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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
Para leer al Pato Donald	Ariel Dorfmann,Armand Mattelart,Ariel Dorfman,Ariel Dorfman	First published in 1971 in Chile, where the entire third printing was dumped into the ocean by the Chilean Navy and bonfires were held to destroy earlier editions, How to Read Donald Duck reveals the…	OL1003890W
Documentary graphic novels and social realism	Jeff Adams	This book analyses graphic novels which document social crises. It demonstrates that artists' documentary use of this medium is a form of social realism, inextricably bound up with politics and ideol…	OL13600405W
Demanding respect	Paul Douglas Lopes	How is it that comic books—the once-reviled form of lowbrow popular culture—are now the rage for Hollywood blockbusters, the basis for bestselling video games, and the inspiration for literary graphi…	OL13645253W
Captain America and the struggle of the superhero	Robert G. Weiner	"The topics discussed include the ways Nazi Germany was represented in Captain America Comics from the 1940s to the 1960s; the creation of Captain America in the Jewish American experience; the relat…	OL15907208W
Supergods	Grant Morrison	Morrison draws on history, art, mythology, and his own astonishing journeys through this alternate universe as a comic book writer to provide the first true chronicle of the superhero.	OL16182820W
Crossing boundaries in graphic narrative	Jake Jakaitis,James F. Wurtz	"The essays examine the politics of comic form and narrative, ways graphic narrative and sequential art "cross over" into other genres, and how these articulations challenge the ways we read and inte…	OL16489810W
"How Come Boys Get to Keep Their Noses?"	Tahneer Oksman	American comics reflect the distinct sensibilities and experiences of the Jewish American men who played an outsized role in creating them, but what about the contributions of Jewish women? Focusing …	OL17322614W
Super boys	Brad Ricca	A comprehensive literary biography of the creators of the Superman character draws on a decade of research and new discoveries to provide coverage of such lesser-known topics as the real inspiration …	OL17856045W
Graphic Novels	Ashley Rae Harris	Looks at the history of graphic novels and comic books, exploring how graphic novels evolved from comics, how themes and content have changed over time, and the use of educational graphic novels in s…	OL17880230W
Comics art	Paul Gravett	In this fascinating survey, acclaimed author Paul Gravett considers the vast output of comics culture from the late 19th century to today, tracing international lines of influence and examining major…	OL19671377W
The great American story of Charlie Brown, Snoopy, and the Peanuts gang!	Chloe Perkins	Now beginning readers can learn all about Charles M. Schulz s iconic comic strips, beloved characters, and the cartoons and movies in this nonfiction Level 3 Ready-to-Read about the history of the Pe…	OL19720073W
Mangasia	Paul Gravett	"An exhaustive and visually engaging account, Mangasia charts the evolution of manga from its roots in late nineteenth-century Japan through the many and varied forms of comics, cartoons and animatio…	OL19747930W
The graphic canon	Russell Kick	Contemporary artists and illustrators reimagine great works of literature from around the world.	OL19964474W
The graphic canon of children's literature	Russell Kick	"The original three-volume anthology The Graphic Canon presented the world's classic literature--from ancient times to the late twentieth century--as eye-popping comics, illustrations, and other visu…	OL19993443W
Asian comics	John A. Lent	"Grand in its scope, Asian Comics dispels the myth that, outside of Japan, the continent is nearly devoid of comic strips and comic books. Relying on his fifty years of Asian mass communication and c…	OL20004033W
DC Comics Covergirls	Louise Simonson	From the trailblazing Wonder Woman of the 1940s to edgy, girl-power-driven comics series like Birds of Prey, DC Comics Covergirls takes a look at the female characters of DC Comics throughout the…	OL2051155W
On the graphic novel	Santiago García	"A noted comics artist himself, Santiago García follows the history of the graphic novel from early nineteenth-century European sequential art, through the development of newspaper strips in the Unit…	OL23219846W
Funny Papers	Elaine Scott	Surveys the history of comic strips, examines different kinds and examples, and discusses how they are created and marketed.	OL2632299W
Understanding Comics	Scott McCloud	Praised throughout the cartoon industry by such luminaries as Art Spiegelman, Matt Groening, and Will Eisner, Scott McCloud's Understanding Comics is a seminal examination of comics art: its rich his…	OL276032W
Faster Than a Speeding Bullet	Stephen Weiner	Presents a history and an outlook on the genre of fiction known as "Graphic novels", which began in the early 1950s and, according to the author, their popularity is growing rapidly.	OL6036125W