The first-ever full reckoning with Marvel Comics’ interconnected, half-million-page story, a revelatory guide to the “epic of epics”―and to the past sixty years of American culture―from a beloved auth
A guide to comics reviews titles, discusses authors, and analyzes the medium, its history, and its evolution into a serious art form, from the early works of Will Eisner to Alison Bechdel's "Fun Home"
In this remarkable book, Douglas Wolk brings to life an October evening in 1962, at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem: an evening at the height of Cold War tensions. In great detail, Wolk pieces together w
A critical history and analysis of graphic novels and comic fiction looks at the evolution of the genre and its impact on the ideas and images of modern popular culture and offers profiles of the most
Dredd heads Californee way! As part of a judicial exchange program, Dredd is sent packing to Mega-City Two, a sprawling city covering 5,000 square miles of the Californian West Coast and centered in w
Comic-Con International is the world capital of fandom. Every year 130,000 people flock to San Diego for a five-day marathon of Hollywood star power, sensory overload, gigantic shopping bags, grand fe
This special 244-page limited edition includes 5 hand-signed, archival-quality giclee prints by Dave Dorman, Sam Kieth, Mike Mignola, Frank Quitely, and Ryan Sook, as well as 40 exclusive artworks and
Star Wars and sequential art share a long history: Star Wars debuted on the comic-book page in 1977, when Marvel Comics began publishing a six-part adaptation of the first film, which morphed into a m
