Pulitzer-prize nominee and English professor Garrett explores the deeper side of comic books--and the motion pictures they inspire--for the lessons they can teach readers about ...

Provides annotations, plot summaries, and age ratings for a variety of comic books for children.

A treasury of Jewish comic book art collects the work of such top names as Will Eisner, Jules Feiffer, and Art Spiegelman, in a volume that is complemented by pictorial essays ...

Many of the creators of the most famous superheroes were from Jewish back-grounds, cultural or religious. Disguised as Clark Kent explores how this Jewish consciousness ...

"The understated "Jew-ish" flavor of 20th century comedy is over and has been replaced by a brutal matter-of-factness that would make earlier generations cringe." "Simcha ...

In 500 Essential Graphic Novels the finest paperbacks, collections and hardcovers from around the world are gathered together for the first time in a volume that reveals the ...

The greatest hero the world has ever seen rocketed to Earth from the doomed planet Krypton and grew up on a farm. Now he fights on the side of Truth and Justice. He's the Man ...

A dramatic illustrated biography of legendary cartoonist Wallace Wood. Journalist Steve Starger and historian J. David Spurlock tell a concise but sweeping tale of Wood's life ...

"These 15 essays investigate comic books and graphic novels, beginning with the early development of these media. The essays also place the work in a cultural context ...

Presents a history of Marvel comics, profiling the creative artists, the writers, and the superheroes who have made Marvel the largest comic book publisher