reading Art Spiegelman
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    Reading Art Spiegelman

    Philip Smith

    The horror of the Holocaust lies not only in its brutality but in its scale and logistics; it depended upon the machinery and logic of a rational, industrialised, and empirically organised modern...
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  • Exploring Ecological Issues in Graphic Narratives
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    Exploring Ecological Issues in Graphic Narratives

    İfakat Banu Akçesme

    Exploring Ecological Issues in Graphic Narratives positions graphic storytelling at the intersection of ecocriticism, environmental justice, and Comics Studies. This book argues that ecological...
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  • Exploring Ecological Issues in Graphic Narratives
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    Exploring Ecological Issues in Graphic Narratives

    İfakat Banu Akçesme

    Exploring Ecological Issues in Graphic Narratives positions graphic storytelling at the intersection of ecocriticism, environmental justice, and Comics Studies. This book argues that ecological...
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  • Transnational Italian Comics
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    Transnational Italian Comics

    Barbara Spadaro

    This collection introduces the transnational dimensions of contemporary Italian comics to the predominantly Anglophone arena of comics studies. The volume explores how Italian comics culture...
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  • Comics and Children’s Magazines
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    Comics and Children’s Magazines

    Maaheen Ahmed

    Comics and serial print have a long, closely intertwined history, with the earliest comics proliferating in newspapers before gradually migrating to children’s magazines. In positioning itself...
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  • Erotic Comics in Japan Erotic Comics in Japan
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    Erotic Comics in Japan

    Kaoru Nagayama

    Comics and cartoons from Japan, or manga and anime, are an increasingly common feature of visual and popular culture around the world. While it is often observed that these media forms appeal to...
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  • Battle Lines Drawn
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    Battle Lines Drawn

    Stephen Connor

    Battle Lines Drawn: War Comics Since 1914 delves into the rich and diverse history of war comics, exploring how the medium represents and reflects upon global conflicts from World War I to the modern...
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  • Battle Lines Drawn Battle Lines Drawn
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    Battle Lines Drawn

    Stephen Connor

    Battle Lines Drawn: War Comics Since 1914 delves into the rich and diverse history of war comics, exploring how the medium represents and reflects upon global conflicts from World War I to the modern...
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  • Environmental Graphic Novel
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    Environmental Graphic Novel

    Pramod K. Nayar

    The Environmental Graphic Novel examines this emerging genre for its themes of climate change, disaster, and environmental justice. It underscores how the form encourages and sensitizes readers to...
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  • Superheroes in Indian Comics
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    Superheroes in Indian Comics

    Roma Chatterji

    There is a prevailing sense that commercial Superhero Comics cannot be serious objects of academic enquiry. It is the hallowed graphic novel, with its auteur/author, for which serious work is...
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  • Comics Beyond Text and Image
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    Comics Beyond Text and Image

    Benjamin Fraser

    Comics Beyond Text and Image conceptualizes comics as “bodies,” exploring the substance and the many movements and expressions of comics first and foremost in terms of corporeality.The book centers...
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  • World of RWBY
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    World of RWBY

    Monty Oum

    The official behind-the-scenes guide to the acclaimed animated series. The definitive companion to the hit animated series, The World of RWBY is the ultimate celebration of a pop-culture phenomenon...
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  • Anime Tarot Deck and Guidebook
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    Anime Tarot Deck and Guidebook

    Natasha Yglesias

    Embrace the spiritual and intuitive power of tarot cards with your favorite modern anime characters and symbols. The power of the 78 cards of the Tarot is that they can nurture our spirituality in...
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  • Der Mond: The Art of Neon Genesis Evangelion
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    Der Mond: The Art of Neon Genesis Evangelion

    Yoshiyuki Sadamoto

    Part of the Neon Genesis Evangelion phenomenon--the most talked-about anime series of last ten years! New look, a hard cover version for Der Mond!Stylish, delicate, and consistently edgy, Der Mond...
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  • Comics and Norm-Critical Pedagogy Comics and Norm-Critical Pedagogy
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    Comics and Norm-Critical Pedagogy

    Robert Aman

    Comics and Norm-Critical Pedagogy: Gender, Sexuality, and Cultural Identity explores how comics can challenge societal norms and serve as powerful tools for critical education.This edited collection...
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  • Superheroes in Indian Comics Superheroes in Indian Comics
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    Superheroes in Indian Comics

    Roma Chatterji

    There is a prevailing sense that commercial Superhero Comics cannot be serious objects of academic enquiry. It is the hallowed graphic novel, with its auteur/author, for which serious work is...
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  • Dementia and Graphic Medicine Dementia and Graphic Medicine
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    Dementia and Graphic Medicine

    Laboni Das

    Dementia and Graphic Medicine explores how graphic medicine—through memoirs by caregivers and families—offers nuanced understandings and humane representations of individuals with dementia that...
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  • New Left Comics New Left Comics
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    New Left Comics

    Robert Aman

    Why does Johan Vilde testify about Sweden’s involvement in the transatlantic slave trade? Why do the young Stockholm sons, Stefan and Sacho, in Mystiska 2:an discuss class society and commercialism...
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  • New Left Comics New Left Comics
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    New Left Comics

    Robert Aman

    Why does Johan Vilde testify about Sweden’s involvement in the transatlantic slave trade? Why do the young Stockholm sons, Stefan and Sacho, in Mystiska 2:an discuss class society and commercialism...
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  • Super-Girls of the Future
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    Super-Girls of the Future

    Charlotte J. Fabricius

    Super-Girls of the Future: Girlhood and Agency in Contemporary Superhero Comics investigates girl superheroes published by DC and Marvel Comics in the first two decades of the twenty-first century,...
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  • Batman and the Shadows of Modernity Batman and the Shadows of Modernity
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    Batman and the Shadows of Modernity

    Rafael Carrión-Arias

    This book aims to study the Batman narrative, or Bat-narrative, from the point of view of its nodal relationship to modern narrative. To this end, it offers for the first time a new type of...
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