A compulsively readable, deeply human novel that examines our most basic and unquenchable emotion: want. With his critically acclaimed first novel, Jonathan Miles was widely praised as a comic genius after something bigger (David Ulin, Los Angeles Times) whose fiction was not just philosophically but emotionally rewarding (Richard Russo, New York Times Book Review, front cover).
Are aliens already among us? Are hairy yetis and slim nessies lurking in our backwoods and backwaters? Are ghosts haunting the mansions of Hollywood? And who are those men in black? If questions like these keep you awake at night, then this is the book for you. Compiled with the help of over 40 of the world’s top comic artists, it features dozens of investigations into the most disturbing paranormal mysteries of all time – and even comes up with one or two answers. But how do you explain the unexplained?
From the highly acclaimed author of Max Lakeman and the Beautiful Stranger comes a poignant, darkly comic love story of sorts–an irresistible tale of loneliness and the overwhelming need for acceptance and love.
The bestselling author who made mincemeat of political correctness inThank You for Smoking, conspiracy theories inLittle Green Men, and Presidential indiscretionsNo Way to Treat a First Ladynow takes on the hottest topic in the entire worldArab-American relationsin a blistering comic novel sure to offend the few it doesnt delight.
Few scholars nursed on the literary canon would dispute that knowledge of Western literature benefits readers and writers of the superhero genre. This analysis of superhero comics as Romance literature shows that the reverse is true–knowledge of the superhero romance has something to teach critics of traditional literature. Establishing the comic genre as a cousin to Arthurian myth, Spenser, and Shakespeare, it uses comics to inform readings of The Faerie Queene, The Tempest, Malory’s Morte and more, while employing authors like Ben Johnson to help explain comics by Alan Moore, Jack Kirby, and Grant Morrison and characters like Iron Man, the Hulk, the X-Men, and the Justice League. Scholars of comics, medieval and Renaissance literature alike will find it appealing.
Covers how to create your own original comic book characters, draw fight scenes, design special powers, and invent imaginary creatures, with a section on how the comic business works.
Comic book artists are now developing cutting-edge, extreme comic book characters that go beyond the traditional heroes and villains. The heroes are grittier. The women are sexier. The pages are designed for maximum impact. Heroes have been turned into highly cool antiheroes, such as the famous characters Spawn and War Blade. Cutting-edge comics venture beyond the traditional boundaries to extreme anatomy, extreme costuming, extreme special effects, and extreme methods of storytelling.
