DC Comics Year by Year: A Visual Chronicle (Hardcover)

DC Comics Year by Year: A Visual Chronicle (Hardcover)
By Alexander Irvine

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For more than 70 years, DC Comics has been entertaining children and adults alike. Here, for the first time, is the chronological account of the adventures of both the characters and the company that created them.



The DC Chronicle Year by Year traces DC's fascinating story: the company's beginnings as National Allied Publications in the 1934, and its subsequent change to Detective Comics, Inc. in 1937. The book details all the major DC publishing landmarks and more, displayed clearly, month by month.



Highlighting the debuts of Superman and Batman, the geniuses that invented them, and the real-life events-like the Vietnam War, the atom bomb, the Space Race-that shaped the atmosphere of the times, DC Chronicle Year by Year follows the characters' foray into the real world through TV series and blockbuster movies.



Features original cover art by well-known DC artist Ryan Sook and a foreword by Paul Levitz, who was president of DC Comics from 2002 - 2009.



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• Amazon Sales Rank: #54033 in Books
• Published on: 2010-09-20
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 1.55" h x 10.75" w x 12.80" l, 5.75 pounds
• Binding: Hardcover
• 352 pages

Sandman Papers An Exploration of the Sandman Mythology (Paperback)

Sandman Papers An Exploration of the Sandman Mythology (Paperback)
By K. A. Laity

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The definitive exploration of the Sandman mythology.

Neil Gaiman's Sandman is a phenomenon—a mass-circulation comic book that caught and held the attention of serious readers. Besides its mass appeal, The Sandman has long interested students and teachers in myriad disciplines, and they have begun sharing their reactions by writing analytical essays. This book gathers some of the best of this criticism, mostly by young scholars and all written in readable, jargon-free language.

The book contains 12 wide-ranging essays of criticism, exploration, and appreciation. The first half of the book addresses aspects of Sandman more or less in order of publication and the individual essays discuss particular Sandman episodes or story arcs, such as "A Midsummer Night's Dream," "The Kindly Ones," and "Ramadan." The second half widens the net and examines Gaiman's Sandman stories in relation to Gaiman's other work and work by other writers—such as Jorge Luis Borges's interest in variable truths or Terry Pratchett's adaptations of ancient myths for modern audiences. Others examine how Gaiman's stories relate to other genres such as horror fiction and to social and cultural concerns about the roles of women. Each grapples with questions of how script and art combine to make The Sandman an especially complex, rewarding comic.

This book of criticism is aimed at a non-academic, general readership who enjoy Gaiman's work as modern graphic literature and want to compare intelligent literary responses to their own. There is no comparable, competing collection available.

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• Amazon Sales Rank: #846089 in Books
• Published on: 2006-04-26
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: .52" h x 6.88" w x 8.86" l, .82 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 280 pages

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• ISBN13: 9781560977483
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