Download or read book Thunderbolt Jaxon An Albion Story written by Dave Gibbons and published by . This book was released on 2007-05 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jack Jaxon and his friends accidentally unearth the magical belt - only to discover that things in their home town are not what they seem, as the Norse gods and immortal giants are still fighting their endless battle. But can Jack wield Thor's power and remain himself?
Download or read book Thunderbolt Jaxon written by Dave Gibbons and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The British Superhero written by Chris Murray and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2017-03-15 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chris Murray reveals the largely unknown and rather surprising history of the British superhero. It is often thought that Britain did not have its own superheroes, yet Murray demonstrates that there were a great many in Britain and that they were often used as a way to comment on the relationship between Britain and America. Sometimes they emulated the style of American comics, but they also frequently became sites of resistance to perceived American political and cultural hegemony, drawing upon satire and parody as a means of critique. Murray illustrates that the superhero genre is a blend of several influences, and that in British comics these influences were quite different from those in America, resulting in some contrasting approaches to the figure of the superhero. He identifies the origins of the superhero and supervillain in nineteenth-century popular culture such as the penny dreadfuls and boys' weeklies and in science fiction writing of the 1920s and 1930s. He traces the emergence of British superheroes in the 1940s, the advent of "fake" American comics, and the reformatting of reprinted material. Murray then chronicles the British Invasion of the 1980s and the pivotal roles in American superhero comics and film production held by British artists today. This book will challenge views about British superheroes and the comics creators who fashioned them. Murray brings to light a gallery of such comics heroes as the Amazing Mr X, Powerman, Streamline, Captain Zenith, Electroman, Mr Apollo, Masterman, Captain Universe, Marvelman, Kelly's Eye, Steel Claw, the Purple Hood, Captain Britain, Supercats, Bananaman, Paradax, Jack Staff, and SuperBob. He reminds us of the significance of many such creators and artists as Len Fullerton, Jock McCail, Jack Glass, Denis Gifford, Bob Monkhouse, Dennis M. Reader, Mick Anglo, Brendan McCarthy, Alan Moore, Grant Morrison, Dave Gibbons, and Mark Millar.
Download or read book Confabulation An Anecdotal Autobiography by Dave Gibbons written by Dave Gibbons and published by Dark Horse Comics. This book was released on 2023-03-14 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive, in-depth, and personal journey through the eyes of one of the world’s most famous comics creators, Dave Gibbons, spans his earliest years copying Superman and Batman comics as a kid, to co-creating the bestselling graphic novel of all-time, Watchmen, and beyond. Presented alphabetically, with informally written anecdotes that can be read from cover-to-cover or simply dipped into, Gibbons reveals unseen comics’ pitches, life as the first Comics Laureate, and going from being a fanzine artist to infiltrating DC Comics in the 1970s. The book covers everything from working on Doctor Who and meeting Tom Baker to being inducted into the Eisner Hall of Fame. Gibbons also discusses, for the first time anywhere, the reasons why he and fellow Watchmen co-creator Alan Moore no longer speak. Packed with over 300 iconic, rarely seen, and unpublished art pieces and photographs, Confabulation: An Anecdotal Autobiography not only entertains, but peels back the layers of a fascinating career in comics.
Download or read book British Comics written by James Chapman and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2011-12-01 with total page 451 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arguing that British comics are distinct from their international counterparts, a unique showcase of the major role they have played in the imaginative lives of British youth—and some adults. In this entertaining cultural history of British comic papers and magazines, James Chapman shows how comics were transformed in the early twentieth century from adult amusement to imaginative reading matter for children. Beginning with the first British comic, Ally Sloper—known as “A Selection, Side-splitting, Sentimental, and Serious, for the Benefit of Old Boys, Young Boys, Odd Boys generally, and even Girls”—British Comics goes on to describe the heyday of comics in the 1950s and ’60s, when titles such as School Friend and Eagle sold a million copies a week. Chapman also analyzes the major genres, including schoolgirl fantasies and sports and war stories for boys; the development of a new breed of violent comics in the 1970s, including the controversial Action and 2000AD; and the attempt by American publisher, Marvel, to launch a new hero for the British market in the form of Captain Britain. Considering the work of important contemporary comic writers such as Alan Moore, Grant Morrison, Ian Edginton, Warren Ellis, and Garth Ennis, Chapman’s history comes right up to the present and takes in adult-oriented comics such as Warrior, Crisis, Deadline,and Revolver, and alternative comics such as Viz. Through a look at the changing structure of the comic publishing industry and how comic publishers, writers, and artists have responded to the tastes of their consumers, Chapman ultimately argues that British comics are distinctive and different from American, French, and Japanese comics. An invaluable reference for all comic collectors and fans in Britain and beyond, British Comics showcases the major role comics have played in the imaginative lives of readers young and old.
Download or read book Albion written by Alan Moore and published by Wildstorm. This book was released on 2007 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "For 25 years The Spider, Grimly Feendish, The Steel Claw, Robot Archie, and scores of other bizarre creations from the hallowed IPC vaults have been missing. Where have they been? And why, after all this time have they suddenly reappeared?"-- p. [4] of cover.
Download or read book Battler Britton written by Garth Ennis and published by Titan Books (UK). This book was released on 2007 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ace Second World War pilot, Robert 'Battler' Britton, and his crew are dispatched to an American airstrip in North Africa to spearhead a joint action against Hitler's war machine. Now they need to survive the taunts, the threats, the assaults - and that's just from the Yanks!
Download or read book 2000 AD The Creator Interviews Volume 04 written by Michael Molcher and published by 2000 AD Books. This book was released on 2015-11-25 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exclusive interviews and career overviews of key comics creators taken from the pages of the Judge Dredd Megazine. In this fourth collection Alan Moore, Brett Ewins, Liam McCormick-Sharp, John Higgins, Colin Wilson, Dylan Teague and Peter Doherty discuss their work in comics, 2000 AD and many other titles in great detail.
Download or read book The Blazing World and Other Writings written by Margaret Cavendish and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 1994-03-31 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Flamboyant, theatrical and ambitious, Margaret Cavendish was one of the seventeenth century's most striking figures: a woman who ventured into the male spheres of politics, science, philosophy and literature. The Blazing World is a highly original work: part Utopian fiction, part feminist text, it tells of a lady shipwrecked on the Blazing World where she is made Empress and uses her power to ensure that it is free of war, religious division and unfair sexual discrimination. This volume also includes The Contract, a romance in which love and law work harmoniously together, and Assaulted and Pursued Chastity, which explores the power and freedom a woman can achieve in the disguise of a man.
Download or read book National American Kennel Club Stud Book written by and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Batman Legends of the Dark Knight Vol 1 written by Damon Lindelof and published by DC. This book was released on 2015-03-10 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: BATMAN: LEGENDS OF THE DARK KNIGHT presents the new, original adventures of Batman from the acclaimed digital-first series by an all-star lineup of comics' finest talents including Damon Lindelof (Lost, Prometheus), Steve Niles (30 Days of Night), Jeff Lemire (ANIMAL MAN) and more! Discover startling sides of The Dark Knight that span from his earliest days in the cowl to his never-ending battles against Gotham's greatest enemies, including the Joker and Two-Face. Collecting issues #1-5 of BATMAN: LEGENDS OF THE DARK KNIGHT!
Download or read book Greysuit written by Pat Mills and published by 2000 AD. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The covert operatives known as Greysuits enforce the British government's interests in the world's most dangerous places. Specially conditioned to have heightened strength and senses, Greysuits are the most deadly secret agents alive.
Download or read book Nemo Heart of Ice written by Alan Moore and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2013-03-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bestselling League of Extraordinary Gentlemen series continues in this standalone graphic novel! It's 1925, fifteen long years since Janni Dakkar first tried to escape the legacy of her dying science-pirate father, only to accept her destiny, at last, as the new Nemo, captain of the legendary Nautilus. Now, tired of her unending spree of plunder and destruction, Janni launches a grand expedition to surpass her father's greatest failure: the exploration of Antarctica. Hot on her frozen trail are a trio of genius inventors, hired by an influential publishing tycoon to retrieve the plundered valuables of an African queen. It's a deadly race to the bottom of the world -- an uncharted land of wonder and horror where time is broken and the mountains bring madness. Jules Verne meets H.P. Lovecraft in the unforgettable final showdown, lost in the living, beating, and appallingly inhuman HEART OF ICE.
Download or read book How Comics Work written by Dave Gibbons and published by . This book was released on 2017-09-21 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "There's a million books on how comics are put together, but none from the master storyteller behind the greatest graphic novel of all time. This is Orson Welles giving you a movie tutorial. If you're serious about this business this should be sitting on your desk." Mark Millar, writer/co-creator of Kingsman: The Secret Service, Kick-Ass, Wanted, Civil War "Essential reading." Garth Ennis, co-creator of Preacher, The Boys, Crossed, Hitman and writer of Hellblazer and The Punisher "I would have to say this is the comic book equivalent to Charles Darwin's Origin of Species." Forbidden Planet International A masterclass taught by Britain's first Comics Laureate , Dave Gibbons, this is the most authoritative guide on how comics are made today. Packed full of rare and unpublished material from Gibbons' archive it reveals insider tips on how comics such as 2000 AD and Watchmen were made. Written in collaboration with award-winning writer and editor Tim Pilcher, this unique guide takes you through each stage of the comic's creation process, from scriptwriting, to moving through character and superhero design, to lettering and colouring and finally on to covers and logo design. Throughout this insightful course are real-life examples of Gibbons' art, revealing how he solved actual problems with practical solutions, and unique behind-the-scenes insights into the creative process. Learn the stages of layout and page planning through the initial designs of Give Me Liberty; discover Gibbons handy tips for lettering using never-before-seen examples from The Originals; and find out the secrets of successful writing with sample scripts from The World's Finest and The Secret Service.
Download or read book Ro Busters The Complete Nuts and Bolts written by Pat Mills and published by . This book was released on 2016-08 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Green Lantern written by Geoff Johns and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by Geoff Johns, Ron Marz, Alan Burnett and Sterling Gates Art byDave Gibbons, Ethan Van Sciver, Pete Woods, Jerry Ordway, Mike McKone, AdrianaMelo, Joe Prado and others Cover by Ivan Reis & Oclair Albert The actionof The Sinestro Corps War story spills over into this volume collecting GreenLantern #18-20 (plus backup stories), Green Lantern Sinestro Corps Special #1 ((plus backup stories), Tales of the Sinestro Corps: Ion, Tales of the SinestroCorps: Parallax, Tales of the Sinestro Corps: Cyborg Superman, Tales of theSinestro Corps: Anti-Monitor, and Green Lantern Sinestro Corps Secret Files!Parallax, Anti-Monitor, and the Cyborg Superman are some of the most fearedmembers of the brutal Sinestro Corps, an army assembled with one goal: to spreadfear across the galaxy! In this hardcover volume, the layers of these complexvillains are stripped away as readers learn why they joined the Sinestro Corpsand what drives them to eradicate the Green Lantern Corps.
Download or read book The Trigan Empire written by Don Lawrence and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains 7 stories following the adventures of Trigo, leader of the people of Vorg who inhabit the distant planet of Elekton. Here is science fiction at its most exciting.
