American Comics
American Comics
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American Comics
Taiwanese American Comic Book Artists at Comic-Con 2010
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The Best American Comics (2009 Edition) $26.26 Now in its fourth year, Best American Comics showcases the work of both established and upandcoming contributors. Burns has culled the best stories from graphic novels, pamphlet comics, newspapers, magazines, and the Web to create this cuttingedge collection. Author: Burns, Charles/ Abel, Jessica/ Madden, Matt Series Title: Best American Comics Binding Type: Hardcover Number of Pages: 332 Publication Date: 2009/10/01 Language: English Dimensions: 9.22 x 7.34 x 1.18 inches |
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Archie Comics Cover: Jughead #186 American Idle $24.99 Rex Lindsey Archie Comics Cover: Jughead #186 American Idle - Premium Poster |
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Action Comics $114.71 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles Action Comics is an American comic book series which introduced Superman, the first major superhero character as the term is popularly defined. The publisher was originally known as Detective Comics, Inc., and later as National Comics and as National Periodical Publications, before taking on its current name of DC Comics, a subsidiary of Time Warner. Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster saw their creation, Superman, aka KalEl (originally KalL), launched in Action Comics #1 in April 1938 (cover dated June). Siegel and Shuster had tried for years to find a publisher for their Superman character (originally conceived as a newspaper strip) without success. Superman was originally a bald madman created by Siegel and Shuster who used his telepathic abilities to wreak havoc on mankind. Author: Miller, Frederic P./ Vandome, Agnes F./ McBrewster, John Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 188 Publication Date: 2010/12/13 Language: English Dimensions: 6.00 x 9.02 x 0.43 inches |
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Tomahawk (Comics) $176.84 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles Tomahawk is a comic book character whose adventures were published by DC Comics during the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s as a backup feature in Star Spangled Comics and Worlds Finest Comics and in his own eponymous series. His uniqueness stems in part from the timeframe of his fictional adventures: the American Revolutionary War.Known as either Tom Hawk or Thomas Haukins, depending on which of two versions of his published history the reader prefers, Tomahawk was a soldier who served under George Washington in the warfare between the British, French and Iroquois forces during the decades prior to the American Revolutionary War and acquired his nickname due to its resemblance to a trademark weapon of the Iroquois Confederacys warriors, and to the skill he developed with that weapon. Author: Surhone, Lambert M./ Tennoe, Mariam T./ Henssonow, Susan F. Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 332 Publication Date: 2010/10/17 Language: English Dimensions: 9.02 x 5.98 x 0.74 inches |
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Image Comics $127.45 Image Comics is an American comic book publisher. It was founded in 1992 by seven highprofile illustrators as a venue where creators could publish their material without giving up the copyrights to the characters they created, as creatorowned properties. Along with DC, Marvel and Dark Horse, Image Comics is one of the four largest comic book publishers in America. Its bestknown series include Spawn, Pitt, The Savage Dragon, Shadowhawk, Youngblood, Supreme, WildC.A.T.s, Gen, Wetworks, Cyberforce, Witchblade, The Darkness, Invincible, the third volume of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and The Walking Dead. Author: Miller, Frederic P./ Vandome, Agnes F./ McBrewster, John Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 212 Publication Date: 2010/04/21 Language: English Dimensions: 5.98 x 9.01 x 0.48 inches |
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CMX (Comics) $79.66 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles CMX is a division of Wildstorm Productions, an imprint of DC Comics which in turn is owned by Time Warner. It is DCs line of manga translations.CMX launched with the goal of providing a diverse selection of manga, and, potentially, manhwa to the U.S. market. Wildstorm, along with its parent company, DC Comics, enthusiastically supported the line. Unlike many other imprints, CMX pursued older manga along with popular new works, feeling that these stories deserved widespread distribution and a chance at an American readership. Their initial lineup included classics of the shoujo genre, such as From Eroica with Love and Swan. Author: Miller, Frederic P./ Vandome, Agnes F./ McBrewster, John Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 106 Publication Date: 2010/08/15 Language: English Dimensions: 6.00 x 9.02 x 0.25 inches |
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Arak (Comics) $95.59 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles Arak is a fictional comic book character published by DC Comics. He first appeared in Warlord #48 (August 1981), and was created by Roy Thomas and Ernie Colon. Arak appears very much as a Native American Conan in the early books. Later, after encountering the Moirae who explain his destiny to him he takes on a more Native American appearance, including leather fringed pants and a mohawk hairstyle. Author: Miller, Frederic P./ Vandome, Agnes F./ McBrewster, John Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 136 Publication Date: 2010/12/30 Language: English Dimensions: 6.00 x 9.02 x 0.32 inches |
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The Comics By Walker, Brian $41.08 Uses illustrations, biographical profiles, and descriptions of genres and themes to survey the variety of American comics and their creators. Author: Walker, Brian Series Title: The Comics Subtitle: The Complete Collection Publication Date: 2011/04/01 Number of Pages: 672 Binding Type: Hardcover Language: English Depth: 2.00 Width: 9.75 Height: 13.00 |
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Spirit (Comics) $82.85 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles The Spirit (Denny Colt) is a crimefighting fictional character created by writerartist Will Eisner. He first appeared June 2, 1940 in The Spirit Section, the colloquial name given to a sevenpage insert into American Sundaynewspaper comics sections. In the 2000s, following Eisners death, the Spirit appears in comic books published by DC Comics. The Spirit chronicles the adventures of a masked vigilante who fights crime with the blessing of the citys police commissioner Dolan, an old friend. Despite the Spirits origin as a detective named Denny Colt, his real identity was virtually unmentioned again, and for all intents and purposes he was simply the Spirit. The stories range through a wide variety of styles, from straightforward crime drama and noir to lighthearted adventure, from mystery and horror to comedy and love stories, often with hybrid elements that twisted genre and expectations. Author: Surhone, Lambert M./ Timpledon, Miriam T./ Marseken, Susan F. Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 126 Publication Date: 2010/08/04 Language: English Dimensions: 6.00 x 9.02 x 0.30 inches |
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Drawing Cartoons and Comics For Dummies $15.99 A unique reference for creating and marketing original cartoons and comics An original American art form, comics thrill millions of people across the globe. Combining step-by-step instruction with expert tips and advice, Drawing Cartoons & Comics For Dummies is a one-stop reference for creating and marketing original cartoons and comics. While many books tend to focus on specific characters or themes, this thorough guide focuses instead on helping aspiring artists master the basic building blocks of cartoons and comics, revealing step by step how to create everything from wisecracking bunnies to souped-up super villains. It also explores lettering and coloring, and offers expert marketing advice. The book's color insert provides guidance on how to add color to cartoon creations. |
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Drawing Cartoons And Comics For Dummies $12.89 A unique reference for creating and marketing original cartoons and comics An original American art form, comics thrill millions of people across the globe. Combining step-by-step instruction with expert tips and advice, Drawing Cartoons & Comics For Dummies is a one-stop reference for creating and marketing original cartoons and comics. While many books tend to focus on specific characters or themes, this thorough guide focuses instead on helping aspiring artists master the basic building blocks of cartoons and comics, revealing step by step how to create everything from wisecracking bunnies to souped-up super villains. It also explores lettering and coloring, and offers expert marketing advice. The book's color insert provides guidance on how to add color to cartoon creations. |
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The Best American Comics 2010 By Gaiman, Neil (EDT) $26.74 Showcases the work of both established and upandcoming contributors, including Tim Hensley, Michael Kupperman, Dale Shaw and others, whose contributions have been culled from graphic novels, pamphlet comics, newspapers, magazines, minicomics and the Web. Author: Gaiman, Neil (EDT) Series Title: Best American Comics Publication Date: 2010/10/05 Number of Pages: 329 Binding Type: Hardcover Language: English Depth: 1.25 Width: 7.25 Height: 9.00 |
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Tom Gill (Comics) $68.51 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles Tom Gill (born May 1913, Brooklyn, New York City, New York; died October 17, 2005, CrotononHudson, New York) is an American comic book artist best known for his nearly 11year run drawing The Lone Ranger.Gill began his career as a staff artist with the New York City newspaper the Daily News. His earliest known comic book work was penciling and inking the fivepage story The Scientists Haunted House for the feature K51 Spies At War in Fox Comics Wonderworld Comics #13 May 1940. Other early comics work includes Novelty Press Blue Bolt Comics, from 1944 to 1946, and Target Comics in the mid1940s; he is also tentatively identified on three stories for Fiction Houses Jungle Comics in 1941, and drew occasionally for that publishers Wings Comics in the mid1940s. Author: Surhone, Lambert M./ Tennoe, Mariam T./ Henssonow, Susan F. Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 102 Publication Date: 2010/09/13 Language: English Dimensions: 6.00 x 9.02 x 0.24 inches |
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More Fun Comics $68.51 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles More Fun Comics, originally titled New Fun: The Big Comic Magazine a.k.a. New Fun Comics, was a 19351947 American comic book anthology that introduced several major superhero characters and was the first comicbook series to feature solely original material rather than reprints of newspaper comic strips. It was also the first publication of the company that would become DC Comics. Author: Miller, Frederic P./ Vandome, Agnes F./ McBrewster, John Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 76 Publication Date: 2010/09/07 Language: English Dimensions: 6.00 x 9.02 x 0.18 inches |
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Will Eisner: A Dreamer's Life In Comics $24.19 In Will Eisner: A Dreamer's Life in Comics , Michael Schumacher delves beneath Eisner's public persona to draw connections between his life and his art. Eisner's career spanned a remarkable eight decades, from his scrappy survival at the dawn of comics' Golden Age in the late 1930s to the beginning of the twenty-first century, when Pulitzers began going to graphic novels (a term Eisner is widely credited with creating). Schumacher's extensive research and interviews with Eisner's family, friends, and colleagues, as well as other comics creators who have built upon his work, create a detailed portrait of Eisner the man and Eisner the artist. Finally, a full biography of Will Eisner, creator of classic Golden Age superhero The Spirit and the father of the American graphic novel. |
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Dark Reign (Comics) $129.05 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles Dark Reign is an American comic book storyline that began in December 2008. Published by Marvel Comics, it deals with the aftermath of the Secret Invasion limited series, which led to a shift of power in the Marvel Universe toward Norman Osborn. Dark Reign refers to Osborns rise to global power and the ramifications of the changes across the Marvel Universe. Joe Quesada, editorinchief of Marvel Comics, stated that Dark Reign is not really an event; its whats happening in the Marvel Universe. He believes that Dark Reign leads to an interesting place in the Marvel Universe. I think youll see a pulling back at the end of Dark Reign, but youll understand at the end of it what we were trying to get to. Author: Miller, Frederic P./ Vandome, Agnes F./ McBrewster, John Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 198 Publication Date: 2009/12/02 Language: English Dimensions: 5.98 x 9.01 x 0.45 inches |
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Black Panther (Comics) $129.05 The Black Panther (TChalla) is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe. Created by writereditor Stan Lee and pencillercoplotter Jack Kirby, he first appeared in Fantastic Four #52 (July 1966). He is the first black superhero in mainstream American comics, debuting several years before such early AfricanAmerican superheroes as the Falcon, Luke Cage or the John Stewart Green Lantern. Although there have been numerous men who have used the Black Panther identity during the history of the Marvel Universe, this article refers primarily to the modernday Black Panther, also known by his birth name, TChalla. Author: Miller, Frederic P./ Vandome, Agnes F./ McBrewster, John Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 196 Publication Date: 2009/12/01 Language: English Dimensions: 5.98 x 9.01 x 0.44 inches |
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Curt Swan: A Life in Comics $39.94 The artwork of Curt Swan (19201996) defined the look of Superman for over 30 years. His amazing skills of storytelling, draftsmanship and design brought a realism and sense of wonder to The Man of Steels adventures, making them the bestselling comic books of their day. Filled with iconic artwork, this biography traces the artists career from its beginning on features like Gangbusters to his widespread regard as the Dean of American comics and, later, his frustrations with an industry that viewed his dignified work as unfashionable. It features onetoone interviews with Curt Swans family members as well as with comics legends Joe Kubert, Carmine Infantino, Murphy Anderson and others. Author: Zeno, Eddy/ Spurlock, J. David/ Weigel, Jeff Binding Type: Hardcover Number of Pages: 192 Publication Date: 2007/04/12 Language: English Dimensions: 11.18 x 8.78 x 0.77 inches |
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Tombstone (Comics) $97.19 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles Tombstone is a supervillain in the fictional Marvel universe. The character was created by Gerry Conway and Alex Saviuk and first appeared in Web of SpiderMan #36 (March 1988).Born as Lonnie Thompson Lincoln in Harlem, in New York City, Lonnie started out as troubled youth who was bullied by his peers because he was Harlems only African American albino. He became a school bully, taking protection money. (An effortless action as he was taller and stronger than most of the other children) The school newspaper was edited by Joseph Robbie Robertson, who was going to run a story on Lonnies activities but pulled it when Lonnie intimidated him. Lonnie allowed his personal demons to direct the course of his life and he turned to a life of serious crime. Author: Surhone, Lambert M./ Tennoe, Mariam T./ Henssonow, Susan F. Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 132 Publication Date: 2010/09/30 Language: English Dimensions: 5.98 x 9.01 x 0.30 inches |
Munson: Brandon Routh turns his powers to charity functions
Norwalk, Ia. - Once he became Superman, Brandon Routh struggled to define his do-gooder role in real life.
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