Footnotes in Gaza

Footnotes in Gaza
Author: Joe Sacco
Publisher: Metropolitan Books
Total Pages: 427
Release: 2024-06-18
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1250383927

"Sacco brings the conflict down to the most human level, allowing us to imagine our way inside it, to make the desperation he discovers, in some small way, our own."—Los Angeles Times Rafah, a town at the bottommost tip of the Gaza Strip, has long been a notorious flashpoint in the bitter Middle East conflict. Buried deep in the archives is one bloody incident, in 1956, that left 111 Palestinians shot dead by Israeli soldiers. Seemingly a footnote to a long history of killing, that day in Rafah—cold-blooded massacre or dreadful mistake—reveals the competing truths that have come to define an intractable war. In a quest to get to the heart of what happened, Joe Sacco immerses himself in the daily life of Rafah and the neighboring town of Khan Younis, uncovering Gaza past and present. As in Palestine and Safe Area Goražde, his unique visual journalism renders a contested landscape in brilliant, meticulous detail. Spanning fifty years, moving fluidly between one war and the next, Footnotes in Gaza—Sacco's most ambitious work to date—transforms a critical conflict of our age into intimate and immediate experience.

The Strange Death of Alex Raymond

The Strange Death of Alex Raymond
Author: Dave Sim
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2021-08-17
Genre:
ISBN: 9781736860502

"The story traces the lives and techniques of Alex Raymond (Flash Gordon, RipKirby), Stan Drake (Juliet Jones), Hal Foster (Prince Valiant), and more, dissecting their techniques through recreations of their artwork,and highlighting the metatextual resonances that bind them together"--Page 4 of cove

The Comics Journal 301

The Comics Journal 301
Author: Gary Groth
Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2011
Genre: Cartoonists
ISBN: 9781606992913

Comics artist Kevin O'Neill explains how he broke into the comics field at the age of 16 and discusses how his artistic vision meshes with writer Alan Moore's on the hit series League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and the title's switch from DC to indy publisher Top Shelf. Also, syndicated political cartoonist and Academy Award-nominated animator Bill Plympton talks about his long and varied career.

Tales Designed to Thrizzle Volume One

Tales Designed to Thrizzle Volume One
Author: Michael Kupperman
Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
Total Pages: 161
Release: 2009-07-14
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1606991647

Fans and comedy cognoscenti alike have made Thrizzle the smash hit humor comic of the decade. And now the first four issues of Michael Kupperman's revered series are finally collected into one deluxe hardcover.

The New Comics

The New Comics
Author: Gary Groth
Publisher: Berkley Trade
Total Pages: 346
Release: 1988
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN:

"This collection of interviews culled from the Comics Journal, and edited by the magazine's publisher, gathers in one volume the voices of the most significant illustrators and writers working in the industry. Beginning with Will Eisner discussing his pioneering efforts in the 1930s, the book features artists Harvey Kurtzman, Robert Crumb, Howard Chaykin, Bill Griffith, Art Spiegelman, Jaime and Gilbert Hernandez et al. True to form, Frank Miller pontificates on the moral significance of his recreation of Batman as a noir vigilante, and passionate maverick Harvey Pekar discusses the creative and financial obstacles to producing the unconventional American Splen dor. Groth's introduction provides a short history of comics from the turn-of-the-century newspaper strips and the underground comics of the 1960s to the genre's current renaissance. Also included are a glossary of industry terminology and a selected bibliography of the artists' oeuvres. An entertaining, informative primer on a great American art form."--Reed Business Information, Inc.

301 Writing Ideas

301 Writing Ideas
Author: Editors of Chartwell Books
Publisher: Chartwell Books
Total Pages: 205
Release: 2020-12-15
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 0785839062

Conquer that blank page staring back at you! 301 Writing Ideas is a guided journal designed to get you writing right away, so you spend less time pondering and more time expressing your true thoughts and feelings. Whether you want to journal your thoughts and feelings, improve your writing skills, or write a novel, let the 301 diverse questions inspire you to get your thoughts out of your head and onto the page. And with so many prompts, you can turn your writing into a daily practice that may even become a lifelong habit. Describe a moment in time when you wished you could disappear. What was the last thing that made you cry? Do you feel fulfilled by your work? Why or why not? Write about a song that reminds you of a time from childhood. With lots of space to write, this journal has a minimal design that will allow your prose to shine and the prompt text to recede into the background, making for a writer's keepsake. The layflat format facilitates your focus on your writing. So, are you ready to open your mind, start writing, and feel gratified? This is just the beginning of something big! With so much of our lives and contact going digital, the Creative Keepsakesjournals offer an intimate way to nurture your connection with yourself and the people around you. An entertaining way to get off your screen, these guided and free-form journals are great for writers and artists alike. Each journal offers content around a different theme, including silly prompts for a laugh, random yet thoughtful questions, inspiration for art and composition, interactive prompts to learn about your heritage, and blank interiors on high-quality paper stock to use as your creative canvas. Beautifully designed and full of mindful prompts, channel your inspiration as you put pen (or pencil, or marker, or crayon!) to paper to learn more about yourself, your talents, and the people you love. Also in this Series: 3,001 Questions All About Me, 301 Things to Draw, Create Comics: A Sketchbook, Inner Me, Internet Password Book, My Father's Life, My Grandmother's Life, My Life Story, My Mother's Life, 3,001 This or That Questions, My Grandfather's Life, Create the Poem, Complete the Drawing Journal, Mom and Me Journal, Why I Love You Journal, Create the Story, and Destroy & Design

301 Things to Draw

301 Things to Draw
Author: Editors of Chartwell Books
Publisher: Chartwell Books
Total Pages: 205
Release: 2020-12-22
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0785839054

Conquer that blank page staring back at you! 301 Things to Draw is a guided sketchbook designed to get you drawing right away, so you spend less time pondering and more time unlocking your creativity. Whether you're a doodler, a budding artist, or a pro who is creatively blocked, let the 301 diverse prompts—from everyday objects to original concepts—help you get those creative juices flowing. And with so many prompts, you can turn your drawing into a daily practice that may even become a lifelong habit. Try your hand at drawing: Maze Horns or Antlers Self Portrait Koi Pond Skyscraper Basket of Berries Train Tracks With lots of space to draw, this journal has a minimal design that will allow your artwork to shine and the prompt text to recede into the background, making for an artist's keepsake. The layflat format facilitates your focus on your drawing. So, are you ready to open your mind, start drawing, and feel accomplished? This is just the beginning of something big! With so much of our lives and contact going digital, the Creative Keepsakes journals offer an intimate way to nurture your connection with yourself and the people around you. An entertaining way to get off your screen, these guided and free-form journals are great for writers and artists alike. Each journal offers content around a different theme, including silly prompts for a laugh, random yet thoughtful questions, inspiration for art and composition, interactive prompts to learn about your heritage, and blank interiors on high-quality paper stock to use as your creative canvas. Beautifully designed and full of mindful prompts, channel your inspiration as you put pen (or pencil, or marker, or crayon!) to paper to learn more about yourself, your talents, and the people you love. Also in this Series: 3,001 Questions All About Me, 301 Writing Ideas, Create Comics: A Sketchbook, Inner Me, Internet Password Book, My Father's Life, My Grandmother's Life, My Life Story, My Mother's Life, 3,001 This or That Questions, My Grandfather's Life, Create the Poem, Complete the Drawing Journal, Mom and Me Journal, Why I Love You Journal, Create the Story, and Destroy & Design

Dropsie Avenue

Dropsie Avenue
Author: Will Eisner
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 198
Release: 2006-12-12
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 9780393328110

A black-and-white graphic novel chronicle of the rise, decline, and rebirth of a neighborhood in the South Bronx over the course of more than one hundred years.

From Comic Strips to Graphic Novels

From Comic Strips to Graphic Novels
Author: Daniel Stein
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages: 543
Release: 2015-04-24
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 3110427729

This essay collection examines the theory and history of graphic narrative as one of the most interesting and versatile forms of storytelling in contemporary media culture. Its contributions test the applicability of narratological concepts to graphic narrative, examine aspects of graphic narrative beyond the ‘single work’, consider the development of particular narrative strategies within individual genres, and trace the forms and functions of graphic narrative across cultures. Analyzing a wide range of texts, genres, and narrative strategies from both theoretical and historical perspectives, the international group of scholars gathered here offers state-of-the-art research on graphic narrative in the context of an increasingly postclassical and transmedial narratology. This is the revised second edition of From Comic Strips to Graphic Novels, which was originally published in the Narratologia series.

Jaka's Story

Jaka's Story
Author: Dave Sim
Publisher: [Kitchener, Ont.] : Aardvark-Vanaheim
Total Pages: 500
Release: 1990
Genre: Aardvark
ISBN:

Collects no. 114-136 of "Cerebus" comics, in which Cerebus, an amoral, anthropomorphic aardvark, meets up once again with his former love Jaka, a dancer in her landlord's tavern, and sets the stage for disaster when he becomes the houseguest of her and her husband, Rick.