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

For decades, Marvel Comics' superhero group the Avengers have captured the imagination of millions, whether in comics, multi-billion dollar grossing films or video games.

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

Since the creation of the comic book, cases of legal conflict and confusion have often arisen where concepts such as public domain, unincorporated entities and moral rights are involved.

Vampire characters are ubiquitous in popular culture, serving as metaphors for society's most sensitive subjects--sexuality, gender roles, race, ethnicity, class--and often channeling widespread fears of immigration, crime, terrorism and addiction.

For the better part of three decades romance comics were an American institution.

Zombies, vampires and ghosts feature prominently in nearly all forms of entertainment in the 21st century, including popular fiction, film, comics, television and computer games.

Comic book audience expectations have fluctuated dramatically through the years, and comic book creators have had to adapt to shifting reader concerns.

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

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

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

Star Wars begins with its famous title sequence, setting the story in the ancient past of a remote galaxy.

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.

Epic battles, hideous monsters and a host of petty gods--the world of Classical mythology continues to fascinate and inspire.

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.

In 2002, Vertigo/DC Comics published the first issue of Bill Willingham's Fables.

What makes a successful comics creator?

Harry Potter has given the study of popular culture a unique platform for exploring the nature of human identity.

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.

In January 1966, Alan Napier became a household name on ABC's hit series Batman (1966-1968) as Alfred Pennyworth, loyal butler to the show's title character.

Following on author Peter Rollins' motto "e;If it isn't popular, it isn't culture,"e; this collection of new essays considers Vince Gilligan's award-winning television series Breaking Bad as a landmark of Western culture--comparable to the works of Shakespeare and Dickens in their time--that merits scholarly attention from those who would understand early the 21st century zeitgeist.

The concepts and theories surrounding the aesthetic category of the grotesque are explored in this book by pursuing their employment in the films of American auteurs Tim Burton, Terry Gilliam, the Coen Brothers and David Lynch.

The Mabuse phenomenon is recognized as an icon of horror in Germany as Frankenstein and Dracula are in the United States.

One of the most popular comic strips of the 1950s and the first to reference politics of the day, Walt Kelly's Pogo took on Joe McCarthy before the controversial senator was a blip on Edward R.

In the early 20th century, postcards were one of the most important and popular expressions of holiday sentiment in American culture.

Neil Gaiman has emerged as one of the most influential literary figures of the 21st century.

Since the early 2000s, popular culture has experienced a "e;Zombie Renaissance,"e; beginning in film and expanding into books, television, video games, theatre productions, phone apps, collectibles and toys.

Dick Grayson--alter-ego of the original Robin of Batman comics--has gone through various changes in his 75 years as a superhero but has remained the optimistic, humorous character readers first embraced in 1940.

First appearing in Marvel Comics in the 1960s, Natasha Romanoff, a.

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

Comic books have presented fictional and fact-based stories of the Korean War, as it was being fought and afterward.

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.

In this beautifully written and powerful memoir, author Craig K.

Madchester may have been born at the Hacienda in the summer of 1988, but the city had been in creative ferment for almost a decade prior to the rise of acid house.

This book explores the concept of 'quiet' - an aesthetic of narrative driven by reflective principles - and argues for the term's application to the study of contemporary American fiction.

Chic, sophisticated, seductive and enigmatic, the Parisienne possesses a je ne sais quoi that makes her difficult to define.

This lively and ground-breaking collection brings together work on forms of popular television within the authoritarian regimes of Europe after World War Two.

This is the first book to focus on James Bond's relationship to the playboy ideal through the sixties and beyond.

Crossley argues that music is a form of social interaction, interwoven in the fabric of society and in constant interplay with its other threads.

Ripped, torn and cut offers a collection of original essays exploring the motivations behind - and the politics within - the multitude of fanzines that emerged in the wake of British punk from 1976.

This is the first book to focus on James Bond's relationship to the playboy ideal through the sixties and beyond.

Crossley argues that music is a form of social interaction, interwoven in the fabric of society and in constant interplay with its other threads.

This book explores the concept of 'quiet' - an aesthetic of narrative driven by reflective principles - and argues for the term's application to the study of contemporary American fiction.

Truth really is stranger than fiction -- just look at the film industry.

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Marijuana Botany presents the scientific knowledge and propagation techniques used to preserve and multiply vanishing Cannabis strains.

"e;Bogosian is greatly and bilaterally talented.

There are plenty of places to visit in China.

In Republic of Noise, Diana Senechal confronts a culture that has come to depend on instant updates and communication at the expense of solitude.

Describes the psychoactive constituents of cannabis and the effects on potency of growth conditions, genetics, harvesting techniques, and processing.