World History The Comic

Author : Zak Ziebell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2013-12-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1494309572

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World History: the Comic by Zak Ziebell Pdf

The History Comic is a graphic guide meant to provide a quick overview of major events, processes, and people that have shaped world history. Who is this book for? * Students studying for the AP or SAT II world history exams * Educators who want students to fully grasp the world history curriculum * Anyone looking to learn about ancient history in an easy to digest format What's in it? * 54 hand-illustrated pages covering thousands of years of history with a global perspective * Topics covered include hunter gatherers, the Neolithic Revolution, early centers of civilization, the Bronze Age collapse, Athens and Sparta, Alexander the Great, Buddhism and the Mauryan empire, Warring States Era China, the rise and fall of Rome, the Maya, and much more.

Author : Paul S. Hirsch
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-05
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9780226829463

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Pulp Empire by Paul S. Hirsch Pdf

Winner of the Popular Culture Association's Ray and Pat Browne Award for Best Book in Popular or American Culture In the 1940s and ’50s, comic books were some of the most popular—and most unfiltered—entertainment in the United States. Publishers sold hundreds of millions of copies a year of violent, racist, and luridly sexual comics to Americans of all ages until a 1954 Senate investigation led to a censorship code that nearly destroyed the industry. But this was far from the first time the US government actively involved itself with comics—it was simply the most dramatic manifestation of a long, strange relationship between high-level policy makers and a medium that even artists and writers often dismissed as a creative sewer. In Pulp Empire, Paul S. Hirsch uncovers the gripping untold story of how the US government both attacked and appropriated comic books to help wage World War II and the Cold War, promote official—and clandestine—foreign policy and deflect global critiques of American racism. As Hirsch details, during World War II—and the concurrent golden age of comic books—government agencies worked directly with comic book publishers to stoke hatred for the Axis powers while simultaneously attempting to dispel racial tensions at home. Later, as the Cold War defense industry ballooned—and as comic book sales reached historic heights—the government again turned to the medium, this time trying to win hearts and minds in the decolonizing world through cartoon propaganda. Hirsch’s groundbreaking research weaves together a wealth of previously classified material, including secret wartime records, official legislative documents, and caches of personal papers. His book explores the uneasy contradiction of how comics were both vital expressions of American freedom and unsettling glimpses into the national id—scourged and repressed on the one hand and deployed as official propaganda on the other. Pulp Empire is a riveting illumination of underexplored chapters in the histories of comic books, foreign policy, and race.

Author : Jean-Baptiste de Panafieu
Publisher : Holiday House
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2021-07-13
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780823451593

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The History of the World in Comics by Jean-Baptiste de Panafieu Pdf

Never has natural history been so fun! Scientific accuracy and humor combine to tell the entire history of Earth in a comic book format. A paleontologist and a storyteller take two children through the birth of our planet, the beginning of microbes, and through the heydays of protozoans, dinosaurs, and early mammals with unfailing enthusiasm. The art accurately portrays animal species and prehistoric landscapes, includes maps and infographics, but also adds humorous touches: a google-eyed prehistoric fish looking startled to be walking on land and the children popping out of a tree top to surprise a Brachiosaurus. The combined expertise of author Jean-Baptiste de Panafieu, a science writer and biologist, and illustrator Adriene Barman, the creator behind Creaturepedia and Plantopedia, makes for a science read you can trust. Fans of Maris Wicks's Human Body Theater and Nathan Hale will be pleased.

Author : Matthew Pustz
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2012-02-23
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781441172624

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Comic Books and American Cultural History by Matthew Pustz Pdf

A highly original collection of essays, demonstrating how comic books can be used as primary sources in the teaching and understanding of American history.

Author : Fred Van Lente
Publisher : IDW Publishing
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2012-06-20
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781613774540

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Comic Book History of Comics by Fred Van Lente Pdf

For the first time ever, the inspiring, infuriating, and utterly insane story of comics, graphic novels, and manga is presented in comic book form! The award-winning Action Philosophers team of Fred Van Lente and Ryan Dunlavey turn their irreverent-but-accurate eye to the stories of Jack Kirby, R. Crumb, Harvey Kurtzman, Alan Moore, Stan Lee, Will Eisner, Fredric Wertham, Roy Lichtenstein, Art Spiegelman, Herge, Osamu Tezuka - and more! Collects Comic Book Comics #1-6.

Author : Bradford W. Wright
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2003-10-17
Category : Art
ISBN : 0801874505

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Comic Book Nation by Bradford W. Wright Pdf

A history of comic books from the 1930s to 9/11.

Author : Jonathan Hennessey
Publisher : Ten Speed Graphic
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2017-10-03
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9780399578915

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The Comic Book Story of Video Games by Jonathan Hennessey Pdf

A complete, illustrated history of video games--highlighting the machines, games, and people who have made gaming a worldwide, billion-dollar industry/artform--told in a graphic novel format. Author Jonathan Hennessey and illustrator Jack McGowan present the first full-color, chronological origin story for this hugely successful, omnipresent artform and business. Hennessey provides readers with everything they need to know about video games--from their early beginnings during World War II to the emergence of arcade games in the 1970s to the rise of Nintendo to today's app-based games like Angry Birds and Pokemon Go. Hennessey and McGowan also analyze the evolution of gaming as an artform and its impact on society. Each chapter features spotlights on major players in the development of games and gaming that contains everything that gamers and non-gamers alike need to understand and appreciate this incredible phenomenon.

Author : Jennifer M. Besel
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Comic books, strips, etc
ISBN : 9781429647908

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The Captivating, Creative, Unusual History of Comic Books by Jennifer M. Besel Pdf

"Describes the history of comic books, featuring little known facts and bizarre inside information"--Provided by publisher.

Author : Les Daniels
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-15
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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COMIX - A History of Comic Books in America by Les Daniels Pdf

Comix – A History of Comic Books in America (1988) : Covers the whole history of comic books in America to 1970–the major creations, the major creators, the major comic book lines, the major comic book enemies. Co-authors Les Daniels and The Mad Peck tell the story of how comic books captured the imagination of millions and became an American institution, and whether or not they deserved to. Adjoining the text, providing an illustrated history of their own, is a large selection of complete comic book stories. No selected snippets. Full stories. “It seems safe to say,” the authors write, “that no book to date has contained such a wide range of comic book tales Where else can one find in the same volume such divergent personalities as the Old Witch and Donald Duck, or Captain America and Those Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers?

Author : Shirrel Rhoades
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Art
ISBN : 1433101076

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A Complete History of American Comic Books by Shirrel Rhoades Pdf

This book is an updated history of the American comic book by an industry insider. You'll follow the development of comics from the first appearance of the comic book format in the Platinum Age of the 1930s to the creation of the superhero genre in the Golden Age, to the current period, where comics flourish as graphic novels and blockbuster movies. Along the way you will meet the hustlers, hucksters, hacks, and visionaries who made the American comic book what it is today. It's an exciting journey, filled with mutants, changelings, atomized scientists, gamma-ray accidents, and supernaturally empowered heroes and villains who challenge the imagination and spark the secret identities lurking within us.

Author : Annessa Ann Babic
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2013-12-11
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781611475579

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Comics as History, Comics as Literature by Annessa Ann Babic Pdf

This anthology hosts a collection of essays examining the role of comics as portals for historical and academic content, while keeping the approach on an international market versus the American one. Few resources currently exist showing the cross-disciplinary aspects of comics. Some of the chapters examine the use of Wonder Woman during World War II, the development and culture of French comics, and theories of Locke and Hobbs in regards to the state of nature and the bonds of community. More so, the continual use of comics for the retelling of classic tales and current events demonstrates that the genre has long passed the phase of for children’s eyes only. Additionally, this anthology also weaves graphic novels into the dialogue with comics.

Author : Fred Van Lente
Publisher : IDW Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2021-07-21
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781649360007

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The Comic Book History of Animation: True Toon Tales of the Most Iconic Characters, Artists and Styles! by Fred Van Lente Pdf

From the team behind The Comic Book History of Comics comes the perfect companion piece telling the story of the triumphs and tragedies of the filmmakers and beloved animated characters of the past century and a half—essential for hardcore fans of the medium and noobies alike! It's all here, from Aardman to Zoetrope, Disney to Miyazaki, Hanna-Barbera to Pixar, and everything in-between! Begin in the early 1900s with J. Stuart Blackton and the first American cartoon, Winsor McCay's Gertie the Dinosaur, and Felix the Cat! Find out about Margaret Winkler, the most powerful person in early animation, and Walt Disney, who revolutionizes cartoons with sound and color! Discover how Fleischer Studios teaches us to sing "Boop-boop-a-doop" and eat our spinach, and how Warner Bros' Looney Toons rivaled Disney's Silly Symphonies! Plus, icons of animation including Hanna-Barbera, Huckleberry Hound, The Flintstones, and Ruby-Spears; the Plastic Age of toy-based TV shows including G.I. Joe, Transformers, and He-Man; and the new Golden Age of TV animation launched by The Simpsons! And go abroad to France with Émile Cohl's dynamic doodles in Fantasmagorie; to Japan, where the Imperial Navy debuts the first full-length anime as propaganda, Divine Sea Warriors, and Osamu Tezuka conquers TV as he conquered manga; and to Argentina, which beat out Snow White for the first feature length animated movie by two decades! And finally, Jurassic Park and the computer animation revolution! Post-Little Mermaid Disney, Pixar, and Studio Ghibli conquer the world! If you’ve ever wanted to know more about the history of animation but were afraid to ask, this book is especially for you!

Author : Benjamin Woo,Jeremy Stoll
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2021-07-29
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781496834669

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The Comics World by Benjamin Woo,Jeremy Stoll Pdf

Contributions by Bart Beaty, T. Keith Edmunds, Eike Exner, Christopher J. Galdieri, Ivan Lima Gomes, Charles Hatfield, Franny Howes, John A. Lent, Amy Louise Maynard, Shari Sabeti, Rob Salkowitz, Kalervo A. Sinervo, Jeremy Stoll, Valerie Wieskamp, Adriana Estrada Wilson, and Benjamin Woo The Comics World: Comic Books, Graphic Novels, and Their Publics is the first collection to explicitly examine the production, circulation, and reception of comics from a social-scientific point of view. Designed to promote interdisciplinary dialogue about theory and methods in comics studies, this volume draws on approaches from fields as diverse as sociology, political science, history, folklore, communication studies, and business, among others, to study the social life of comics and graphic novels. Taking the concept of a “comics world”—that is, the collection of people, roles, and institutions that “produce” comics as they are—as its organizing principle, the book asks readers to attend to the contexts that shape how comics move through societies and cultures. Each chapter explores a specific comics world or particular site where comics meet one of their publics, such as artists and creators; adaptors; critics and journalists; convention-goers; scanners; fans; and comics scholars themselves. Through their research, contributors demonstrate some of the ways that people participate in comics worlds and how the relationships created in these spaces can provide different perspectives on comics and comics studies. Moving beyond the page, The Comics World explores the complexity of the lived reality of the comics world: how comics and graphic novels matter to different people at different times, within a social space shared with others.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : World history
ISBN : OCLC:5296808

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The Cartoon History of the Universe by Anonim Pdf

Author : Joseph Witek
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 0878054065

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Comic Books as History by Joseph Witek Pdf

This first full-length scholarly study of comic books as a narrative form attempts to explain why comic books, traditionally considered to be juvenile trash literature, have in the 1980s been used by serious artists to tell realistic stories for adults