In the two decades since Curses first hit the shelves, River at Night cartoonist Kevin Huizenga has taken his rightful place on a short A-list of comics experimentalists.
Contributions by Thomas Andrae, Martin Barker, Bart Beaty, John Benson, David Carrier, Hillary Chute, Peter Coogan, Annalisa Di Liddo, Ariel Dorfman, Thierry Groensteen, Robert C.
Army interrogator Nicholas Finch is hot on the trail of why sixteen of the world 's worst serial killers are all from the same small town, but his path to answers is littered with deadly intentions.
Unleash Your Inner Mechanical MastermindWelcome to the wondrous world of Thomas Willeford, aka Lord Archibald "e;Feathers"e; Featherstone, in which he shares his closely guarded secrets of Steampunkery.
In the modern world, full of fear-mongering politicians and hateful pundits, four masked vigilantes - Monkey, Rabbit, Wolf, and Owl - kidnap a corrupt congressman and deliver him a painful mock trial.
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.
This is the first handbook devoted entirely to leisure theory, charting the history and philosophy of leisure, theories in religion and culture, and rational theories of leisure in the Western philosophical tradition, as well as a range of socio-cultural theories from thinkers such as Adorno, Bauman, Weber and Marx.
SPAWN: UNWANTED VIOLENCE is a gripping two-part miniseries that combines the writing of TODD McFARLANE and the stunning art of MIKE DEL MUNDO, with bonus behind-the-scenes extras.
Social Networking: Redefining Communication in the Digital Age fulfills a pressing demand in social network literature by bringing together international experts from the fields of communication, new media technologies, marketing and advertising, public relations and journalism, business, and education.
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.
"Ausdrucksstarke metaphorische Bilder findet Illustratorin Sophie Standing für das vielschichtige Thema des Verzeihens, während die Journalistin Marina Cantacuzino und der Sozialpsychologe Masi Noor, beide versierte Fachleute für die Themen Vergebung, Versöhnung und Konfliktbewältigung, eine erstaunliche Dichte an Informationen auf dem begrenzten Platz des Comicbuches unterbringen.
The Walking Dead meets The AristoCats in this purrfect series for readers in search of pulse-pounding thrills from the creative team behind the bestselling Stray Dogs!
Collects I KILL GIANTS #1-7 Celebrating the fifth anniversary of a modern classic, this trade paperback edition of the Eisner-nominated, International Manga Award-winning miniseries includes interviews with the creators, design art, covers, and more.
The image of surfing is everywhere in American popular culture - films, novels, television shows, magazines, newspaper articles, music, and especially advertisements.
Seeing the Apocalypse: Essays on Bird Box is the first volume to explore Josh Malerman's best-selling novel and its recent film adaptation, which broke streaming records and became a cultural touchstone, emerging as a staple in the genre of contemporary horror.
Encyclopaedia of Asia: Land, Culture and People is a unique attempt in the sense that for the first time the editors have attempted to provide readers with most contemporary information-base about these very important countries, forming the said region, called Asia.
Hospitality as a cultural trait has been associated with the South for well over two centuries, but the origins of this association and the reasons for its perseverance of-ten seem unclear.
