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Men of tomorrow : geeks, gangsters, and the birth of the comic book / by Jones, Gerard,1957-;
Secret identity -- The street -- The other world -- The long party -- The perfect man -- New fun -- Action -- American boys -- High times -- The whirlwind -- Wars -- True crime -- Collision course -- Silent partners -- New owners -- Continuity.Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Comic books, strips, etc.; Cartoonists;
© c2004., Basic Books,
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My life and hard times / by Thurber, James,1894-1961.;
The night the bed fell -- The car we had to push -- The day the dam broke -- The night the ghost got in -- More alarms at night -- A sequence of servants -- The dog that bit people -- University days -- Draft board nights -- A note at the end.A humorous memoir talking mostly about small matters and the incredible things people do when they think they're acting sensible.
Subjects: Thurber, James, 1894-1961.; Humorists, American; Cartoonists;
© 1999., Perennial Classics,
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Fun home : a family tragicomic / by Bechdel, Alison,1960-;
American Library Association Stonewall Book Awards, 2007This book takes its place alongside the unnerving, memorable, darkly funny family memoirs of Augusten Burroughs and Mary Karr. It's a father-daughter tale perfectly suited to the graphic memoir form. Meet Alison's father, a historic preservation expert and obsessive restorer of the family's Victorian house, a third-generation funeral home director, a high school English teacher, an icily distant parent, and a closeted homosexual who, as it turns out, is involved with male students and a family babysitter. Through narrative that is alternately heartbreaking and fiercely funny, we are drawn into a daughter's complex yearning for her father. And yet, apart from assigned stints dusting caskets at the family-owned 'fun home,' as Alison and her brothers call it, the relationship achieves its most intimate expression through the shared code of books. When Alison comes out as homosexual herself in late adolescence, the denouement is swift, graphic, and redemptive.--From publisher description.
Subjects: Bechdel, Alison, 1960-; Cartoonists; Graphic novels.;
© c2006., Houghton Mifflin,
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Stan Lee : the man behind Marvel / by Batchelor, Bob.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Batchelor offers an eye-opening look at the life of Stan Lee, the man who created (with talented artists) many of history's most legendary characters. Becoming the editor of Marvel Comics as a teenager, and toiling in the industry for decades, Lee threw caution to the wind and went for broke, co-creating the Fantastic Four, Spider-Man, Hulk, Iron Man, the X-Men, the Avengers, and others in a creative flurry that revolutionized comic books for generations of readers.Prologue: Dawn of the fantastic -- Stanley Lieber, New Yorker -- Teenage editor -- Army playwright -- Return to Marvel -- Public enemy number one -- Birth of the new hero: The Fantastic Four -- Spidey saves the day! -- Horde of superheroes -- Marketing the Marvel Universe -- Creating an icon -- Marvel's multitude of maladies -- Lure of Hollywood -- Marvel manipulations -- Rise and fall of Stan Lee Media -- Meanwhile ... -- Larger than life -- Conclusion: American icon.
Subjects: Biographies.; Lee, Stan, 1922-; Marvel Comics Group; Cartoonists; Comic books, strips, etc;
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Comic book women : characters, creators, and culture in the golden age / by Brunet, Peyton,author.; Davis, Blair,1975-author.; Robbins, Trina,writer of foreword.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-302) and index."The Golden Age of Comics (roughly the late 1930s through the 1950s) saw the birth and rapid growth of the industry, but unfortunately and unsurprisingly the role of women was often problematic during this period. Few women creators worked in comics, and those that did frequently worked anonymously or under pseudonyms and were subject to workplace harassment and discrimination. Similarly, female characters were often poorly presented and framed in a sexualized fashion. Although some elements of this history have been told piecemeal there hasn't yet been a comprehensive look at women in comics during this period. Brunet and Davis examine female creators and characters across a broad range of genres to create a historical narrative of representation and culture that goes beyond previous scholarship"--
Subjects: Comics criticism.; Women cartoonists; Comic books, strips, etc.; Comic strip characters; Comic books, strips, etc.; Women superheroes in comics.; Women in comics.; Heroines in comics.;
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El Deafo / by Bell, Cece.; Lasky, David,colorist.; Amulet Books,publisher.;
Starting a new school is scary, even more so with a giant hearing aid strapped to your chest. At her old school, everyone in Cece's class was deaf. Here she is different. She is sure the kids are staring at the Phonic Ear, the powerful aid that will help her hear her teacher. Too bad it also seems certain to repel potential friends. Then Cece makes a startling discovery. With the Phonic Ear she can hear her teacher not just in the classroom, but anywhere her teacher is in the school -- in the hallway ... in the teacher's lounge ... in the bathroom! This is power, maybe even superpower. Cece is on her way to becoming El Deafo, listener for all. But the funny thing about being a superhero is that it's just another way of feeling different ... and lonely. Can Cece channel her powers into finding the thing she wants most, a true friend?Middle readers.Newbery Medal Honor book, 2015.
Subjects: Graphic novels.; Comics (Graphic works); Bell, Cece; Deaf children; Deaf children; Hearing aids for children; Rabbits; Friendship; Cartoonists; Deaf; Authors; Women;
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Flying couch : a graphic memoir / by Kurzweil, Amy.;
"Flying couch tells the stories of three unforgettable women. Amy Kurzweil weaves her own coming-of-age as a young Jewish artist into the narrative of her mother, a psychologist, and Bubbe, her grandmother, a World War II survivor who escaped from the Warsaw Ghetto by disguising herself as a gentile. The voices and histories of these wise, hilarious, and very different women create a portrait not only of what it means to be part of a family, but also of how each generation bears the imprint of the past"Home entertainment -- Bed Bath & Beyond -- Home schooling -- Homeland -- Homegrown -- Homecoming -- Bedbound.
Subjects: Graphic novels.; Autobiographical comics.; Nonfiction comics.; Kurzweil, Amy; Fenster, Lily; Kurzweil, Sonya; Cartoonists; Jewish women; Grandchildren of Holocaust survivors; Jewish women; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945);
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The absolutely true diary of a part-time Indian / by Alexie, Sherman,1966-; Forney, Ellen,ill.;
National Book Award winner.Budding cartoonist Junior leaves his troubled school on the Spokane Indian Reservation to attend an all-white farm town school where the only other Indian is the school mascot.
Subjects: Spokane Indians; Indians of North America; Indian reservations; Race relations; Diary fiction.; Young adult fiction.;
© 2009, c2007., Little, Brown and Company,
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Up front / by Mauldin, Bill,1921-2003.;
A collection of the work of cartoonist Bill Mauldin reflects his experiences as an enlisted man, in cartoons that capture the humor, boredom, and horror of the common soldier's daily life.
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945; American wit and humor, Pictorial.;
© 2000., W.W. Norton,
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Nancy : a comic collection / by Jaimes, Olivia.; Bushmiller, Ernie,creator.;
Collects the first nine months of the "Nancy" comic strip written and illustrated by Olivia Jaimes, and featuring the adventures of Nancy, the character created by Ernie Bushmiller in 1938. Includes an interview by Abraham Riesman with Olivia Jaimes, the mysterious cartoonist behind Nancy.
Subjects: Comics (Graphic works); Nancy (Fictitious character); Girls;
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