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Celebrating 35 years of rare and iconic TRANSFORMERS imagery, this deluxe limited edition art book will delight fans of all ages!

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A look at the history, meaning, and art of comics and cartooning. Using comics to examine the medium itself, the author takes the form of a cartoon character and explains the structure, meaning, and appeal of comics, and provides a running analysis of comics as art, literature, and communication.

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Stan Winston and his team have been creating characters, creatures and monsters for the silver screen, from "The Terminator" to the dinosaurs of "Jurassic Park". This book reveals the behind-the-scenes secrets of his groundbreaking artistry and effects work. It features sketches, production art, and photographs from the studio archives.

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Unlock your artistic talents and create your own exciting manga art with this unique interactive handbook.

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One of four volumes dealing with the world of comic art, this volume is a comprehensive, international bibliography dealing with animation, caricature, gag, illustrative, magazine, and political cartoons in the United States and Canada.

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"From Art Spiegelman's Maus to recent comics such as Persepolis and American Splendor, this is a complete guide to the history, forms, and contexts of autobiographical comics"--

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"From Art Spiegelman's Maus to recent comics such as Persepolis and American Splendor, this is a complete guide to the history, forms, and contexts of autobiographical comics"--

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Step-by-step procedures which aim to teach the art of cartooning, with more than 3000 illustrations.

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Journeying through the comic art worlds of Africa, Asia, Australia, and Latin America, one cannot help being deeply impressed with the longevity, magnitude, and versatility of their cartooning traditions.

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Encompassing 29 countries of Europe, this detailed bibliography covers the field of comic art. Art Historian David Kunzle, who has written the definitive histories of comic art precursors, wrote a personalized foreword.

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Part of a ten-volume bibliography series on comic art, this volume provides information on US and Canadian comic art, animation, caricature, and gag, political, illustrative, and magazine cartoons. It spans various conceivable aspects of comic art. It includes periodical directories for both Canada and the United States.

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The foreword by Mort Walker deals with comics over the years and the topic of political correctness, and the introduction by Jerry Robinson gives a history of comic art.

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Comic empires is an innovative collection of new scholarly research, exploring the relationship between imperialism and cartoons, caricature, and comic art. -- .

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Comic empires is an innovative collection of new scholarly research, exploring the relationship between imperialism and cartoons, caricature, and comic art. -- .

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A fascinating look at the surprisingly complex relationship between the United States and Canada through the lens of political cartoons.

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This reference traces the historical background of editorial cartooning and presents works that chronicle the history and criticize the aesthetics of the art.

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A work about uncovering the story behind this most uncommon trio - a man, a boy and his tiger.

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A collection of essays by an international cast of scholars, experts, and fans, providing a definitive, one-stop Manga resource.

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In the depths of the Depression, out of the crowded tenements of New York and Cleveland, the comic book superhero leapt into being. This book portrays how the immigrant experience and an outsider mentality shaped the vision of the make-believe hero. It demonstrates how the creators of the superheroes established their place in modern imagination.

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This comprehensive collection of essays written by a practicing psychiatrist shows that superheroes are more about superegos than about bodies and brawn, even though they contain subversive sexual subtexts that paved the path for major social shifts of the late 20th century.

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Discusses the slow accretion of comics universes from the thirties onwards, the debate within the conventions of the superhero comic about whether superheroes are a good thing and the discussion within the comics fan community of the extent to which superhero comics are disfigured by misogyny and sexism.