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Understanding Comics By Scott McCloud Cover Image
Understanding Comics (Paperback) By Scott McCloud $27.99
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Three Rocks: The Story of Ernie Bushmiller: The Man Who Created Nancy By Bill Griffith Cover Image
Three Rocks: The Story of Ernie Bushmiller: The Man Who Created Nancy (Hardcover) By Bill Griffith $24.99
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Making Comics: Storytelling Secrets of Comics, Manga and Graphic Novels By Scott McCloud Cover Image
Making Comics: Storytelling Secrets of Comics, Manga and Graphic Novels (Paperback) By Scott McCloud $28.99
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The Super Hero’s Journey (Marvel Arts) By Patrick McDonnell, Marvel Entertainment Cover Image
The Super Hero’s Journey (Marvel Arts) (Hardcover) By Patrick McDonnell, Marvel Entertainment $29.99
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Black Panther: A Cultural Exploration By Ytasha Womack Cover Image
Black Panther: A Cultural Exploration (Hardcover) By Ytasha Womack $30.00
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Berserk: With Darkness Ink By Boeton Cover Image
Berserk: With Darkness Ink (Hardcover) By Boeton $29.95
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I Will Judge You by Your Bookshelf By Grant Snider Cover Image
I Will Judge You by Your Bookshelf (Hardcover) By Grant Snider $16.99 Email or call for price
The Rose Metal Press Field Guide to Graphic Literature: Artists and Writers on Creating Graphic Narratives, Poetry Comics, and Literary Collage By Kelcey Ervick (Editor), Tom Hart (Editor) Cover Image
The Rose Metal Press Field Guide to Graphic Literature: Artists and Writers on Creating Graphic Narratives, Poetry Comics, and Literary Collage (Paperback) By Kelcey Ervick (Editor), Tom Hart (Editor) $28.19
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Marvel Comics in the 1970s: The World Inside Your Head By Eliot Borenstein Cover Image
Marvel Comics in the 1970s: The World Inside Your Head (Paperback) By Eliot Borenstein $23.95
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How to Create Comics the Marvel Way By Mark Waid Cover Image
How to Create Comics the Marvel Way (Hardcover) By Mark Waid $29.99
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The Secret History of Wonder Woman By Jill Lepore Cover Image
The Secret History of Wonder Woman (Paperback) By Jill Lepore $17.95
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Superheroes!: The History of a Pop-Culture Phenomenon from Ant-Man to Zorro By Brian Solomon Cover Image
Superheroes!: The History of a Pop-Culture Phenomenon from Ant-Man to Zorro (Paperback) By Brian Solomon $26.95
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By Your Side: The First 100 Years of Yuri Anime and Manga By Erica Friedman Cover Image
By Your Side: The First 100 Years of Yuri Anime and Manga (Paperback) By Erica Friedman $19.99
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Spider-Man Psychology: Untangling Webs By Travis Langley (Editor), Alex Langley (Editor) Cover Image
Spider-Man Psychology: Untangling Webs (Paperback) By Travis Langley (Editor), Alex Langley (Editor) $21.99
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Maus Now: Selected Writing By Hillary Chute (Editor) Cover Image
Maus Now: Selected Writing (Hardcover) By Hillary Chute (Editor) $28.00
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100 Manga Artists By Taschen (Editor) Cover Image
100 Manga Artists (Hardcover) By Taschen (Editor) $25.00
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All of the Marvels: A Journey to the Ends of the Biggest Story Ever Told By Douglas Wolk Cover Image
All of the Marvels: A Journey to the Ends of the Biggest Story Ever Told (Paperback) By Douglas Wolk $18.00
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Understanding Superhero Comic Books: A History of Key Elements, Creators, Events and Controversies By Alex Grand Cover Image
Understanding Superhero Comic Books: A History of Key Elements, Creators, Events and Controversies (Paperback) By Alex Grand $51.14
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Stan Lee: A Life By Bob Batchelor, Tom Delonge (Foreword by) Cover Image
Stan Lee: A Life (Hardcover) By Bob Batchelor, Tom Delonge (Foreword by) $22.95
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Marvel Comics in the 1970s: The World Inside Your Head By Eliot Borenstein Cover Image
Marvel Comics in the 1970s: The World Inside Your Head (Hardcover) By Eliot Borenstein $44.95
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Asterix and the Picts By Jean-Yves Ferri, Didier Conrad (Illustrator) Cover Image
Asterix and the Picts (Paperback) By Jean-Yves Ferri, Didier Conrad (Illustrator) $12.99 Email or call for price
The History of Hentai Manga: An Expressionist Examination of Eromanga By Kimi Rito Cover Image
The History of Hentai Manga: An Expressionist Examination of Eromanga (Paperback) By Kimi Rito $19.99 Email or call for price
All of the Marvels: A Journey to the Ends of the Biggest Story Ever Told By Douglas Wolk Cover Image
All of the Marvels: A Journey to the Ends of the Biggest Story Ever Told (Hardcover) By Douglas Wolk $28.00
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The Little Book of Spider-Man By Roy Thomas Cover Image
The Little Book of Spider-Man (Paperback) By Roy Thomas $10.00 Email or call for price
Dirty Pictures: How an Underground Network of Nerds, Feminists, Misfits, Geniuses, Bikers, Potheads, Printers, Intellectuals, and Art School Rebels Revolutionized Art and Invented Comix By Brian Doherty Cover Image
Dirty Pictures: How an Underground Network of Nerds, Feminists, Misfits, Geniuses, Bikers, Potheads, Printers, Intellectuals, and Art School Rebels Revolutionized Art and Invented Comix (Paperback) By Brian Doherty $18.00
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Reframing Disability in Manga By Yoshiko Okuyama Cover Image
Reframing Disability in Manga (Paperback) By Yoshiko Okuyama $36.90 Email or call for price
Hollywood Heroes: How Your Favorite Movies Reveal God By Frank Turek, Zach Turek Cover Image
Hollywood Heroes: How Your Favorite Movies Reveal God (Paperback) By Frank Turek, Zach Turek $16.99
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The Man Who Laughs: Exploring The Clown Prince of Crime By Lou Tambone (Editor), Rich Handley (Editor), Bob Rozakis (Foreword by) Cover Image
The Man Who Laughs: Exploring The Clown Prince of Crime (Paperback) By Lou Tambone (Editor), Rich Handley (Editor), Bob Rozakis (Foreword by) $24.95
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Keeping It Unreal: Black Queer Fantasy and Superhero Comics (Sexual Cultures #58) By Darieck Scott Cover Image
Keeping It Unreal: Black Queer Fantasy and Superhero Comics (Sexual Cultures #58) (Paperback) By Darieck Scott $37.80
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Desegregating Comics: Debating Blackness in the Golden Age of American Comics By Qiana Whitted (Editor), Qiana Whitted, Ian Gordon (Contributions by), Nicholas Sammond (Contributions by), Andrew J. Kunka (Contributions by), Rebecca Wanzo (Contributions by), Chris Gavaler (Contributions by), Monalesia Earle (Contributions by), Blair Davis (Contributions by), Eli Boonin-Vail (Contributions by), Carol L. Tilley (Contributions by), Qiana Whitted (Contributions by), Brian Cremins (Contributions by), Mora Beauchamp-Byrd (Contributions by), Phillip Lamarr Cunningham (Contributions by), Jacque Nodell (Contributions by), Julian C. Chambliss (Contributions by), Mike Lemon (Contributions by) Cover Image
Desegregating Comics: Debating Blackness in the Golden Age of American Comics (Paperback) By Qiana Whitted (Editor), Qiana Whitted, Ian Gordon (Contributions by), Nicholas Sammond (Contributions by), Andrew J. Kunka (Contributions by), Rebecca Wanzo (Contributions by), Chris Gavaler (Contributions by), Monalesia Earle (Contributions by), Blair Davis (Contributions by), Eli Boonin-Vail (Contributions by), Carol L. Tilley (Contributions by), Qiana Whitted (Contributions by), Brian Cremins (Contributions by), Mora Beauchamp-Byrd (Contributions by), Phillip Lamarr Cunningham (Contributions by), Jacque Nodell (Contributions by), Julian C. Chambliss (Contributions by), Mike Lemon (Contributions by) $37.95 Email or call for price
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Spider-Man: Panel by Panel By Marvel Entertainment, Stan Lee, Steve Ditko (Illustrator), Jack Kirby (Illustrator), Chip Kidd, Tom Brevoort (Commentaries by), Mark Evanier (Commentaries by), Sara Duke (Commentaries by), Geoff Spear (By (photographer)) Cover Image
Spider-Man: Panel by Panel (Hardcover) By Marvel Entertainment, Stan Lee, Steve Ditko (Illustrator), Jack Kirby (Illustrator), Chip Kidd, Tom Brevoort (Commentaries by), Mark Evanier (Commentaries by), Sara Duke (Commentaries by), Geoff Spear (By (photographer)) $60.00
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Hero Me Not: The Containment of the Most Powerful Black, Female Superhero By Chesya Burke Cover Image
Hero Me Not: The Containment of the Most Powerful Black, Female Superhero (Paperback) By Chesya Burke $34.97
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New Realities: The Comics of Dash Shaw By Greg Hunter, Dash Shaw (Artist) Cover Image
New Realities: The Comics of Dash Shaw (Paperback) By Greg Hunter, Dash Shaw (Artist) $24.95
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Comic Book Women: Characters, Creators, and Culture in the Golden Age (World Comics and Graphic Nonfiction Series) By Peyton Brunet, Blair Davis, Trina Robbins (Introduction by) Cover Image
Comic Book Women: Characters, Creators, and Culture in the Golden Age (World Comics and Graphic Nonfiction Series) (Paperback) By Peyton Brunet, Blair Davis, Trina Robbins (Introduction by) $41.52
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The Art of Marc Silvestri By Marc Silvestri, Marc Silvestri (Artist) Cover Image
The Art of Marc Silvestri (Hardcover) By Marc Silvestri, Marc Silvestri (Artist) $29.99
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Spider-Man Psychology: Untangling Webs By Travis Langley (Editor), Alex Langley (Editor) Cover Image
Spider-Man Psychology: Untangling Webs (Hardcover) By Travis Langley (Editor), Alex Langley (Editor) $35.99
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How to Read Nancy: The Elements of Comics in Three Easy Panels By Paul Karasik, Mark Newgarden, Jerry Lewis (Foreword by), James Elkins (Introduction by) Cover Image
How to Read Nancy: The Elements of Comics in Three Easy Panels (Paperback) By Paul Karasik, Mark Newgarden, Jerry Lewis (Foreword by), James Elkins (Introduction by) $29.99 Email or call for price
Comic Art in Museums By Kim A. Munson (Editor) Cover Image
Comic Art in Museums (Paperback) By Kim A. Munson (Editor) $44.80
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Super Black: American Pop Culture and Black Superheroes By Adilifu Nama Cover Image
Super Black: American Pop Culture and Black Superheroes (Paperback) By Adilifu Nama $37.74 Email or call for price
The Impact of Akira: A Manga (R)Evolution By Remi Lopez Cover Image
The Impact of Akira: A Manga (R)Evolution (Hardcover) By Remi Lopez $29.95
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The Tale of Toxic Positivity By Beatrix Pottymouth, Paul Magrs Cover Image
The Tale of Toxic Positivity (Hardcover) By Beatrix Pottymouth, Paul Magrs $14.99
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Looking for Calvin and Hobbes: The Unconventional Story of Bill Watterson and his Revolutionary Comic Strip By Nevin Martell Cover Image
Looking for Calvin and Hobbes: The Unconventional Story of Bill Watterson and his Revolutionary Comic Strip (Hardcover) By Nevin Martell $70.40
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The New Nancy: Flexible and Relatable Daily Comics in the Twenty-First Century (Encapsulations: Critical Comics Studies) By Jeff Karnicky Cover Image
The New Nancy: Flexible and Relatable Daily Comics in the Twenty-First Century (Encapsulations: Critical Comics Studies) (Paperback) By Jeff Karnicky $38.40
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The MLJ Companion: The Complete History of the Archie Super-Heroes By Rik Offenberger, Paul Castiglia, Irv Novick (Artist) Cover Image
The MLJ Companion: The Complete History of the Archie Super-Heroes (Paperback) By Rik Offenberger, Paul Castiglia, Irv Novick (Artist) $34.95 Email or call for price
The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America By David Hajdu Cover Image
The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America (Paperback) By David Hajdu $24.00
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Comic Book Women: Characters, Creators, and Culture in the Golden Age (World Comics and Graphic Nonfiction Series) By Peyton Brunet, Blair Davis, Trina Robbins (Introduction by) Cover Image
Comic Book Women: Characters, Creators, and Culture in the Golden Age (World Comics and Graphic Nonfiction Series) (Hardcover) By Peyton Brunet, Blair Davis, Trina Robbins (Introduction by) $56.70 Email or call for price
Classics Illustrated: A Cultural History, 2D Ed. By William B. Jones Cover Image
Classics Illustrated: A Cultural History, 2D Ed. (Paperback) By William B. Jones $44.80 Email or call for price
MARVEL Spider-Man: A History and Celebration of the Web-Slinger, Decade by Decade By Matthew K. Manning, Robert Greenberger, Peter A. David Cover Image
MARVEL Spider-Man: A History and Celebration of the Web-Slinger, Decade by Decade (Hardcover) By Matthew K. Manning, Robert Greenberger, Peter A. David $24.99 Email or call for price

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