Comic Bible Sketches - Reprinted fromPrice: $9.99
Monday, October 31, 2011
The Harvey Comics Treasury Volume 1
Here comes Casper the Friendly Ghost, starring in the first of the new Harvey Comics Treasury compendiums! Following on the heels of Dark Horse's fabulously successful five-volume Harvey Comics Classics comes this new series of books, each containing two-hundred pages of stunning, full-color reprints from Harvey's golden years! Since the 1950s, the famous Harvey Comics family of cartoon stars has charmed and delighted children and grownups alike. And no wonder: Harvey employed some of the best writers and artists in the business, and their work has an enduring quality that has turned these timeless tales into true classics!Price: $14.99
Sunday, October 30, 2011
The DC Comics Encyclopedia, Updated and Expanded Edition
Following the success of the first edition, the updated and revised DC Comics Encyclopedia offers even more incredible DC detail and imagery than the original. 48 brand-new pages include major updates on characters and storylines (including the recent "Infinite Crisis" story arc). This spectacular, up-to-the-minute encyclopedia will delight comic fans of every age.Price: $45.00
Was Superman a Spy?: And Other Comic Book Legends Revealed
Fascinating and often bizarre true stories behind more than 130 urban legends about comic book cultureWas Superman a Spy? demystifies all of the interesting stories, unbelievable anecdotes, wacky rumors, and persistent myths that have piled up like priceless back issues in the seventy-plus years of the comic book industry, including:
* Elvis Presley's trademark hairstyle was based on a comic book character (True)
* Stan Lee featured a gay character in one of Marvel's 1960s war comics (False)
* Wolverine of the X-Men was originally meant to be an actual wolverine! (True)
* What would have been DC's first black superhero was changed at the last moment to a white hero (True)
* A Dutch inventor was blocked from getting a patent on a process because it had been used previously in a Donald Duck comic book (True)
With many more legends resolved, Was Superman a Spy? is a must-have for the legions of comic book fans and all seekers of "truth, justice, and the American way."
Price: $14.00
Saturday, October 29, 2011
Superman: Earth One
J. Michael Straczynski, the creator of Babylon 5, joins forces with rising star artist Shane Davis (SUPERMAN/BATMAN: THE SEARCH FOR KRYPTONITE) to create this original graphic novel that gives new insight into Clark Kent’s transformation into Superman and his first year as The Man of Steel. This is the first in a new wave of original DC Universe graphic novels, featuring top writers’ and illustrators’ unique takes on DC characters.Price: $19.99
Friday, October 28, 2011
Great Marvel Collection: Volume One (Six Novels in One Volume)
NOTE: This edition has a linked "Table of Contents" and has been beautifully formatted (searchable and interlinked) to work on your Amazon e-book reader.The classic "Great Marvel" series by Roy Rockwood. These books tell the adventures of a genius inventor, Professor Amos Henderson and his two young assistants, Mark Sampson and Jack Darrowand. Their travels take them to the interior of the Earth and even a trip to Mars!
Their breakthroughs in technology drive the plots of the novels, placing them in a genre sometimes called "invention fiction" or "Edisonade." If you enjoyed the Tom Swift adventures, then you'll love these.
In this volume:
Book One: Through the Air to the North Pole (also known as The Wonderful Cruise of the Electric Monarch)--
In their first adventures together, Professor Henderson and the gang, build a unique flying airship called the Monarch They all visit the North Pole and experience danger and adventure!
Book Two: Under the Ocean to the South Pole (also known as The Strange Cruise of the Submarine Wonder)--
Professor Henderson and the gang build a sub-ocean craft, the Dolphin, that runs on a sea water mix. During their journey they do battle with giant sea monsters, pass through an ocean graveyard of sunken ships, and even discover an opening into the Hollow Earth!
Book Three: Five Thousand Miles Underground (also known as The Mystery of the Centre of the Earth)--
Deep below the earth, Professor Henderson and the gang, discover a lost race of giants and experience adventures involving murderous plants, strange and wonderous animals and even a treasure...
Book Four: Through Space to Mars (also known as The Longest Journey on Record)--
Professor Henderson and the gang build a rocket ship and travel to Mars! They end up in a war with Martians over a mysterious power source: Cardite.
Book Five: Lost on the Moon (also known as In Quest of the Field of Diamonds)--
Strange adventures involving a diamond field on the Earth's moon. Professor Henderson and the gang also discover a petrified city populated by petrified people. Can Henderson and friends make it back alive?
Book Six: On a Torn-Away World (Captives of the Great Earthquake)--
Professor Henderson and the gang travel to the far North hoping to find a rare plant that grows only in Alaska. But a frightful series of earthquakes cause a huge piece of the earth to be sheered away into outer space taking our adventurers along...
Full of intrigue and adventure, these classic novels are a must for adventure pulp literature fans!
Price: $0.99
Comic-Con Strikes Again! (Kindle Single)
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 feats of imagination, tacky nostalgia, very long lines, and people dressed up as Princess Leia. It's the place where people who love the fantastic side of culture go to express that love, and where the companies that want to sell them fantasies in every possible medium try desperately to woo them. Douglas Wolk (author of the Eisner Award-winning "Reading Comics: How Graphic Novels Work and What They Mean") plunges into Comic-Con's bizarre collision of fans and franchises, and looks at what happens when the marketers of movies, TV shows, comics and games meet their most devoted, most demanding consumers.Price: $0.99
Thursday, October 27, 2011
EROTIC FANTASY ART #1
A 20 page collection of erotic paintings and sketches by fantasy art master. F. NEWTON BURCHAMPrice: $1.00
Comic History of the United States
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. This text refers to the Bibliobazaar edition.Price: $10.49
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
The Comics: The Complete Collection
Brian Walker’s two comprehensive guides to American comics, The Comics Before 1945 and The Comics Since 1945, are combined here in one beautifully designed omnibus edition, The Comics: The Complete Collection. Cartoon authority Brian Walker has amassed over a century of strips—more than 1,300 images—including rare examples provided by the artists themselves. Featured cartoonists include George Herriman (Krazy Kat), Walt Kelly (Pogo), Charles Schulz (Peanuts), Bill Watterson (Calvin and Hobbes), Scott Adams (Dilbert), Patrick McDonnell (Mutts), and many more. Organized by decade, with biographical profiles and analysis of the different genres, The Comics is a graphically stunning, and terrifically priced survey of American newspaper comics.
Praise for The Comics:
"The strips . . . are beautifully reproduced and carefully annotated."
-The New York Times
"As a detailed and informed one-volume history of the newspaper comics, Walker's The Comics is the best book we have."
-PW Comics Week
"[The Comics is] excellent at conjuring the feeling of feverish joy that comics can provide."
-The Washington Post
-A.V. Club
“a bountiful treasury of an underrated 20th-century art form at its best, one bound to amuse and enlighten”
—The Palm Beach Post
"This is a book to be savored, enjoyed a page at a time, perhaps the perfect coffee-table tome."
-The Plain Dealer
Price: $40.00
Drawing Cartoons and Comics For Dummies
A unique reference for creating and marketing original cartoons and comicsAn original American art form, comics thrill millions of people across the globe. Combining step-by-step instruction with expert tips and advice, Drawing Cartoons & Comics For Dummies is a one-stop reference for creating and marketing original cartoons and comics. While many books tend to focus on specific characters or themes, this thorough guide focuses instead on helping aspiring artists master the basic building blocks of cartoons and comics, revealing step by step how to create everything from wisecracking bunnies to souped-up super villains. It also explores lettering and coloring, and offers expert marketing advice. The book's color insert provides guidance on how to add color to cartoon creations.
Price: $19.99
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Harry's Story: A Comic Novel
Thirty years ago, Harry Felix was one of the hottest writers in Hollywood. He created a very popular situation comedy, and he wrote a series of popular movies—he even won an Oscar for a screenplay he wrote. Sadly, Harry’s career has been in the dump for years. Early in the novel, Harry tries to sell a screenplay to movie studio executives. It is an action-comedy about Belinda, a beautiful and cunning woman who is the best field officer in the CIA.
After lunch, while strolling in a park, Harry is tackled by Belinda. Seconds later someone drops bombs near them. While Harry and Belinda try to figure out what is going on, the violence and the comic aspects of the story escalate. Soon Harry realizes that as he was trying to sell a story to Hollywood executives, the story was happening in real life. Now people in the story Harry created are trying to kill him.
As Harry wonders why Belinda has rushed to his aid, he realizes that to solve the problems before him, he must address issues from his past.
"Harry's Story" is much more than a funny novel. It is one of those rare novels that is engaging and entertaining, stimulating and provocative.
Price: $2.99
THE SCARLET ZOMBIE "CABIN FEVER"
VOODOO, MURDER AND SMOKIN` HOT BABES! THIS IS THE WORLD OF ABE KANE A.K.A. THE "SCARLET ZOMBIE". ABE IS AN EX MARINE FINALLY HOME FROM THE KOREAN WAR. CAUGHT IN THE CHANGING TIDES OF 1950`S AMERICA. HE HEADS OUT ACROSS THE COUNTRY LOOKING FOR A NEW LIFE ONLY TO FIND HIS PAST STARING HIM STRAIGHT IN THE FACE. FRAMED FOR A MURDER HE DIDN`T COMMIT AND LEFT FOR DEAD, HE RISES FROM THE GRAVE TO AVENGE THE DEATH OF THE WOMEN WHO SAVED HIM. HARD HITTING SEX AND ACTION IN THE TRADITION OF MICKEY SPILLANE!
Price: $0.99
Monday, October 24, 2011
Wednesday Comics
This oversized hardcover edition collects the entire critically acclaimed anthology series that reinvented the classic weekly newspaper comics section. It features 16-different stories starring the World's Greatest Super Heroes including Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern and the Flash, as well as lesser known characters including Metamorpho and Metal Men written and Illustrated by the comic industry's top talents including including Neil Gaiman (THE SANDMAN), Brian Azzarello and Lee Bermejo (JOKER), Dave Gibbons (WATCHMEN) Eduardo Risso (100 BULLETS), Joe Kubert (SGT. ROCK) and Paul Pope (BATMAN: YEAR ONE HUNDRED). The 11" x 17" trim size best approximates the oversized reading experience from the weekly periodical which was spearheaded by DCU Editorial Art Director Mark Chiarello, whose past editing credits include BATMAN BLACK and WHITE, DC: THE NEW FRONTIER. The full list of featured stories and creators is as follows: BATMAN, by the Eisner Award-winning 100 BULLETS team of writer Brian Azzarello and artist Eduardo Risso
ADAM STRANGE, by writer/artist Paul Pope (BATMAN: YEAR 100) METAMORPHO, written by New York Times best-selling writer Neil Gaiman with Art by Eisner Award-winner Michael Allred (Madman)
THE DEMON AND CATWOMAN, written by Walter Simonson (Thor, MANHUNTER) with Art by famed DC cover artist Brian Stelfreeze
DEADMAN, written by Dave Bullock and Vinton Heuck, Art by Dave Bullock
KAMANDI, written by Dave Gibbons (WATCHMEN, GREEN LANTERN CORPS) with Art by Ryan Sook (Buffy The Vampire Slayer, ARKHAM ASYLUM: LIVING HELL)
SUPERMAN, written by John Arcudi (The Mask) with Art by Lee Bermejo (JOKER)
WONDER WOMAN, written and illustrated by Ben Caldwell (Dare Detectives)
GREEN LANTERN, written by Kurt Busiek (TRINITY, ASTRO CITY) with Art by Joe Quiñones (TEEN TITANS GO!)
TEEN TITANS, written by Eddie Berganza with Art by Sean Galloway
SUPERGIRL, written by Jimmy Palmiotti (JONAH HEX) with Art by Amanda Conner (POWER GIRL)
HAWKMAN, written and illustrated by Kyle Baker (PLASTIC MAN, Special Forces)
SGT. ROCK, written by Adam Kubert (SUPERMAN: LAST SON), ilustrated by legendary comics artist Joe Kubert
THE FLASH, written by Karl Kerschl (TEEN TITANS YEAR ONE, THE FLASH: THE FASTEST MAN ALIVE) and Brenden Fletcher, illustrated by Karl Kerschl
METAL MEN, written by Dan DiDio with Art by Ian Churchill (SUPERGIRL)
Price: $49.99
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Incredible Comic Book Women with Tom Nguyen: The Kick-Ass Guide to Drawing Hot Babes!
Smokin’ chicks at your fingertips!
You are holding the ultimate guide to drawing kick-ass comic book babes, from sultry eyes and succulent lips to the killer bodies that go with them. Whether you want to capture the likenesses of girls you know or bring fantasy women to life on paper, this book tells you everything you need to create super-heroines, damsels in distress and other original female characters.
· Step-by-step instruction for drawing eyes, mouths, hands and more
· Drawing instruction on hairstyles, clothing, facial expressions, ethnic and age variations and much more
· Expert tips on working with models and photo references, drawing dynamic poses and pumping up the drama with cool lighting effects
· Five full-length demonstrations simulate real-life, “assignments,” from cover art to a complete comic-book page
Packed with tons of sexy chicks and sweet tricks for boosting the “babe factor” in your own creations, these pages will rock your drawing world.
www.impact-books.com
Price: $22.99
Batman: Arkham Asylum (15th Anniversary Edition)
In this groundbreaking, painted graphic novel, the inmates of Arkham Asylum have taken over Gothams detention center for the criminally insane on April Fools Day, demanding Batman in exchange for their hostages.Accepting their demented challenge, Batman is forced to live and endure the personal hells of the Joker, Scarecrow, Poison Ivy, Two-Face and many other sworn enemies in order to save the innocents and retake the prison.During his run through this absurd gauntlet, the Dark Knights own sanity is placed in jeopardy.This special anniversary edition trade paperback also reproduces the original script with annotations by Morrison and editor Karen Berger.Price: $17.99
Saturday, October 22, 2011
DC vs. Marvel Comics
The Battle readers have asked for and dreamed about, wished for and speculated upon, demanded but never expected, finally happens within these pages. DC Versus Marvel, the four issue blockbuster miniseries is now collected into this trade paperback. Heroes and villains cross over from each dimension into the other and celestial beings begin a strange and deadly cosmic chess game to determine which universe is more powerful. Graphic novel format. Available in September.Price: $17.99
Friday, October 21, 2011
Little Lorna in Resort Sports - KINDLE EROTIC COMIC BOOK Part One (The Adventures of Little Lorna)
****ADULTS ONLY***Nudity, spanking and sexy humor.
In the spirit of the lighthearted newstand comic books, THE ADVENTURES OF LITTLE LORNA is an an erotic comic series specially designed from the ground up for the Kindle. Everything from type to shading to image size is made to take full advantage of Kindle formatting.
Introducing Little Lorna. She's spunky. She's sexy. She's not too bright. Her body 'draws' a lot of attention from the men around her however no one appears to care about her other than anything but a sex toy. But Lorna longs for more as she searches for true love. Trouble awaits our sexy heroine... as well as everyone who tries to take advantage of this sweet young tart.
In this first part Little Lorna's adventures begins with a vacation to Mexico with a family friend, Uncle Bob. She innocently roams this land of wild passion and erotic hedonism with utter abandon. Her guardian, unfortunately, is no help in keeping her out of trouble as he himself is torn between his sexual urges for her body and his genuine care for her safety. Trapped between love and lust, Uncle Bob eventually puts Little Lorna into a perilous condition that sets her off in an erotic adventures that will take her around the world!
Price: $2.99
The Desert Peach #1 (Comic) (Kindle 1 & 2 Special Edition w/ Extras)
THE SERIES:The Desert Peach is a comic book created by Donna Barr, chronicling the adventures of the eponymous protagonist, Erwin “The Desert Fox” Rommel’s fictitious homosexual younger brother, Oberst Manfred Pfirsich Marie Rommel (1900-1990), nicknamed the “Desert Peach”. Early issues of the comic focused on the Peach’s command of a misfit unit of the Afrika Korps from 1940 to 1943; subsequent issues have explored the pre- and post-war lives of Pfirsich (German for “Peach”) and his supporting cast. The Desert Peach was first published in 1989, by MU Press/AEON, and later by A Fine Line. 32 issues were released throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, and subsequently re-released in eight collected volumes; as well, a Desert Peach musical was produced in 1992, and "Bread and Swans", a Desert Peach novel, was released in 2005. With the exception of the musical, all Desert Peach material has been created entirely by Barr.
THIS ISSUE:
61 KINDLE-SIZED PAGES OF STORY! 83 PAGES IN ALL (including extras)!!! ROBOT COMICS and A FINE LINE PRESS are proud to bring the entire award-winning DP Series to modern e-reading audiences with THE DESERT PEACH #1. Titled "Who Is This Man?", the issue introduces the Peach himself; his aide, Udo; the entire motley crew of the Halftrack 469th Support and Grave-Digging Battalion, and ushers readers into the exotic, harsh climate of 1940's North Africa. It's history and humor with not just a dash of true-to-life dramatics. Extras include a new Author Introduction to the series by Barr, a new "DER KAUZ" Letters Page with never-before-published letters, and a preview for THE DESERT PEACH #2.
This is the KINDLE 1 & 2 Edition and made specifically to read legibly on those devices. If you'd like a Kindle 1 or DX edition, please let us know by emailing us at contact@robotcomics.net
And don't forget to DOWNLOAD YOUR FREE CUSTOM KINDLE 2 DESERT PEACH SCREENSAVERS at - http://www.robotcomics.net/desert-peach-kindle-screensaver-images/
CRITICS AND PROFESSIONALS HAVE SAID ABOUT "THE DESERT PEACH":
"The Desert Peach is one of the most enjoyable comics to come down the pike in recent years. The stories, like the Peach himself, are tempered with a sense of humanity...The Peach is a great character, not simply because of his dashing good looks and politeness, but also because he is a fully dimensional, well-rounded character. The stories are funny and touching."
--MIKE KAZALEH, INKER, REN AND STIMPY
"This is one of the few comics I eagerly look forward to. There's so much going on, I can read 'em over and over and still get something new from 'em. On this little stage set in North Africa around 1940 are played out some of the most intricately-crafted comedy-dramas this medium has to offer."
--ROBERTA GREGORY, ARTISTIC LICENTIOUSNESS, WINGING IT, and NAUGHTY BITS
"Thanks for your excellent work; I think you are among the best in comics today."
--MICHAEL VANCE, SUSPENDED ANIMATION
"This book is heart-warmingly individual, funny, irreverent and quite simply brilliant in its concept and execution. I can't praise it enough for its constant breaking-down of stereotypes."
--PAUL BIRCH, COMICS INTERNATIONAL
"The woman could draw on a shovel with a rock."
--CHUCK MELVILLE, MU PRESS/AEON
Price: $1.99
Thursday, October 20, 2011
DC Comics: The New 52
This September, DC Entertainment is making history by launching 52 #1 DC Comics issues starring the World’s Greatest Super-Heroes. To commemorate this milestone occasion, DC Entertainment will be releasing DC COMICS: THE NEW 52, a massive hardcover collection that collects every single one of these debut issues. Hitting stores just in time for the holiday season, this 1,216-page compilation will include such issues as:JUSTICE LEAGUE #1 by Geoff Johns and Jim Lee
ACTION COMICS #1 by Grant Morrison and Rags Morales
BATMAN #1 by Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo
GREEN LANTERN #1 by Geoff Johns and Doug Mahnke
SWAMP THING #1 by Scott Snyder and Yanick Paquette
STORMWATCH #1 by Paul Cornell and Miguel Sepulveda
TEEN TITANS #1 by Scott Lobdell and Brett Booth
And 45 more!
Price: $150.00
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Comic History of England
This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.Price: $0.00
Batman: The Killing Joke
One of the most famous Batman stories of all time is offered for the first time in hardcover in this special twentieth-anniversary edition. This is the unforgettable that forever changed Batman's world, adding a new element of darkness with its unflinching portrayal of The Joker's twisted psyche.
Writer Alan Moore, acclaimed author of WATCHMEN and V FOR VENDETTA, offers his take on the disturbing relationship between The Dark Knight and his greatest foe. The Clown Prince of Crime has never been more ruthless than in this brutal tale.
This special new edition also includes a story written and exquisitely illustrated by Brian Bolland.
Price: $17.99
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Marvel Encyclopedia
Celebrate 70 years of Marvel Comics with The Marvel Encyclopedia! Fully updated with new images and text, this one-volume encyclopedia contains more than 1,000 of Marvel's greatest-from well-known characters such as Spider-Man, the Hulk and Wolverine to lesser known heroes and villains. An essential book both for new fans and for those who grew up loving the comics, The Marvel Encyclopedia is full of artwork, stats, and history for every character in the Marvel Universe. Updates on characters include information from the story arcs of Civil War and Annihilation, and brings fans up to date with the aftermath of Secret Invasion.
TM & © 2009 Marvel Entertainment, Inc. and its subsidiaries. Licensed by Marvel Characters B.V. All rights reserved.
Price: $40.00
Wandering Koala rides The Phantom Coach comic 1
Have you ever had anyone tell you to stay out of an argument because it doesn’t involve you? Do private disputes really stay private, or do they have a larger effect on the world around them? What if a domestic disturbance caused a ghostly disturbance?Mike and Angie are just another couple on just another Friday Night date having just another argument. But this time it doesn’t stay between the two of them. This time their fighting stirs something in the nether world--something that threatens the entire city.
Only a lone wanderer can save them.
Price: $2.99
Monday, October 17, 2011
America's Greatest Comics Issue #1
Golden age comics digitally republished for your viewing pleasure on the Amazon Kindle. America's Greatest Comics is an 8 issue series featuring the adventures of Captain Marvel, Bulletman, Spy Smasher, Mister Scarlet, Minute Man, and more!Issue #1 includes the following stories:
Captain Marvel and the Ghost of the Deep
Bulletman
Minute-Man meets Mr. Skeleton
Spy Smasher
Mr. Scarlet and the Death Battalion
Price: $2.99
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Looking for Calvin and Hobbes: The Unconventional Story of Bill Watterson and his Revolutionary Comic Strip
For ten years, Calvin and Hobbes was one the world's most beloved comic strips. And then, on the last day of 1995, the strip ended. Its mercurial and reclusive creator, Bill Watterson, not only finished the strip but withdrew entirely from public life.
In Looking for Calvin and Hobbes, Nevin Martell sets out on a very personal odyssey to understand the life and career of the intensely private man behind Calvin and Hobbes. Martell talks to a wide range of artists and writers (including Dave Barry, Harvey Pekar, and Brad Bird) as well as some of Watterson's closest friends and professional colleagues, and along the way reflects upon the nature of his own fandom and on the extraordinary legacy that Watterson left behind. This is as close as we're ever likely to get to one of America's most ingenious and intriguing figures - and it's the fascinating story of an intrepid author's search for him, too.
Price: $15.95
Daredevil Comic Book Volumes 1-8, 10-12
You may have seen movies or read comic books about heroes such as Spider Man, Bat Man, or Superman but have you heard of the Daredevil. Why not go old school and read stories of some of the first famous comic book heroes? Many of the most popular and well known comic book heroes of today had their humble beginnings many decades ago or provided inspiration for the creation of other comic book heroes. The Daredevil is one of such comic book heroes. This is fun to read and entertaining (especially with some of the old fashioned words and language). This is a set of many editions/adventures of the Daredevil. This comic book has been specifically formatted for the Kindle 3 screen size. However, the resolution is high enough that you can zoom in (enlarge) the images for a Kindle with a larger screen. Also, the contrast and sharpness of this comic book has also been enhanced for a better reading experience. In addition to the formatting and image enhancements to the comic book, instructions are provided for using Kindle’s hidden image viewer to view this comic book. The instructions include an internet link to download the comic book and instructions for putting the comic book on your Kindle. Please note that due to the file size of the comic book and in order to use the hidden Kindle image viewer (i.e., in order to maintain the file format/type), it is necessary to download it from the internet link rather than directly from the Kindle store. For more information about this comic book series go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daredevil_(Lev_Gleason_Publications) and http://pdsh.wikia.com/wiki/Daredevil.
Price: $2.99
Saturday, October 15, 2011
The Supergirls: Fashion, Feminism, Fantasy, and the History of Comic Book Heroines
“The Supergirls is a long overdue tribute to the fabulous fighting females whose beauty and bravery brighten the pages of your favorite comics.”—Stan Lee
“Mike Madrid's fast-moving, encyclopedic, and often funny Supergirls shows the author's lifelong affection for these heroines on every page. He has a great feel for the genre and its history, with evident sensitivity to issues of female power and powerlessness. The section on the She-Hulk is not to be missed!”—Larry Gonick, Cartoon History of the Universe
“Entertaining and informative, Supergirls is a breezy and thoroughly accessible history of the comic book heroine. A great resource!”—Marc Andreyko, Manhunter and Torso
“The Supergirls, Mike Madrid's book about the evolution of female comic-book characters, is sharp and lively — and just obsessive enough about women who wear capes and boots to be cool but not creepy. The guy clearly loves this stuff. And he's enough of a historian to be able to trace the ways in which the portrayal of sirens and supergirls has echoed society's ever-changing feelings about women and sex. The book has some illustrations, but no comic-book art. That's a bit of a drag, but presumably a function of how much the rights to the artwork would have cost. In any case, all the lovely crime fighters that Madrid champions are as close as a comic-book store.”—Entertainment Weekly
“...Even as it delivers its clear-eyed critique of the way mainstream superhero comics have alternately eroticized or deified female characters, The Supergirls gleefully celebrates the medium itself, in all its goofy, glorious excess.”—NPR
A much-needed alternative history of American comic book superheroines—from Wonder Woman to Supergirl and beyond—where they fit in popular culture and why, and what these crime-fighting females say about the role of women in American society from their creation to now, and into the future. The Supergirls is an entertaining and informative look at these modern-day icons, exploring how superheroines fare in American comics, and what it means for the culture when they do everything the superhero does, but in thongs and high heels.
Has Wonder Woman hit the comic book glass ceiling? Is that the one opposition that even her Amazonian strength can’t defeat?
Mike Madrid, a San Francisco–based refugee from the world of advertising, is a lifelong fan of comic books and popular culture. His goal is to inform and entertain readers with a new look at modern-day icons. He’s popular culture editor for Exterminating Angel Press and the creator of www.heaven4heroes.com, where comic book fantasies come to life.
Price: $16.95
Ice Cream & Sadness: More Comics from Cyanide & Happiness
Cyanide & Happiness is back!
You hold in your grubby mitts the second collection from the hit online comic that was created by a quartet of depraved, inappropriate twentysomethings from all four corners of the world, and which has been compared to Family Circus by both the seeing and mentally impaired communities.
Bigger, bolder, and badder than ever before, this book includes 120 hilarious, silly, and vile classics, as well as 30 brand-new strips that are guaranteed to have you in stitches. Though hopefully not literally. And for your inner child, we've included some Interactivities to keep you entertained until the day you die, or for thirty minutes, whichever comes first.
Complete with a foreword from Randall Munroe (author of XKCD), Ice Cream & Sadness is the book that will resolve, once and for all, the answer to the eternal question: What do I get Grandma for Christmas?
Price: $14.99
Friday, October 14, 2011
Creating Comics from Start to Finish: Top Pros Reveal the Complete Creative Process
You will discover in detail how comic books are made- from brainstorming, writing and editing to penciling, inking and coloring- as told by top professionals who offer real-world advice for breaking into and staying in the business. Also discover in-depth interviews with respected industry insiders who've worked for such powerhouses as Marvel, DC, Dark Horse and Image Comics, including: MIKE MARTS (X-Men, Batman), MARK WAID (Kingdom Come, Spider-Man, Flash, Irredeemable), DARICK ROBERTSON (Wolverine, The Boys, Transmetropolitan, Conan, Deadpool), BRIAN HABERLIN (Witchblade, Spawn, X-Men), RODNEY RAMOS (Batman, Wolverine, Transmetropolitan), CHRIS ELIOPOULOS (Pet Avengers, X-Men, Ultimate Spider-Man, JOHN CERILLI (Marvel Digital Comics), plus unprecedented interviews with Marvel Comics Editor-in-Chief JOE QUESADA and comics legend STAN LEE.Price: $24.99
The TOON Treasury of Classic Children's Comics
The TOON Treasury of Classic Children's Comics is an unprecedented collection of the greatest comics for children, artfully compiled by two of the best-known creators in publishing and the field of comics--Art Spiegelman and Francoise Mouly.
This treasury created for young readers focuses on comic books, not strips, and contains humorous stories that range from a single-page to eight or even twenty-two pages, each complete and self-contained. The comics have been culled from the Golden Age of comic books, roughly the 1940s through the early 1960s, and feature the best examples of works by such renowned artists and writers as Carl Barks, John Stanley, Sheldon Mayer, Walt Kelly, Basil Wolverton, and George Carlson, among many, many others.
Organizing the book into five categories (Hey, Kids!; Funny Animals; Fantasyland; Story Time!; and Wacky & Weird), Spiegelman and Mouly use their expertise in the area of comics to frame each category with an introductory essay, and provide brief biographies of the artists. The TOON Treasury of Classic Children's Comics is essential reading for kids of all ages.
.Price: $40.00
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Star Trek: Countdown #1
JJ Abrams, Roberto Orci, and Alex Kurtzman present the origin of Nero, the mysterious Romulan who will ultimately threaten the survival of the entire universe. Don't miss the first chapter in the story that brings Star Trek back to the big screen!Price: $0.99
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