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Professor Jonathan T. Buck's Mysterious Airship Notebook
Ulysses Press 2012; US$ 15.95PART STEP-BY-STEP HOW-TO-DRAW GUIDE, PART THRILLING STEAMPUNK ADVENTURE STORY At the end of the 19th century, a brilliant inventor, Professor Jonathan T. Buck, crafted a beautiful steam-powered airship for an expedition to South America?s Amazon River Basin in search of a magnificent lost city ? hidden from terrestrial explorers for centuries by... more...
Batman Unauthorized
BenBella Books, Inc. 2009; US$ 9.99Batman Unauthorized explores Batman?s motivations and actions, as well as those of his foes. Batman is a creature of the night, more about vengeance than justice, more plagued by doubts than full of self-assurance, and more darkness than light. He has no superpowers, just skill, drive and a really well-made suit. One of the most recognized superheroes... more...
We Go Pogo
University Press of Mississippi 2012; US$ 25.00Walt Kelly (1913-1973) is one of the most respected and innovative American cartoonists of the twentieth century. His long-running Pogo newspaper strip has been cited by modern comics artists and scholars as one of the best ever. Cartoonists Bill Watterson (Calvin and Hobbes), Jeff Smith (Bone), and Frank Cho (Liberty Meadows) have all cited Kelly... more...
Comics
RISING STARS UK LTD 2008; US$ 6.99Read about the history and art of comics, including the origination of Desperate Dan!The Snapshots series of colourful and visually appealing titles is designed to engage 9 to 14 year old reluctant readers. With their bold design and familiar subject matter from battles to Batman these books are perfect for guided reading and for encouraging... more...
Superheroes
RISING STARS UK LTD 2008; US$ 6.99Who is your favourite Superhero? Where do they origate from and who has the 'best' powers?The Snapshots series of colourful and visually appealing titles is designed to engage 9 to 14 year old reluctant readers. With their bold design and familiar subject matter from battles to Batman these books are perfect for guided reading... more...
Linguistics and the Study of Comics
Palgrave Macmillan 2012; US$ 85.00Do Irish superheroes actually sound Irish? Why are Gary Larson's Far Side cartoons funny? How do political cartoonists in India, Turkey, and the US get their point across? These questions and many more are answered in this new collection on linguistics and comics, which explores language and how the verbal and the visual interact. more...
Web-Spinning Heroics
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers 2012; US$ 40.00This volume collects a wide-ranging sample of fresh analyses of Spider-Man. It traverses boundaries of medium, genre, epistemology and discipline in essays both insightful and passionate that move forward the study of one of the world's most beloved characters. The editors have crafted the book for fans, creators and academics alike. Foreword by... more...
Grundstrukturen mittelalterlicher Erzählungen
De Gruyter 2007; US$ 490.00Working on the basis of modern narratological theories, this book introduces the reader to the poetics of epic texts from the Middle Ages and thus provides a foundation for the independent analysis of pre-modern narrative structures. The introduction takes as its starting point theories of time and space from Antiquity and the Middle Ages, and among... more...
The Meaning of Superhero Comic Books
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers 2012; US$ 40.00For decades, scholars have been making the connection between the design of the superhero story and the mythology of the ancient folktale. Moving beyond simple comparisons and common explanations, this volume details how the workings of the superhero comics industry and the conventions of the medium have developed a culture like that of traditional... more...
Aufsätze schreiben
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 2009; US$ 14.13Hauptbeschreibung Ein Querschnitt aller wichtigen Aufsatzarten der Sekundarstufe I mit allen Informationen, die man zum Schreiben braucht - anschaulich und gut nachvollziehbar. Aufsätze schreiben - eine Einladung, eine Mahnung oder z.B. einen Bericht. Was ist da wichtig? Worauf müssen Schülerinnen und Schüler beim Schreiben achten? Wie hat der Aufsatz... more...









