(W) Fred Ladd The first generation of American television programmers had few choices of Saturday morning children's offerings. That changed dramatically in 1963 when a Japanese animated television series called Tetsuan Atom was acquired for distribution by NBC. Fred Ladd adapted the show for American television, and rechristened Astro Boy, it was an overnight sensation. Ladd went on to adapt numerous Japanese animated imports, and here provides an insider's view of the creation of an ongoing cultural and media phenomenon. (immagine) Categoria: Books: novel/sci fi/horror
By Fred Ladd; Harvey Deneroff. Artist Na. Cover by Na.
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In the 1980s, as comics readers grew older, fans started calling for more sophisticated stories. They were also no longer just following the adventures of popular characters; writers and artists with distinctive styles were in demand. DC Comics and Marvel went looking for such mavericks and found them in the United Kingdom. Creators like Alan Moore (Watchmen, Saga of the Swamp Thing), Grant Morrison (The Invisibles, Flex Mentallo) and Garth Ennis (Preacher) migrated from the anarchical British comics industry to the U.S. mainstream and shook up the status quo yet came to rely on the genius of the American system. (immagine) Categoria: Books: novel/sci fi/horror
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By Ecke, Jochen.
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by Roy Kinnard The Phantom Empire (1935) and Flash Gordon (1936) are among the 31 influential science fiction serials exhaustively covered in this work, complete with cast and credit information, plot descriptions, and historical commentary. (immagine) Categoria: Books: novel/sci fi/horror
By Roy Kinard. Artist na. Cover by na.
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With storylines that often contain overt social messages within its 'mutant metaphor,' X-Men is often credited with having more depth than the average superhero property. In this collection, each essay examines a specific era of the X-Men franchise in relationship to contemporary social concerns. The essays range from an analysis of popular science at the time of the first X-Men comic book in 1963 to an interpretation of a storyline in light of rhetoric of President Obama's first presidential campaign. (immagine) Categoria: Books: novel/sci fi/horror
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By Darowski, Joseph J..
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(W) David Kalat This thoroughly updated and revised critical account of the Godzilla movie franchise explores the fascinating story behind Japan's most famous movie monster and its development from black-and-white arthouse allegory to international commercial juggernaut. Reviled by critics but boasting a dedicated cult following, the films of the Godzilla franchise provide a unique window into the national identities of both Japan and the United States. (immagine) Categoria: Books: novel/sci fi/horror
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By David Kalat. Artist Na. Cover by Na.
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Emma Peel wearing her 'kinky boots.' Amanda King and her poppy seed cake. Julie Barnes at her hippie pad. Honey West with her pet ocelot. Television's female spies and crimefighters make quite an impression, yet there hasn't been a reference book devoted to them until now. This encyclopedic work covers 350 female spies, private investigators, amateur sleuths, police detectives, federal agents and crime-fighting superheroes who have appeared in more than 250 series since the 1950s, with an emphasis on lead or noteworthy characters. (immagine) Categoria: Books: novel/sci fi/horror
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By Romano, Ann.
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by Robert Michael 'Bobb' Cotter This work provides a critical overview of monster magazines from the 1950s to the 1970s. The term 'monster magazine' is a blanket term, which, for the purposes of this study is used to describe both magazines that focus primarily on popular horror movies and magazines that contain stories featuring monsters which are illustrated in comic book style but printed in black and white. (immagine) Categoria: Books: novel/sci fi/horror
By Robert Michael . Artist na. Cover by na.
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Ever since the premiere of the small-screen incarnation of Buffy the Vampire Slayer in 1997, the television worlds of Joss Whedon have acquired a cult following of dedicated fans and inspired curious scholars. The quest for power and control over humans and other animals is a constant theme running throughout all his series. This study explores the myriad natural and supernatural methods Whedon's characters use to achieve power and control over unsuspecting friends and foes, including witchcraft and other paranormal means, love, aggression, and scientific devices such as psychosurgery and psychopharmacology. (immagine) Categoria: Books: novel/sci fi/horror
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By Ginn, Sherry. Artist Na. Cover by Na.
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(E) Andrew Ireland Created as a spinoff of Doctor Who, the BBC television series Torchwood is a unique blend of science fiction and fantasy, with much more of an adult flavor than its progenitor. With its memorable characters, adult language, subversive humor, and openly homosexual and bisexual storylines, Torchwood provides a wealth of material for scholarly analysis and debate. Using Torchwood as its focal point, this collection of essays by experts and enthusiasts provides an interpretive framework for understanding the continually developing forms and genres of contemporary television drama. (immagine) Categoria: Books: novel/sci fi/horror
By Andrew Ireland. Artist Na. Cover by Na.
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This book explores the connections between comics and Gothic from four different angles: historical, formal, cultural and textual. It identifies structures, styles and themes drawn from literary gothic traditions and discusses their presence in British and American comics today, with particular attention to the DC Vertigo imprint. Part One offers an historical approach to British and American comics and Gothic, Part Two argues for an holistic model based around the symbols of the crypt, the spectre and the archive, and Part Three combines cultural and textual analysis, concluding with case studies of two of the most famous gothic archetypes in comics: the vampire and the zombie. (immagine) Categoria: Books: novel/sci fi/horror
Ordinabile fino al 06/06/14
By Rgray Ii; B Kaklamanidou. Artist Na. Cover by Na.
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This book tackles Ian Fleming's novels as well as the 22 films of the Eon Productions series and follows the evolution of certain determining features (paradigms) from the text to the screen, to determine their function within the narration. This study reveals how the James Bond universe creates different poles of attention (narrative authority) by fusing different narrative domains (semiotic codes) that work in harmony to compose an entire narrative universe that goes beyond a mere spy adventure to become a genre in itself as well as a cultural reference. (immagine) Categoria: Books: novel/sci fi/horror
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By Savoye, Daniel Ferreras. Artist Na. Cover by Na.
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(W) Mark S. Reinhart Since his film debut in the 1940s, Batman and his alter ego Bruce Wayne have been a regular presence in movies. In various incarnations, Batman has remained an American icon, capturing the imagination of each successive generation of moviegoers. This study documents his live-action film adventures, from the 1940's film serials, through 1966 television series, up to the summer blockbusters that began with 1989's Batman starring Michael Keaton. (immagine) Categoria: Books: novel/sci fi/horror
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By Mark S. Reinhart. Artist Na. Cover by Na.
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(W) Rocky Wood (A) Glenn Chadbourne When Lord Byron challenged his friends to write a ghost story, his summons brought forth a mad doctor intent on reanimation and a vampire drunk with bloodlust. The night modern horror was born was notoriously dark and stormy, as were the lives of those who wrote the most fearsome yet beloved tales in literature, for those so gifted were also cursed. Horrors reveals in gruesome detail how Mary Wollstonecraft, Bram Stoker, Edgar Allan Poe and other masters of the genre were haunted by their monstrous creations. (immagine) Categoria: Books: graphic novels
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By Rocky Wood. Artist Glenn Chadbourne. Cover by Glenn Chadbourne.
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Animation has been part of television since the start of the medium but it has rarely received unbiased recognition from media scholars. This book takes a serious look at the whole genre of television animation, from the early themes and practices through the evolution of the art to the present day. By taking seriously something often thought to be frivolous, the book provides a framework for understanding the persistent presence of television animation in the American media and how surprisingly influential it has been. (immagine) Categoria: Books: novel/sci fi/horror
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By Perlmutter, David.
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The comics within capture in intimate, often awkward, but always relatable detail the tribulations and triumphs of life. In particular, the lives of 18 Jewish women artists who bare all in their work, which appeared in the internationally acclaimed exhibition 'Graphic Details: Confessional Comics by Jewish Women.' The comics are enhanced by original essays and interviews with the artists that provide further insight into the creation of autobiographical comics that resonate beyond self, beyond gender, and beyond ethnicity. (immagine) Categoria: Books: novel/sci fi/horror
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The worlds of Percy Jackson, Harry Potter, and other modern epics feature the Chosen One, an adolescent boy who defeats the Dark Lord and battles the sorrows of the world. Television's Buffy the Vampire Slayer represents a different kind of epic - the heroine's journey, not the hero's. This provocative study explores how Buffy blends 1990s girl power and the path of the warrior woman with the oldest of mythic traditions. As she sacrifices her life for the helpless, Buffy experiences the classic heroine's quest, ascending to protector and queen in this timeless metaphor for growing into adulthood. (immagine) Categoria: Books: novel/sci fi/horror
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By Frankel, Valerie Estelle. Artist Na. Cover by Na.
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