Ross, Alex
Summary: Celebrates the talents of DC Comics artist Alex Ross in a collection of his drawings, sketches, limited edition prints, and other artwork, all reproduced in full color, accompanied by a study of his creative process.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2005
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 ROSSummary: Comics As Art: We Told You So tells of Fantagraphics Books' key role in helping build and shape an art movement around a discredited, ignored and fading expression of Americana the way insiders share the saga with one another other: in anecdotal form, in the words of the people who lived it and saw it happen. Comics historian and critic Tom Spurgeon and longtime Comics Journal editor Michael...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fantagraphics Books 2016
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 WEMcCloud, Scott
Summary: Praised throughout the cartoon industry by such luminaries as Art Spiegelman, Matt Groening, and Will Eisner, this innovative comic book provides a detailed look at the history, meaning, and art of comics and cartooning.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperPerennial 1994
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Summary: Describes Ramsey Beyer's journey from an eighteen-year-old from a small town in Michigan through her freshman year at a bustling art school in a big city.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BEYAugustin, Marion
Summary: "In this informative graphic novel sequel, two kids and their grandpa continue their adventurous guided exploration of art and civilization beginning with the Renaissance and moving forward into modern art"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 709.04 AUGEisner, Will.
Summary: Adapted from Eisner's landmark course at New York's School of Visual Arts, Comics and Sequential Art is an essential text filled with invaluable theories and easy-to-use techniques. Eisner reveals here the fundamentals of graphic storytelling. He addresses dialogue, anatomy, framing, and many other important aspects of the art form. Full updated and revised to reflect current practices and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 741.2 EisnerAugustin, Marion
Summary: "As two kids give their grandpa a tour of Paris, he starts an interesting conversation with them - about where all the art they see in their lives started"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 700.9 AUGSummary: "Reprints complete comic book and comic strip stories, most of which are being reprinted here for the first time since their initial publication"--jacket note.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams 2006
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 NADKitchen, Denis
Summary: The creator of MAD and Playboy's "Little Annie Fanny" was called "one of the most important figures in postwar America" by the New York Times. Harvey Kurtzman's groundbreaking "realistic" war comics of the early '50s and various satirical publications (MAD, Trump, Humbug, and Help!) had an immense impact on popular culture, inspiring a generation of underground cartoonists. Without Kurtzman,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams ComicArts 2009
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Summary: Defines over five hundred words using simple sentences and illustrations from classic DC Comics art.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Downtown Bookworks 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 423 RobBenton, Jim
Summary: In this newest collection of hilarious stories, the dynamic feline duo explore fine art, travel to an alternate reality where the world has become extraordinarily dumb, get into gaming, and more!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic 2019
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Summary: "A game of hide-and-seek turns deadly as Superman and his Kryptonian canine, Krypto, are faced with rescues that challenge even the mightiest of heroes. Will the man of steel and his Superdog save the day?"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE KORParker, Jeff
Summary: The Angry Birds embark on adventures across their island home and encounter the deceptive pigs from Piggyland.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Idea and Design Works, LLC 2014
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Summary: "From legendary Pixies frontman, Black Francis, comes a bold and visually arresting illustarted novel about art, conflict, and the origins of a certain type of cinema"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2014
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 FRAYoshida, Seiji
Summary: "A dreamer's tree house. A mechanic's cottage. A submerged city. Over thirty imaginative houses and the people who make them home offer unexpected worlds to wander through and explore. Who is the mischievous bridgetower keeper? What does the witch grow in her garden? How does the postal worker tame his delivery dragons? In each house, readers discover the contents of rooms and closets, what's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amulet Books 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 720 YOSFerrari, Alessandro
Summary: In Frozen, on the day of her coronation, Elsa unexpectedly reveals to her subjects her magical powers of ice and snow when she accidentally traps her kingdom in an eternal winter. Unaware of this, but certain that she will be feared, and unable to control her powers, Elsa flees to the North Mountain alone. Her plucky and optimistic sister, Anna, ventures after Elsa into the mountains where she...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dark Horse Books 2020
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Summary: "A brilliant guide to the art of creating comics... in the format of a comic!"--Page [4] of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chicago Review Press 2017
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 741.2 ILYPellowski, Michael Morgan.
Summary: Describes how to write a comic book script, complete with ideas on how to develop characters and plots, as well as how to use different approaches in drawing. This book also covers jobs that are involved in comic book production, which include writer, editor, penciller, letterer, and inker.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lerner Publications Co. 1995
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 741.522 PELSummary: "Comics have a pipeline to something very basic about the way people think." When the graphic novel Maus: A Survivor's Tale won a Special Pulitzer Prize in 1992 for its vivid depiction of the Holocaust and its effects, critics and mainstream audiences recognized that a comic book was capable of exploring complex aesthetic, moral, and cultural themes. Maus's creator Art Spiegelman (b. 1948)...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University Press of Mississippi 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 741.597 SPICoovert, J. P.
Summary: "With Draw A Comic!, you'll learn to create and print your own comic books! Follow these simple steps to sketch out your story ideas and ink a comic page. Learn which art supplies are best for drawing comics--you can use a pen, a brush, or even a computer. With the help of a photocopy machine, you can even self-publish your own comics and share them with your friends!"-- Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Second 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.51 COOHarrold, Jess.
Summary: Celebrate the 40th anniversary of Star Wars: A New Hope! This deluxe edition collects all of Marvel's 40th anniversary art retelling the story of A New Hope - as illustrated by some of the industry's most gifted artists. Extras include sketches and pencils, commentary, essays, and more.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Marvel Worldwide 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Oversize, Call number: YA 741.5 STAWilliams, Lily
Summary: Sophomores Abby, Brit, Christine, and Sasha are fed up. Hazelton High never has enough tampons. Or pads. Or adults who will listen. Sick of an administration that puts football before female health, the girls confront a world that shrugs--or worse, squirms--at the thought of a menstruation revolution. They band together to make a change. Its no easy task, especially while grappling with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Second 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA GRAPHIC WILSpiegelman, Art, author.
Summary: The creator of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Maus reflects on the comics form and its influence on his life and art as he traces his evolution from comics obsessed boy to a neurotic adult exploring the effects of his parents' memories of Auschwitz on his own son, in a volume that includes a facsimile of Breakdowns, the artist's comics from the 1970s.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2008
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 SPIBaltazar, Art.
Summary: "These all ages tales from the DC Universe, beautifully written and illustrated by Art Baltazar and Franco, will entertain new readers and seasoned fans of comics"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: DC Comics 2012