Draw your own Comics Designs with this Blank Comic Book. This Blank Comic Book is great for anyone who wants to create their own comics, cartoons or storyboard scripts. It perfect for sketching and drawing comic strips.This blank comic notebook includes:100 pages Blank PagesSize 6x9.This sketch journal is perfect as a gift idea for kids and teens, for girls and boys, students.

With over 600 licensed Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles products available today, how is the aspiring collector to know what in this green sea of Turtleabilia is a true find? What are the whimsical items unique to the Turtles? How is a collector to discern the must haves from the merely interesting, or worse, the fakes? Easy. Use The Official Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Treasury, the ultimate collector's guide for all those afflicted with Turtle fever.

Lavishly illustrated with photos of the many products included, Turtle creators Peter Laird and Kevin Eastman, together with input from their marketing experts, have compiled a true treasury of what they believe will be the most valuable and collectible items of all the Turtles merchandise being produced. They have added personal comments on their own favorite products, plus the story of how the Turtles and their world began. The Official Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Treasury has an in-depth section on the comic books that started the green tide, and tips on how to know when you have a possible gold mine--such as one of the first comic books in mint condition. It all adds up to give fans the real inside story of the incredible phenomenon of Turtlemania.

Many of the items included herein can be collected for fun, and many are potentially worth quite a bit--but The Official Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Treasury puts them all in one place, to help both the Turtle lover and the serious collector alike.

2017 The Association for the Studies of the Present Book Prize

Finalist Mention, 2017 Lora Romero First Book Award Presented by the American Studies Association

Winner of the 2012 CLAGS Fellowship Award for Best First Book Project in LGBT Studies

How fantasy meets reality as popular culture evolves and ignites postwar gender, sexual, and race revolutions.

In 1964, noted literary critic Leslie Fiedler described American youth as new mutants, social rebels severing their attachments to American culture to remake themselves in their own image. 1960s comic book creators, anticipating Fiedler, began to morph American superheroes from icons of nationalism and white masculinity into actual mutant outcasts, defined by their genetic difference from ordinary humanity. These powerful misfits and freaks soon came to embody the social and political aspirations of America's most marginalized groups, including women, racial and sexual minorities, and the working classes.

In The New Mutants, Ramzi Fawaz draws upon queer theory to tell the story of these monstrous fantasy figures and how they grapple with radical politics from Civil Rights and The New Left to Women's and Gay Liberation Movements. Through a series of comic book case studies--including The Justice League of America, The Fantastic Four, The X-Men, and The New Mutants--alongside late 20th century fan writing, cultural criticism, and political documents, Fawaz reveals how the American superhero modeled new forms of social belonging that counterculture youth would embrace in the 1960s and after. The New Mutants provides the first full-length study to consider the relationship between comic book fantasy and radical politics in the modern United States.

Over twelve years in the making, this second edition of THE FULL COLOR GUIDE TO MARVEL SILVER AGE COLLECTIBLES: FROM MMMS TO MARVELMANIA is a comprehensive guide to Marvel toys, fan club items, gumball trinkets, records, cards, stickers - you name it - with over 1400 color pictures from no less than the greatest Marvel collections in the world. This guide provides prices, pictures, historical information, and anecdotes regarding all aspects of Marvel's rise in the 1960s and also presents the most detailed histories ever written regarding the Merry Marvel Marching Society and the Marvelmania International fan clubs. The specific 1960s Marvel memorabilia covered in this book include early correspondence items such as letters, postcards, and no-prizes; Bullpen pin-ups; Ben Cooper Halloween costumes, masks, and playsuits; fan club kits from both phases of the MMMS, the Super Heroes Club, and the Marvelmania International fan club; t-shirts and sweatshirts; the 1965 Swingin' Stationery Kit; iron-ons; posters, such as the 1965 Spider-man pin-up, plus all the Personality Posters and Marvelmania club posters; gumball items such as flicker rings, snap-on rings, Mini-Books, flexi-rings, rubber figures, sticker strip comics and puzzles; Golden Records and the GR reprint comics; SPC and Freddie McCoy records; Button World pinbacks; Aurora Plastic model kits; Lincoln International Spider-man copter gun; Karim Spider-man watch; Pressman Captain America kite; Transogram Flying Captain America; Lakeside Captain America Super-Flex action figure; all Marvel Captain Action sets; Marvel Super-Heroes TV show promotional poster, record, brochure, pennants, and bumper stickers; Donruss card set; Philadelphia Chewing Gum sticker set; Topps Marvel Flyer airplanes and Krazy Little Comics; all 1960s Marvel books; all Marvel products from Ideal Toys, Kenner, Whitman, and Milton Bradley; all Marvel Marx figures, scooters, friction cars, spinners, license plates, tricycles, and the Marx Super Hero Express train mint in box; the Power Comics pennant set; Ohio Art Marvel Flyers; Massachusetts Art pillows; all Marvelmania International fan club merchandise including pinbacks, stationery kit, magazines, and portfolios; and much much more. This guide is an indispensible resource for anyone involved in buying, selling, trading, or collecting Marvel Silver Age collectibles and especially for any fan who is interested in any aspect of Marvel's explosive growth into a pop-culture phenomenon in the 1960s as a result of the Herculean efforts of Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, and the rest of the Mighty Marvel Bullpen. 'Nuff said

This trailblazing survey of an art form preferred by the masses was the pioneer study of the subject. It shows the evolution and subgenres of the comics from The Yellow Kid in 1895 through the first decade of the modern comic book in the 1940s.

First published in 1947 and long out of print, this is considered by diehard aficionados of the comics as the best book ever written on the subject, and not just because it was the first. In this far-reaching study Coulton Waugh set down information that is now common lore, that the comics are revealing reflectors of society. For general readers and scholars alike, this new edition has a comprehensive index and an introduction by M. Thomas Inge, the notable scholar of popular culture and author of Comics as Culture.

A comprehensive overview of over 100 models of the 1966 TV Batmobile;
From Corgi to Jada and many more that you have probably never heard of this book includes thousands of photographs and up to date prices.
Even rare models are covered including one that was on offer for over 4000. (2024)

Manufacturers covered:
Marx - Jazzinc - Corgi (all versions) - Hotwheels - Pin Toys - HeroCross - Mattel - Mego - Eaglemoss - ATC - Corgi Juniors - Husky - Palitoy - Jada - Mexico - Kaiyodo - Wicked - McFarlane - AHI Amrak Hamway - Funko - IMAI - Mezco - Johnny Lightning - Clifford Hoover - Mini Mez - Wiki - Dorbz - Polar Lights - Scalextrik - Imaginext - Matchbox - Marks and Spencer - Lego - JC Grice - Metal Earth - Moebius - Aurora

Packed with information including a section on the Corgi variants this book is a must for the serious enthusiast.

2017 EISNER AWARD NOMINEE for Best Academic/Scholarly Work

In the late 1970s and early 1980s, writer-artist Frank Miller turned Daredevil from a tepid-selling comic into an industry-wide success story, doubling its sales within three years. Lawyer by day and costumed vigilante by night, the character of Daredevil was the perfect vehicle for the explorations of heroic ideals and violence that would come to define Miller's work. Frank Miller's Daredevil and the Ends of Heroism is both a rigorous study of Miller's artistic influences and innovations and a reflection on how his visionary work on Daredevil impacted generations of comics publishers, creators, and fans. Paul Young explores the accomplishments of Miller the writer, who fused hardboiled crime stories with superhero comics, while reimagining Kingpin (a classic Spider-Man nemesis), recuperating the half-baked villain Bullseye, and inventing a completely new kind of Daredevil villain in Elektra. Yet, he also offers a vivid appreciation of the indelible panels drawn by Miller the artist, taking a fresh look at his distinctive page layouts and lines. A childhood fan of Miller's Daredevil, Young takes readers on a personal journey as he seeks to reconcile his love for the comic with his distaste for the fascistic overtones of Miller's controversial later work. What he finds will resonate not only with Daredevil fans, but with anyone who has contemplated what it means to be a hero in a heartless world. Other titles in the Comics Culture series include Twelve-Cent Archie, Wonder Woman: Bondage and Feminism in the Marston/Peter Comics, 1941-1948, and Considering Watchmen: Poetics, Property, Politics.

Get ready to blast off into a world of adventure with Ace O'Hara: Scifi Hero! This beloved classic strip has been thrilling readers for generations with its pulse-pounding action and intergalactic intrigue. Follow Ace O'Hara, the daring space pilot, as he battles evil villains, travels to new worlds, and saves the galaxy from destruction time and time again. With his trusty crew by his side, Ace always manages to outsmart his foes and come out on top. Now, with this new reprint edition, you can experience the thrill of Ace O'Hara like never before. This book is the perfect way to introduce a new generation to this classic scifi hero. So buckle up and get ready for the adventure of a lifetime - Ace O'Hara: Scifi Hero is ready for lift-off! Funtime Press

This book is an absurdity. How do you collect something of which there is nothing to collect? So begins The Essential Guide to COLLECTING Calvin and Hobbes.

At once a requisite collector's guide and a pursuit of meaning within storytelling, The Essential Guide to COLLECTING Calvin and Hobbes also offers a critical appraisal of Bill Watterson, as well as a deep examination of the most obscure Calvin and Hobbes relic, the textbook Teaching with Calvin and Hobbes: a miraculous artifact unlike any other collectible in the world.

Beyond The Panels: The History and Impact of Black Comic Book Characters offers an in-depth exploration of the groundbreaking evolution of Black superheroes, from their humble beginnings to their transformative impact on both the comic book industry and popular culture. This book traces the journey of Black characters who have not only shaped the superhero genre but also mirrored the struggles, triumphs, and aspirations of Black communities throughout history.

From the creation of iconic figures like Black Panther, Luke Cage, and Storm, to the rise of Afrofuturism and the work of Black creators in the comic world, Beyond The Panels examines how these heroes have transcended the page to become symbols of empowerment, justice, and representation. It delves into the political, social, and cultural contexts that have influenced these characters, exploring how they reflect the real-world fight for equality, racial justice, and visibility.

With a keen focus on both the characters and their creators, this book celebrates the diverse narratives and voices that have expanded the world of comic books, offering readers a rich, thoughtful look at how Black superheroes have reshaped not only the genre but also the cultural landscape.

A must-read for comic book enthusiasts, history buffs, and anyone interested in the power of representation, Beyond The Panels highlights the enduring legacy and future potential of Black superheroes as they continue to inspire and break new ground across media and beyond.

The Ultimate Guide to Comic Book Conservation

Comic books are more than just collectibles-they are cultural artifacts, each with a story to tell. Comic Book Conservation: Materials and Methods is the definitive handbook for preserving these pieces of history, ensuring they survive for future generations.

Unlike restoration, which alters a comic to improve its appearance, conservation focuses on stabilizing and preserving comics in their original state. This book dives deep into the critical differences between conservation and restoration, breaking down the impact on grading from third-party graders like CGC and CBCS. You'll gain expert insight into which conservation techniques qualify for a Universal (blue) label versus a Conserved (gray) or Restored (purple) label, helping you make informed decisions about your collection.

Packed with over 250 high-resolution images and 268 pages of expert knowledge, this guide covers:

✔️ Cleaning Techniques - Dry and wet cleaning, stain removal, and safe cleaning solutions

✔️ Humidification & Pressing - Reducing spine ticks, creases, and structural distortion

✔️ Tear Seals & Reinforcement - How to repair without damaging integrity

✔️ Leaf Casting - Filling in missing paper and stabilizing fragile comics

✔️ Disassembly & Reassembly - Safely working on comics without causing harm

✔️ Restoration Removal - Undoing past work to restore authenticity

This book is built on over 50 peer-reviewed studies and accomplishments from the comic conservation community, making it the most comprehensive resource on traditional conservation techniques available today.

Whether you're a collector, dealer, or preservationist, this guide will equip you with the knowledge to save, stabilize, and safeguard comic book history.

The Brownies were first created by Canadian artist Palmer Cox (1840-1924). The Dell comics version was drawn by several different artists. The earliest comics were similar to Cox's style, while later comics were influenced by the iteration drawn by Walt Kelly (of Pogo fame), which were lush in detail. This collection includes four of the Dell Four Color comics featuring the Brownies. (The Four Color imprint included a variety of characters, and allowed Dell to try out some titles before giving them their own series.) The issues included are Nos. 192 (1948), 337 (1951), 365 (1951), and 482 (1953).

2017 The Association for the Studies of the Present Book Prize

Finalist Mention, 2017 Lora Romero First Book Award Presented by the American Studies Association

Winner of the 2012 CLAGS Fellowship Award for Best First Book Project in LGBT Studies

How fantasy meets reality as popular culture evolves and ignites postwar gender, sexual, and race revolutions.

In 1964, noted literary critic Leslie Fiedler described American youth as new mutants, social rebels severing their attachments to American culture to remake themselves in their own image. 1960s comic book creators, anticipating Fiedler, began to morph American superheroes from icons of nationalism and white masculinity into actual mutant outcasts, defined by their genetic difference from ordinary humanity. These powerful misfits and freaks soon came to embody the social and political aspirations of America's most marginalized groups, including women, racial and sexual minorities, and the working classes.

In The New Mutants, Ramzi Fawaz draws upon queer theory to tell the story of these monstrous fantasy figures and how they grapple with radical politics from Civil Rights and The New Left to Women's and Gay Liberation Movements. Through a series of comic book case studies--including The Justice League of America, The Fantastic Four, The X-Men, and The New Mutants--alongside late 20th century fan writing, cultural criticism, and political documents, Fawaz reveals how the American superhero modeled new forms of social belonging that counterculture youth would embrace in the 1960s and after. The New Mutants provides the first full-length study to consider the relationship between comic book fantasy and radical politics in the modern United States.

• With record prices established on a regular basis, the market for original comic art has never been more compelling. And now a resurgent animation art market is commanding attention as well. If those areas of collecting seem daunting, The Overstreet Guide To Collecting Comic & Animation Art is a great place to start. The second book in Overstreet's new How To series offers the terminology you need to know along with the expertise of seasoned collectors and dealers who will help you get to know what to look for and how to look for it. Features a Silver Surfer #1 recreation cover by renowned painter Joe Jusko.

• From the team behind The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide comes the first new Overstreet-branded book in more than a decade. How do you collect comics? How do you care for them? Grade them? Sell them? How do you turn your comics hobby into a job in the industry? Who have been the greatest comic creators? The Overstreet Guide To Collecting Comics offers answers and insights into these questions and more facing new collectors and experienced enthusiasts alike. This edition features a Spider-Man cover by renowned painter Joe Jusko.

In the 1980s, a sea change occurred in comics. Fueled by Art Spiegel- man and Françoise Mouly's avant-garde anthology Raw and the launch of the Love & Rockets series by Gilbert, Jaime, and Mario Hernandez, the decade saw a deluge of comics that were more autobiographical, emotionally realistic, and experimental than anything seen before. These alternative comics were not the scatological satires of the 1960s underground, nor were they brightly colored newspaper strips or superhero comic books.

In Alternative Comics: An Emerging Literature, Charles Hatfield establishes the parameters of alternative comics by closely examining long-form comics, in particular the graphic novel. He argues that these are fundamentally a literary form and offers an extensive critical study of them both as a literary genre and as a cultural phenomenon. Combining sharp-eyed readings and illustrations from particular texts with a larger understanding of the comics as an art form, this book discusses the development of specific genres, such as autobiography and history.

Alternative Comics analyzes such seminal works as Spiegelman's Maus, Gilbert Hernandez's Palomar: The Heartbreak Soup Stories, and Justin Green's Binky Brown Meets the Holy Virgin Mary. Hatfield explores how issues outside of cartooning-the marketplace, production demands, work schedules-can affect the final work. Using Hernandez's Palomar as an example, he shows how serialization may determine the way a cartoonist structures a narrative. In a close look at Maus, Binky Brown, and Harvey Pekar's American Splendor, Hatfield teases out the complications of creating biography and autobiography in a substantially visual medium, and shows how creators approach these issues in radically different ways.

In October 1931, Dick Tracy made his debut on the pages of the Detroit Mirror. Since then America's most famous crime fighter has tangled with a variety of protagonists from locations as diverse as the inner city and outer space, all the time maintaining the moral high ground while reflecting American popular culture.

Through extensive research and interviews with Chester Gould (the creator of Dick Tracy), his assistants, Dick Locher (the current artist), Max Allan Collins (who scripted the stories for more than 15 years) and many others associated with the strip, Dick Tracy as a cultural icon emerges. The strips use of both innovative and established police methods and the true-to-life portrayals of Tracy's family and fellow cops are detailed. The artists behind the strip are fully revealed and Dick Tracy paraphernalia and the 1990 movie Dick Tracy are discussed. Dick Tracy's appearances in other media--books, comics, radio, movie serials, B movies, television dramas, and animated cartoons--are fully covered.

This well-focused and perceptive analysis of a phenomenon in our popular culture--the new respectability of the comic book form--argues that the comics medium has a productive tradition of telling true stories with grace and economy. It details vividly the outburst of underground comics in the late 1960s and '70s, whose cadre of artistically gifted creators were committed to writing comic books for adults, an audience they made aware that comic books can offer narratives of great power and technical sophistication.

In this study, Joseph Witek examines the rise of the comic book to a position of importance in modern culture and assesses its ideological and historical implications. Jack Jackson, Art Spiegelman, and Harvey Pekar are among the creators whom Witek credits for the emergence of the comic book as a serious artistic medium. As American codes of ethics, aesthetics, and semiotics have evolved, so too has the comic book as a mode for presenting the weightier matters of history. It is safe to claim that comic books are not just for kids anymore.

Comic books crystallize the social and political problems of a troubled period in American culture.

In addition to their entertainment value, comic books offered a unique world-view to a large segment of the American public in the confusing decade following World War II. Millions were distributed to service personnel during the war years, and by 1945, adults as well as children were reading an astounding 60 million comic books per month. These books treated such contemporary concerns as the atomic and hydrogen bombs, growth of international Communism, and the Korean War, and they offered heroes and heroines to deal with such problems. In response to moral criticism, the industry established a Comics Code that specified acceptable content. The code prohibited most of what had appeared in the medium prior to 1954, thus ending what has since come to be known as the golden age of comic books. With reproductions of five representative stories supplementing the text, William Savage's book (first published in 1990), will appeal to social historians and others interested in this vivid expression of American culture.

• The American Comic Book Chronicles continues its ambitious series of full-color hardcovers where TwoMorrows' top authors document every decade of comic book history from the 1940s to today! Bill Schelly authors the volume on the 1950s era of Marilyn Monroe and Elvis Presley, with a year-by-year account of the most significant publications, notable creators, and impactful trends, including: the rise of the great EC New Trend titles (Tales of the Crypt, Weird Science), Harvey Kurtzman's Mad, and Carl Barks' classic work on Donald Duck and Uncle Scrooge! Plus, read about the publication of Dr. Fredric Wertham's notorious anti-comics book, Seduction of the Innocent, and the Senate hearings on juvenile delinquency that led to the creation of the Comics Code, changing the face of comics for decades to come!