Graphic novel / Comic book / Manga: Reference, guides and reviews

This is the first book to comprehensively examine the multitude of non-Archie teen humor comic books, including girls and boys such as Patsy Walker, Hedy Wolfe, Buzz Baxter and Wendy Parker from Marvel; Judy Foster, Buzzy, Binky and Scribbly from DC; Candy from Quality Comics; and Hap Hazard from Ace Comics.

As awareness of climate change grows, so do the number of cultural depictions of environmental disaster.

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In 2010, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic premiered on television.

Arkham Asylum for the Criminally Insane is a staple of the Batman universe, evolving into a franchise comprised of comic books, graphic novels, video games, films, television series and more.

Taking in a wide range of film, television, and literature, this volume explores 21st century horror and its monsters from an intersectional perspective with a marked emphasis on gender and race.

Black Panther was the first black superhero in mainstream comic books, and his most iconic adventures are analyzed here.

While many American superheroes have multiple powers and complex gadgets, the Flash is simply fast.

This collection of new essays explores various ways of reading, interpreting and using digital comics.

What makes a successful comics creator?

Comics and the punk movement are inextricably linked--each has a foundational do-it-yourself ethos and a nonconformist spirit defiant of authority.

In the 21st century, reality television and the Internet have fed public interest in ghosts, UFOs, cryptozoology and other unusual phenomena.

The debut of Saturday Night Live and the 1976 presidential election between Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter had enduring effects on American culture.

The 1950s television game show was a cultural touchstone, reflecting the zeitgeist of a flourishing modern nation.

In the midst of acne, social anxiety and training bras are the teen idols that make adolescent life a little more bearable.

Like other forms of fan fiction, slash fiction--centered on same-sex relationships between two or more characters--is a powerful cultural dialogue.

Mary Ann Nichols, Annie Chapman, Elizabeth Stride, Katherine Eddowes and Mary Jane Kelly--the five known victims of Jack the Ripper--are among the most written-about women in history.

A childhood comic book fan turned comic book retailer, the author soon discovered the prevalence of scams in the world of comics collecting.

Prior to the collapse of communism, Romanian historical movies were political, encouraging nationalistic feelings and devotion to the state.

Florence Maybrick was the first American woman to be sentenced to death in England--for murdering her husband, a crime she almost certainly did not commit.

Wolverine.

How did Hawaiian and Polynesian culture come to dramatically alter American music, fashion and decor, as well as ideas about race, in less than a century?

Since her first appearance in 1992, Harley Quinn--eccentric sidekick to the Joker--has captured the attention of readers like few new characters have in eight decades of Batman comics.

This collection of new essays focuses on The CW network's hit television series Arrow--based on DC Comic's Green Arrow--and its spin-offs The Flash, DC's Legends of Tomorrow and Supergirl.

Across generations and genres, comics have imagined different views of the future, from unattainable utopias to worrisome dystopias.

Toys--those celebrated childhood cohorts and lead actors in children's imaginative play--have a fantastic history of heroism in fiction.

Evangelical Christianity--the faith professed by one in four Americans--exerts an enormous influence in American society.

Winston Churchill, indispensable when liberty was in peril, died in 1965.

Fictional war narratives often employ haunted battlefields, super-soldiers, time travel, the undead and other imaginative elements of science fiction and fantasy.

Among the top-grossing Hollywood blockbusters of all time, Star Wars launched one of the most successful movie and licensing franchises in history.

Action figures are more than toys or collectibles--they are statements on race, gender, class, body positivity and more.

So, the film or television lesbian character dies.

Many fans loved Fifty Shades of Grey.

Ajax, the archetypal Greek warrior, has over the years been trivialized as a peripheral character in the classics through Hollywood representations, and by the use of his name on household cleaning products.

Some critics rank biographers just above serial murderers.

The self-proclaimed "e;Hottest Band in the World,"e; KISS is one of the most popular groups in the history of rock, having sold more than 100 million albums during their more than 40-year reign.

Rock music today is universal and its popular history is well known.

Superheroes have been an integral part of popular society for decades and have given rise to a collective mythology familiar in popular culture worldwide.

Doc Savage is the prototype of the modern fictional superhero.

Ed "e;Big Daddy"e; Roth (1932-2001) was a phenomenon.

George Lucas spoke about the didactic role of cinema and about his own work being presented through the "e;moral megaphone"e; of the film industry.

Exploring the pedagogical power of the monstrous, this collection of new essays describes innovative teaching strategies that use our cultural fascination with monsters to enhance learning in high school and college courses.

Soap operas have captured loyal, often lifelong viewers since the first American daytime serial debuted in 1949.

The first superhero team from the Silver Age of comics, DC's Justice League has seen many iterations since its first appearance in 1960.

Elaborate cinematic universes and sophisticated marketing tie-ins are commonplace in entertainment today.

This critical study of video games since 9/11 shows how a distinct genre emerged following the terrorist attacks and their aftermath.

Beloved by young girls around the world, Hasbro's My Little Pony franchise has been mired in controversy since its debut in the early 1980s.

When Kenneth Johnson's science fiction miniseries V premiered in 1983, it netted more than 40 percent of the television viewing audience and went on to spawn a sequel, a weekly series, novelizations, comic books and a remake.

The director's authorial role in filmmaking--the extent to which a film reflects his or her individual style and creative vision--has been much debated among film critics and scholars for decades.

The heroine's journey echoes throughout ancient legend.