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Diary Of A Nerd Vol. 1

Diary Of A Nerd Vol. 1


If you're a fan of Wimpy Kid, Dork Diaries, and Jedi Academy you'll love Diary of a Nerd! Diary of a Nerd stars Phil, a twelve year old boy living in Manhattan, NY. He is a talented, self-professed nerd...an intellectual who enjoys spending his days with his friends, known as "The Geek Team". Phil likes a girl in his class named Loren, but he also knows that he could never compete with Ted, Loren’s...   [click here for more]
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Diary Of A Nerd Vol. 2

Diary Of A Nerd Vol. 2


If you're a fan of Wimpy Kid, Dork Diaries, and Jedi Academy you'll love Diary of a Nerd!   Diary of a Nerd stars Phil, a twelve-year old boy living in Manhattan, NY. He is a talented, self-professed nerd...an intellectual who enjoys spending his days with his friends, known as "The Geek Team".  The book consists of two different diaries written by the same kid: one is the diary of a young genius,...   [click here for more]
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Jurrasik Diaries

Jurrasik Diaries


If you're a fan of Wimpy Kid, Dork Diaries, and Jedi Academy you'll love Diary of a Nerd! Diary of a Nerd stars Phil, a twelve year old boy living in Manhattan, NY. He is a talented, self-professed nerd...an intellectual who enjoys spending his days with his friends, known as "The Geek Team". Phil likes a girl in his class named Loren, but he also knows that he could never compete with Ted, Loren’s...   [click here for more]
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Advent Universe Handbook #1

Advent Universe Handbook #1


Ever wonder who is the strongest hero in the Advent Universe? The most powerful character? This 36 page handbook introduces readers to the characters of the Advent Comics Universe. This handbook is a perfect jump-on point for new readers as it profiles all of the major heroes and villains within the Advent Comics Universe. ...   [click here for more]
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RAVE: MYTHOPHRENIA

RAVE: MYTHOPHRENIA


A story where ravers become superheroes. Main character, Jivana Thoreau is a junior marketing VP who's always been driven by success. Her life vision—making it to the top of the transnational Koch Enterprises and enjoying the endless material luxuries and happiness afforded by the Consumerican Dream—is just within reach. But when she learns that the promotion she's worked so hard for is instead...   [click here for more]
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Why Comics?

Why Comics?


"Why Comics?" is a 24-Hour Comic produced as an examination of why anyone would want to get into this crazy business in the first place. In the span of a few short pages, it covers the motivations behind comics collecting and creation, the requirements for getting started, and the roadblocks a creator can expect to encounter, coming at last to the reason we do it anyway. This book also includes "Comics...   [click here for more]
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Caliber Rounds #1 - FREE

Caliber Rounds #1 - FREE


Caliber Rounds is a monthly 'magazine' spotlighting Caliber's creators and titles with interviews, profiles, previews, and more. This first issue clocks in at a large 38 pages with interviews from Kevin Van Hook on doing Rocky Horror Picture Show, Ben Sherrill and his Ballad of Rory Hawkins, Mayen Briem on the genesis of Horror City, and Steve Jones takes a look at Dracula and wants to know why the...   [click here for more]
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Caliber Rounds #2 - FREE

Caliber Rounds #2 - FREE


The second issue of the FREE "magazine" of Caliber Rounds profiling Caliber Comic creators and titles. In this issue, we take a look at Caliber's war comics plus interviews with Wayne Vansant and Don Lomax. Also, a profile on the Sin Eternal series, which is a modern updating of Dante's Inferno. Tony Miello starts off his regular Gapo the Clown all new feature and for our bonus this issue,...   [click here for more]
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Caliber Rounds #3 - FREE

Caliber Rounds #3 - FREE


This third issue of the free Caliber Rounds "magazine" is a special issue that spotlights four of our writers and the thought process in developing their respective series. Continuing the spotlighting of Caliber's creators and titles, this issue also features the continuation of Caliber's history, a look at some numbers of Caliber, Tony Meillo's Gapo the Clown new strip, and a special bonus...   [click here for more]
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Caliber Rounds #4 - FREE

Caliber Rounds #4 - FREE


Issue Four of the free Caliber Rounds "magazine" features a preview of titles released in the Fall of 2015. Taking a look at such titles as Bayani and The Nine Daughters of the Moon, Killing Castro, The SixSmiths, Boy Zero, and The God Child. In addition, an all new Gapo the Clown strip and publisher Gary Reed continues his "History of Caliber Comics". Concluding with part two...   [click here for more]
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Caliber Rounds #5 - FREE

Caliber Rounds #5 - FREE


Caliber Rounds #5 presents an inside look at Caliber's anthologies with a focus on two horror anthologies, Danny Boyd's Chillers and Mayem Brien's Horror City. Chillers are all new stories centered around the theme of the Chillers feature film movie released by legendary Troma Films. While Horror City features gripping short stories from a team of interenational artists and writers. Both feature a...   [click here for more]
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Caliber Rounds #6 - FREE

Caliber Rounds #6 - FREE


This issue of Caliber Rounds takes a look at the long running series, Saint Germaine. A figure shrouded in history, this is Gary Reed’s take on the mysterious immortal. In addition to a look at the storylines of the series illustrated by Vince Locke and Andy Bennett and guest stars, there is a bonus story on Saint Germaine. Also included is a look at Gary Scott Beatty’s Jazz series and...   [click here for more]
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Caliber Rounds #7 - FREE

Caliber Rounds #7 - FREE


This Special Summer Preview issue takes a look at some of the exciting upcoming titles from Caliber Comics. Contained within are preview pages, interviews, and more information on the following books: Squalor, Untouchables, Disciples, P.I. Jane, Salt, and Amongst the Stars. Plus a bonus story of the prelude to Inferno and of course the continuation of the History of Caliber from publisher Gary Reed....   [click here for more]
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Comics Writing: Communicating with Comic Books

Comics Writing: Communicating with Comic Books


Comics Writing: Communicating With Comic Books unveils the basics in comics writing from Steven Philip Jones, a professional comic book writer and instructor. Comics Writing shows you the step-by-step process of creating a comics script and how it is turned into a finished comics page. With the help of examples and comic book illustrations, this book will introduce you to: the different...   [click here for more]
Caliber Comics  $7.99 $4.79

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Joe Hero #1

Joe Hero #1


Kevin Carter is the newest superhero being of Channel City. Following his father and mother who are reknown iconic hero of the world, he would stop at nothing to become the next great superhero. But as he got older he was diagnosed with high functioning Autism, which violate the sacred law of the Guild of Justice that no superhero being should have any sign of a known mental disability. Instead...   [click here for more]
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Aprende a Dibujar - Manual del buen Dibujante -

Aprende a Dibujar - Manual del buen Dibujante -


“Aprende a dibujar cómics” #0 es un completo libro fruto de cuatro años de trabajo donde el lector encontrará todo sobre planos, composición y construcción de viñetas, uso de los espacios, uso de líneas cinéticas, perspectiva, progresión de planos, los puntos de vista, tipos de transición, narrativa, elaboración...   [click here for more]
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License2Kill - The Remixes (JFH: Justice For Hire - Retribution Task Force Soundtrack)

License2Kill - The Remixes (JFH: Justice For Hire - Retribution Task Force Soundtrack) (audio product)


A deluxe single featuring two variations of the "License2Kill" remix, inclduing a version for you to add your own verse! The Ultra Vanity Testosterone rap duo consists of award winning actors/writers/directors Aldous Davidson and Jan Lucanus. Their new song "License2Kill" is a high energy, colorful New York sound produced by and featuring vocals from Sage Michael Music, protege...   [click here for more]
Creative Impulse  $3.00 $1.50

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The Man Who Watched Batman Vol. 1

The Man Who Watched Batman Vol. 1


This is an episode by episode in depth analysis of the first season of the critically acclaimed Batman: The Animated Series. This book takes a step by step looks at the first 28 episodes of what is considered by many to be one of the greatest Animated shows of all time. whether you can quote every episode line by line or watching the series for the very first time, we leave no stone...   [click here for more]
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The Man Who Watched Batman Vol. 2

The Man Who Watched Batman Vol. 2


This is an episode by episode in depth analysis of the second season of the critically acclaimed Batman: The Animated Series. This book takes a step by step looks at the second season of episodes of what is considered by many to be one of the greatest Animated shows of all time. whether you can quote every episode line by line or watching the series for the very first time, we leave...   [click here for more]
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Hell High

Hell High


At the most exclusive private high school in Washington, D.C. a new principal has arrived. She’s beautiful, charming, but she’s the freaking devil!! Now it’s up to an unlikely hero, mild mannered Charlie Albert, to save the world while trying to win over the President’s daughter. High school has always seemed like Hell… now it really is! ...   [click here for more]
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The Gloryhound Guide to Photoshop: Basics

The Gloryhound Guide to Photoshop: Basics


The Gloryhound Guide to Photoshop: Basics will teach what is often thought to be un-teachable and allow new users to dive into Photoshop without ever having opened the program before. It’s also a handy guide for intermediate Photoshop users who want a quick-reference for the various tools and menus which Photoshop has to offer. Features include: Over 40 pages of content,...   [click here for more]
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COMICOPOLYPSE - How To Survive The Comic Con Experience

COMICOPOLYPSE - How To Survive The Comic Con Experience


So you have decided to go to a comic convention! Get ready for a time of fun, fantasy and if you are not prepared... anxiety and anger! Once again, Matt (Matman) Herring, co host of the Secret Identity Podcast, has come to the rescue! 'COMICOPOLYPSE" is the guide to prepare, plan and survive a comic convention. Matt has been to hundreds of comic shows of all types and sizes and has put together...   [click here for more]
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POW-BAM-SELL - The Guide To Comic Book Marketing

POW-BAM-SELL - The Guide To Comic Book Marketing


So you just published your first comic book. Now what do you do? This is a problem all comic creators face, not just you. Let Matt (Matman) Herring, co host of the Secret Identity Podcast help you plan your marketing strategy to help you reach a mass audience. From covers and book quality, to setting up for a show, this book is a must read for those looking to make the comic industry their profession....   [click here for more]
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More Wonder Comics No. 1

More Wonder Comics No. 1


'More Wonder Comics' is the new home of one of our most popular characters... The mighty Mythic! In this inaugural issue, Mythic tackles a new foe by the name of Optika, a villain with an array of powerful optic beams at his command! The tale is followed-up by a 2-page "Who is Mythic?" overview that takes a look at Mythic's beginnings some of his foes, his powers, and his weaknesses. The...   [click here for more]
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A Tour of Fabletown: Patterns and Plots in Bill Willingham's Fables

A Tour of Fabletown: Patterns and Plots in Bill Willingham's Fables


In 2002, Vertigo/DC Comics published the first issue of Bill Willingham's Fables. The series imagined the lives of fairy tale figures--Snow White, the Big Bad Wolf, Cinderella and the ubiquitous Prince Charming, among many others--as they made new lives for themselves in modern-day New York City, having fled their storied homeworlds following an invasion. After 150 issues and many awards, Fables concluded...   [click here for more]
McFarland  $18.99

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Animators of Film and Television

Animators of Film and Television


Nineteen Artists, Writers, Producers and Others In the words of Walt Disney, "Animation can explain whatever the mind of man can conceive." Part biography, part history, part artistic commentary, this volume looks at major figures in the field of animation and discusses how their contributions have affected the course of the industry--and, in many cases, popular culture...   [click here for more]
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Anime and Memory

Anime and Memory


Aesthetic, Cultural and Thematic Perspectives The theme of memory has played a significant role in anime throughout its evolution as an art form and as popular entertainment. Anime's handling of memory is multifaceted, weaving it into diverse symbolic motifs, narratives and aesthetic issues. This study aims to provide a detailed analysis of a range of anime titles wherein different...   [click here for more]
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Anime and the Art of Adaptation

Anime and the Art of Adaptation


Eight Famous Works from Page to Screen Exploring a selection of anime adaptations of famous works of both Eastern and Western provenance, this book is concerned with appreciating their significance and appeal as independent texts. The author evaluates three aspects of anime adaptation--how anime adaptations develop their original sources in stylistic, aesthetic, and psychological...   [click here for more]
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Anime and the Visual Novel

Anime and the Visual Novel


Narrative Structure, Design and Play at the Crossroads of Animation and Computer Games This book describes the thematic and structural traits of a recent and popular development within the realm of anime: series adapted from visual novels. Visual novels are interactive fiction games in which players creatively control decisions and plot turning points. Endings alter according to the player's choices,...   [click here for more]
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Arthurian Animation

Arthurian Animation


A Study of Cartoon Camelots on Film and Television This is an exploration of the potent blend of Arthurian legend, cartoon animation, and cultural and artistic trends from 1933 to the present. In more than 170 theatrical and televised short cartoons, televised series and specials, and feature-length films from The Sword in the Stone to Shrek the Third--all covered in this book--animators...   [click here for more]
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Assembling the Marvel Cinematic Universe

Assembling the Marvel Cinematic Universe


Essays on the Social, Cultural and Geopolitical Domains The Marvel Cinematic Universe—comprised of films, broadcast television and streaming series and digital shorts—has generated considerable fan engagement with its emphasis on socially relevant characters and plots. Beyond considerable box office achievements, the success of Marvel’s movie studios has opened up dialogue on...   [click here for more]
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Class, Please Open Your Comics: Essays on Teaching with Graphic Narratives

Class, Please Open Your Comics: Essays on Teaching with Graphic Narratives


Comics and sequential art are increasingly in use in college classrooms. Multimodal, multimedia and often collaborative, the graphic narrative format has entered all kinds of subject areas and its potential as a teaching tool is still being realized. This collection of new essays presents best practices for using comics in various educational settings, beginning with the basics. Contributors explain...   [click here for more]
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Comic Strip Artists in American Newspapers, 1945-1980

Comic Strip Artists in American Newspapers, 1945-1980


Millions of Americans know and love Charlie Brown and Snoopy, Blondie and Dagwood, Doonesbury, Li'l Abner, Garfield, Cathy, Beetle Bailey and other such comic strip characters. Thanks to the cartoonists--the people who have brought and still bring these and other characters to life day after day in the newspapers--the characters have become an entertaining and important part of American culture....   [click here for more]
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Dick Grayson, Boy Wonder: Scholars and Creators on 75 Years of Robin, Nightwing and Batman

Dick Grayson, Boy Wonder: Scholars and Creators on 75 Years of Robin, Nightwing and Batman


Dick Grayson--alter-ego of the original Robin of Batman comics--has gone through various changes in his 75 years as a superhero but has remained the optimistic, humorous character readers first embraced in 1940. Predating Green Lantern and Wonder Woman, he is one of DC Comics' oldest heroes and retains a large and loyal fanbase. The first scholarly work to focus exclusively on the Boy Wonder, this...   [click here for more]
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Diversity in Disney Films

Diversity in Disney Films


Critical Essays on Race, Ethnicity, Gender, Sexuality and Disability Although its early films featured racial caricatures and exclusively Caucasian heroines, Disney has, in recent years, become more multicultural in its filmic fare and its image. From Aladdin and Pocahontas to the Asian American boy Russell in Up, from the first African American princess in The Princess and the Frog...   [click here for more]
McFarland  $17.99

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Drawn from the Classics: Essays on Graphic Adaptations of Literary Works

Drawn from the Classics: Essays on Graphic Adaptations of Literary Works


The graphic novel is the most exciting literary format to emerge in the past thirty years. Among its more inspired uses has been the superlative adaptation of literary classics. Unlike the comic book abridgments aimed at young readers of an earlier era, today's graphic novel adaptations are created for an adult audience, and capture the subtleties of sophisticated written works. This first ever...   [click here for more]
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Fantasy Media in the Classroom: Essays on Teaching with Film, Television, Literature, Graphic Novels and Video Games

Fantasy Media in the Classroom: Essays on Teaching with Film, Television, Literature, Graphic Novels and Video Games


A common misconception is that professors who use popular culture and fantasy in the classroom have abandoned the classics, yet in a variety of contexts--high school, college freshman composition, senior seminars, literature, computer science, philosophy and politics--fantasy materials can expand and enrich an established curriculum. The new essays in this book combine analyses of popular television...   [click here for more]
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Feminism in the Worlds of Neil Gaiman

Feminism in the Worlds of Neil Gaiman


Essays on the Comics, Poetry and Prose This collection of new essays looks carefully at the broad spectrum of Neil Gaiman’s work and how he interacts with feminism. Sixteen diverse essays from Gaiman scholars examine highlights from Gaiman’s graphic novels, short stories, novels, poems and screenplays, and confront the difficult issues he raises, including femininity,...   [click here for more]
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Gothic in Comics and Graphic Novels

Gothic in Comics and Graphic Novels


This book explores the connections between comics and Gothic from four different angles: historical, formal, cultural and textual. It identifies structures, styles and themes drawn from literary gothic traditions and discusses their presence in British and American comics today, with particular attention to the DC Vertigo imprint. Part One offers an historical approach to British and American comics...   [click here for more]
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Grant Morrison and the Superhero Renaissance: Critical Essays

Grant Morrison and the Superhero Renaissance: Critical Essays


Superheroes are enjoying a cultural resurgence, dominating the box office and breaking out of specialty comics stores onto the shelves of mainstream retailers. A leading figure behind the superhero Renaissance is Grant Morrison, long-time architect of the DC Comics' universe and author of many of the most successful comic books in recent years. Renowned for his anarchic original creations--Zenith,...   [click here for more]
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Graphic Novels and Comics in Libraries and Archives

Graphic Novels and Comics in Libraries and Archives


Essays on Readers, Research, History and Cataloging To say that graphic novels, comics, and other forms of sequential art have become a major part of popular culture and academia would be a vast understatement. Now an established component of library and archive collections across the globe, graphic novels are proving to be one of the last kinds of print publications actually gaining...   [click here for more]
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Graphic Novels and Comics in the Classroom

Graphic Novels and Comics in the Classroom


Essays on the Educational Power of Sequential Art Sequential art combines the visual and the narrative in a way that readers have to interpret the images with the writing. Comics make a good fit with education because students are using a format that provides active engagement. This collection of essays is a wide-ranging look at current practices using comics and graphic novels in educational settings,...   [click here for more]
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Heroes of Film, Comics and American Culture

Heroes of Film, Comics and American Culture


Essays on Real and Fictional Defenders of Home These essays consider the way that heroes and the domestic spaces they defend have been represented in 20th and early 21st century popular forms, especially film, comic books and material culture. The authors work in various academic disciplines such as English, film studies, history and human geography, thus bringing a rich variety...   [click here for more]
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Investigating Heroes: Essays on Truth, Justice and Quality TV

Investigating Heroes: Essays on Truth, Justice and Quality TV


Premiering in September of 2006, the weekly NBC television series Heroes was an immediate commercial and critical hit, lasting four successful seasons. Heroes follows a group of interrelated characters who discover they have superhuman powers, with each successive episode exploring how these people react to and utilize their powers for good or for evil. This collection of essays explores a variety...   [click here for more]
McFarland  $17.99

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It Happens at Comic-Con

It Happens at Comic-Con


Ethnographic Essays on a Pop Culture Phenomenon This collection of 13 new essays employs ethnographic methods to investigate San Diego's Comic-Con International, the largest annual celebration of the popular arts in North America. Working from a common grounding in fan studies, these individual explorations examine a range of cultural practices at an event drawing crowds of nearly...   [click here for more]
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Judge, Jury and Executioner

Judge, Jury and Executioner


Essays on The Punisher in Print and on Screen Since the Punisher's first appearance in the pages of Spider-Man #129, the character has become one of the most popular and controversial figures in Marvel's vast universe. The Punisher represents one of the most recognizable types of anti-heroes. His iconic skull insignia stands for a unique type of justice: protecting the innocent while violently eliminating...   [click here for more]
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Kermit Culture

Kermit Culture


Critical Perspectives on Jim Henson's Muppets By the end of its five-year run on television, The Muppet Show had transformed its motley cast from fistfuls of felt to multi-media celebrities. Sophisticated and highly individuated, each of the Muppets embodied a conventional character type from classic television comedy. Kermit functioned as straight man to the majority of the show's...   [click here for more]
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Kyoto Animation: A Critical Study and Filmography

Kyoto Animation: A Critical Study and Filmography


Kyoto Animation, a studio with very humble beginnings, has gained recognition the world over as a uniquely inspired and inventive enterprise. This book examines Kyoto Animation's philosophy and creative vision with close reference to its anime. It focuses on the studio's choice of genres, themes and imagery while exploring its maintenance of high production values. The analysis highlights the studio's...   [click here for more]
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Learning from Mickey, Donald and Walt

Learning from Mickey, Donald and Walt


Essays on Disney's Edutainment Films Throughout its long and colorful history, Walt Disney Studios has produced scores of films designed to educate moviegoers as well as entertain them. These productions range from the True-Life Adventures nature documentaries and such depictions of cutting-edge technology as Man in Space and Our Friend the Atom, to wartime propaganda shorts (Education...   [click here for more]
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Magic as Metaphor in Anime: A Critical Study

Magic as Metaphor in Anime: A Critical Study


Since its inception as an art form, anime has engaged with themes, symbols and narrative strategies drawn from the realm of magic. In recent years, the medium has increasingly turned to magic specifically as a metaphor for a wide range of cultural, philosophical and psychological concerns. This book first examines a range of Eastern and Western approaches to magic in anime, addressing magical thinking...   [click here for more]
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