How to Read Superhero Comics and why

Publisher: A&C Black

Published: 2002-01-01

Type: BOOK

In this book, Geoff Klock presents a study of the Third Movement of superhero comic books. He avoids, at all costs, the temptation to refer to this movement as "Postmodern," "Deconstructionist," or something equally tedious.

Reading Comics

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-04-04

Type: BOOK

By focusing on comics as narratives and investigating their formal and structural aspects, as well as the unique reading process they demand, this study presents a unique contribution to the current literature on comics, and helps clarify ...

How To Read Comics The Marvel Way

Publisher: Marvel Entertainment

Published: 2022-09-07

Type: BOOK

Collects How to Read Comics the Marvel Way #1-4, Ms. Marvel (2014) #1, Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #1, Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #1 And Spidey #1.

The Meaning of Superhero Comic Books

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2014-01-10

Type: BOOK

By revealing how contemporary superhero comics, like Geoff Johns' Green Lantern and Warren Ellis's The Authority, connect traditional aesthetics and postmodern theories, this work explains why the superhero comic book flourishes in the "new ...

Reading Comics

Publisher: Hachette UK

Published: 2008-07-31

Type: BOOK

In Reading Comics, critic Douglas Wolk shows us why this is and how it came to be.

Superhero Thought Experiments

Publisher: University of Iowa Press

Published: 2019-09-15

Type: BOOK

Examining the deep philosophical topics addressed in superhero comics, authors Gavaler and Goldberg read plot lines for the complex thought experiments they contain and analyze their implications as if the comic authors were philosophers.

The Posthuman Body in Superhero Comics

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-10-11

Type: BOOK

... Comics. 9. Quoted in Ndalianis, Enter the Aleph: Superhero Worlds and Hypertime Realities, p. 281. Wolk, D. (2007) Reading Comics ... How to Read Superhero Comics and Why. USA: Continuum International Publishing Group, p. 101. Kaveney, R. ( ...

Superheroes and Masculinity

Publisher: Lexington Books

Published: 2019-11-15

Type: BOOK

Ultimately, this collection argues that the quest to unmask how gender operates within superheroes is a crucial one.

Adventure Comics and Youth Cultures in India

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2018-10-11

Type: BOOK

This pioneering book presents a history and ethnography of adventure comic books for young people in India with a particular focus on vernacular superheroism.

The Superhero Comic Kit

Publisher: Laurence King Publishing

Published: 2021-04-20

Type: BOOK

Draw, color and create your very own mini superhero comic books! Make your superheroes--or even yourself--the stars of each super adventure. The book contains 10 exciting 8-page comics to draw, color and complete.