Popular Skullture

Popular Skullture
Author: Monte Beauchamp
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
Total Pages: 179
Release: 2014
Genre: Book covers
ISBN: 1616555610

"Our culture embraces the skull: apparel and products with skulls abound. Popular Skullture features the oddest, creepiest, and weirdest skull covers from 1930s to mid-'50s comics, pulps, and paperbacks."--

Skullture

Skullture
Author: Paz Dizman
Publisher: Gingko Press Editions
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9781584236139

"The image of the human skull is a universal icon, common throughout human civilization since time immemorial. "Skullture" takes a comprehensive approach to portraying how the image manifests in contemporary art, design and popular culture. This analysis includes visual and conceptual considerations of the skull throughout history, connecting the dots between Aztec religious iconography, Punk Rock and eighteenth century funerary practices without ever losing sight of the fact that, while fashion my change, the skull remains the same. "Skullture" presents diverse aesthetic uses of the skull as well as its various cultural resonances throughout all disciplines of art and design."--Back cover.

Studies in Forensic Biohistory

Studies in Forensic Biohistory
Author: Christopher M. Stojanowski
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 351
Release: 2017-01-05
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1107073545

Highlights the role of anthropologists in revealing the histories and contemporary social facts that are reflected in dead bodies.

Death in Documentaries

Death in Documentaries
Author: Benjamin Bennett-Carpenter
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 232
Release: 2017-11-13
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9004356967

Memento mori is a broad and understudied cultural phenomenon and experience. The term “memento mori” is a Latin injunction that means “remember mortality,” or more directly, “remember that you must die.” In art and cultural history, memento mori appears widely, especially in medieval folk culture and in the well-known Dutch still life vanitas paintings of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Yet memento mori extends well beyond these points in art and cultural history. In Death in Documentaries: The Memento Mori Experience, Benjamin Bennett-Carpenter suggests that documentaries are an especially apt form of contemporary memento mori. Bennett-Carpenter shows that documentaries may offer composed transformative experiences in which a viewer may renew one’s consciousness of mortality – and thus renew one’s life.

Castlevania: The Art of the Animated Series

Castlevania: The Art of the Animated Series
Author: Frederator Studios
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
Total Pages: 200
Release: 2021-08-31
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1506715702

Fans of Castlevania will covet this opportunity to learn all there is to know about the development of the animated series with this beautifu, expertly designed, full color, hardcover art book featuring concept art and commentary from all four seasons of the hit animated series. Gothic adventure and horror abound in Netflix's Castlevania. Now explore the work behind the scenes of the popular show that was originally inspired by the classic video games! Hundreds of pieces of ultra-detailed artwork are contained in these pages, including stunning, never-before-seen illustrations of monsters, characters, and environments. Experience the labor of love expressed while adapting the design for Dracula's castle, and get a closer look at the intricacies of each prop's fastidiously created components!

Zodiac Starforce: By the Power of Astra

Zodiac Starforce: By the Power of Astra
Author: Kevin Panetta
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
Total Pages: 145
Release: 2016-05-31
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1630085308

They're an elite group of teenage girls with magical powers who have sworn to protect our planet against dark creatures . . . as long as they can get out of class! Known as the Zodiac Starforce, these high-school girls aren't just combating math tests. They're also battling monsters--not your typical afterschool activity! But when an evil force from another dimension infects team leader Emma, she must work with her team of magically powered friends to save herself--and the world--from the evil Diana and her mean-girl minions! From Kevin Panetta (Bravest Warriors) and Paulina Ganucheau (TMNT: New Animated Adventures, Bravest Warriors), this super-fun and heartfelt story of growing up and friendship--with plenty of magical-girl fighting action--delivers the most exciting new ensemble cast in comics! Collects Zodiac Starforce #1-#4

Skull Sourcebook

Skull Sourcebook
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 291
Release: 2016-05-10
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1631061585

Skull Sourcebook explores the symbolism, meaning, and breathtaking, cultural art of the human skull, one of the most iconic symbols in the world.

Mort Walker

Mort Walker
Author: Mort Walker
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2005
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9781578067008

A collection of interviews and articles from 1938-2004 that shows how the cartoonist managed to keep his art and stories fresh for over seventy years of production

Breath of Bones

Breath of Bones
Author: Steve Niles
Publisher: Dark Horse Books
Total Pages: 82
Release: 2014
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1616553448

"Reprints the comic-book series Breath of bones: a tale of the Golem #1-#3 from Dark Horse Comics"--Title page verso.