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The ancient magus' bride. Volume 3
\"Chise has come face to face with the person responsible for the brutal killings at a nearby churchyard--and to her shock, it's someone she recognizes from her visions of the tragedy at Ulthar!\" --Back cover.
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Do the gods wear capes? : spirituality, fantasy, and superheroes
Brash, bold, and sometimes brutal, superheroes might seem to epitomize modern pop-culture at its most melodramatic and mindless. But according to Ben Saunders, the appeal of the superhero is fundamentally metaphysical - even spiritual - in nature. In chapter-length analyses of the early comic book adventures of Superman, Wonder Woman, Spider-Man, and Iron-Man, Saunders explores a number of complex philosophical and theological issues, including: the problem of evil; the will-to-power; the tension between intimacy and vulnerability; and the challenge of love, in the face of mortality. He concludes that comic book fantasies of the superhuman ironically reveal more than we might care to admit about our human limitations, even as they expose the falsehood of the characteristically modern opposition between religion and science. Clearly and passionately written, this insightful and at times exhilarating book should delight all readers who believe in the redemptive capacity of the imagination, regardless of whether they consider themselves comic book fans.
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The ancient magus' bride. Volume 5
\"Chise [Hatori] has taken great strides in overcoming her dark past, and is ready for a brighter future at Elias' side. As for the magus himself, he is finally able to put a name to the strange emotion he's been feeling for Chise. Meanwhile, a deadly threat looms. When a panicked fairy appears at Chise's bedside, begging for help, is there anything the young, novice mage can do...?\"--Back cover.
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\The Guerilla Girls' Comic Politics of Subversion\
This essay explores the visual rhetoric of the Guerrilla Girls, a group of feminist art activists based in New York. Kenneth Burke's related concepts of the comic frame and perspective by incongruity provide a particularly fitting conceptual foundation for examining these specific strategies and the Guerrilla Girls' rhetoric in general. The analysis focuses on three rhetorical strategies used by the group: (1) mimicry; (2) an inventive re-vision of history; and (3) strategic juxtaposition. By demonstrating the means by which strategies of incongruity operate visually, this essay illustrates how visual rhetoric functions as both a site of and resource for feminist resistance. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
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The ancient magus' bride. Volume 4
\"Chise has been summoned to the Dragon Aerie to begin crafting her very own wand, but her journey has more to offer than she had anticipated: magincal wonders, enlightening visions, and perhaps most importantly, insight into Elias' pas and the secrets he has been reluctant to reveal about himself. Yet while Chise finds some answers about the inhuman mage's history, mysterious beings are displaying an unexpected interest in Chise herself.\"--Page 4 of cover.
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Beginning-Reader Comics Roundup
Beginning readers and comics are natural partners. Both use visual support to help readers make sense of their stories. In beginning-reader comics, this allows authors opportunities to use more difficult words and tell more complex stories without losing their audience. Beginning-reader comics also serve as a bridge to the exciting world of kids' comics, which can then lead to a love of good old-fashioned weekly comic books, manga, and graphic novels galore. The appeal of comics also crosses the divide between children who are enthusiastic readers and those who struggle or whose primary interests lie elsewhere, and this is where comics have power. Comics have cachet with kids. They're cool, and maybe even a little transgressive. In the case of beginning-reader comics, the best of them embrace this spirit along with literary and artistic ambition, as in Sergio Ruzzier's Fox + Chick series, which features expressive and distinctive watercolor illustrations with lived-in touches such as mismatched sheets on the beds and crumbs on the counter.
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Ed Schlesinger Adam Wilson | Gallery 13
Currently publishing six books a year, two a season, Gallery 13 offers a title list that already boasts an Eisner Award nominee (Chabouté as Best Writer/Artist for 2017's Alone and Park Bench with Gallery 13, and Moby-Dick with Dark Horse Comics).The imprint focuses on full-length graphic novels, walking the line between literary and upmarket yet accessible--there's definitely a commercial vibe--and the titles are geared exclusively toward adult audiences.Michael Kupperman's All the Answers (see starred review, p. 68), which chronicles the author's relationship with his father and his father's silence about his life as a child prodigy is a \"powerful and decidedly serious\" memoir, and writer Alex de Campi gets all the details right in the ambitious historical noir thriller she created with artist Victor Santos.
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Comiclopedia
Gr 9 Up-Lambiek, from Holland, claims to be the \"oldest dedicated comix shop in the world.\" A recognized expert on the subject of comics, old and new, Lambiek's site has it all when researching any and all comic artists. The \"Comiclopedia\" is a highly detailed, A to Z list of hundreds of illustrators.
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