Reddit mentions: The best graphic novel history books

Sorry for the wait, delivering!

I recently moved, so most of my books are still in boxes. However, I've already unboxed the best ones, so I'll list them here (note that most of them are not written by anthropologists per se, but are good books nonetheless):

1. Mechademia. Technically, it's not a book (it's a journal), but it's by far the best publication in the area. There are lots of articles on the most diverse subjects, and even reviews of related publications. (If you haven't got JSTOR access, come see us on /r/Scholar!);
   
2. Frederik Schodt's Manga! Manga!: The World of Japanese Comics is THE classic on manga. 10/10, will definitely read again. (there's a sequel, Dreamland Japan, but I haven't read this one yet);
   
3. Paul Gravett's Manga: Sixty Years of Japanese Comics is a good overview on the history of manga;
   
4. Roland Kelts' Japanamerica: How the Japanese Pop Culture has invaded the U.S. is fairly good, specially the chapter on hentai. But beware: it's a little less academic than I would like it to be;
   
5. Patrick Galbraith's [The Otaku Encyclopedia: An Insider's Guide to The Subculture of Cool Japan] (http://www.amazon.com/The-Otaku-Encyclopedia-Insiders-Subculture/dp/4770031017/ref=pd_sim_b_6) is an amazing book, a fast read and full of awesomeness. I can't recommend it enough. (He has another book called Otaku Spaces and has recently edited a book about idols, but I have yet to read these two);
   
6. Last but not least, Hiroki Azuma's Otaku: Japan Database Animals is an excellent book on otaku culture. Azuma's overwhelming knowledge is well conveyed by the translation, IMO.
   
   OK, I'll stop here. If you want more recommendations (specially stuff on other languages, like Portuguese, French or Japanese, that I didn't bother listing here), feel free to PM me ;)

Google Scholar is your friend. You won't be able to fully read all of the articles they link you to, but it is a great place to start.

Wired Magazine did a great article on manga a while back.

This article is pretty good for a brief history of manga's development through history.

I don't know if you'll be able to get ahold of it in Norway, but this book is The Authority on manga, though a bit outdated. This book is good too and more current.

Hope that helps you out.

The Physics of Superheroes: Spectacular Second Edition by James Kakalios

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>Since 2001, James Kakalios has taught "Everything I Needed to Know About Physics I Learned from Reading Comic Books," a hugely popular university course that generated coast-to-coast media attention for its unique method of explaining complex physics concepts through comics. With The Physics of Superheroes, named one of the best science books of 2005 by Discover, he introduced his colorful approach to an even wider audience. Now Kakalios presents a totally updated, expanded edition that features even more superheroes and findings from the cutting edge of science. With three new chapters and completely revised throughout with a splashy, redesigned package, the book that explains why Spider-Man's webbing failed his girlfriend, the probable cause of Krypton's explosion, and the Newtonian physics at work in Gotham City is electrifying from cover to cover.
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>About the Author
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James Kakalios is a professor of physics at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. He has published more than one hundred physics papers and has conducted research on a variety of obscure physical phenomena. He serves as a science consultant on the adaptation of the graphic novel Watchmen into a major feature film.

There's also The Science of Superheroes.

>Perhaps movie director Kevin Smith said it best when he commented that it was a touch of the impossible that makes superheroes so appealing: "Nobody's built like superheroes are in the comics, women or men. If you were really as ripped as The Hulk, you couldn't leap from building to building -you'd barely be able to stretch enough to put on your socks."
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>Gresh and Weinberg address this and many other blatant impossibilities in an absorbing collection of real-world science lessons that dissect, piece by piece, some of the central plotlines of most superhero comic book stories. Beginning with the "is there intelligent life on other planets?" question that revolves around Superman's origins, the book points out the many and varied examples of "pseudo-science" and assorted technobabble that form many a backstory.
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>Each chapter begins with a well-known superhero's origins, along with a brief history of the storyline and developments along the course of that character's emergence as a popular genre icon. After this summary, a thorough (and merciless) scientific or technical debunking follows. The true nature of cosmic radiation and gamma radiation (the supposed genesis of Marvel's Fantastic Four and the Incredible Hulk) are explained. A brief history of the legend of Atlantis and some basic marine biology follows (erasing the likelihood of characters such as Aquaman and the Sub-Mariner). A lesson on arachnid physiology and behavior is examined, making Spider-Man's powers seem pretty far-fetched. A few fundamental premises about mass-energy conservation are reviewed, putting the idea of fifty-story giants or microbe-sized superheroes firmly outside the realm of believability, as well as the premise of high-speed heroes such as The Flash and The Avengers' Quicksilver...

From the Amazon listing:

"Entertaining Comics Group (EC Comics) is perhaps best-known today for lurid horror comics like Tales from the Crypt and for a publication that long outlived the company’s other titles, Mad magazine. But during its heyday in the early 1950s, EC was also an early innovator in another genre of comics: the so-called “preachies,” socially conscious stories that boldly challenged the conservatism and conformity of Eisenhower-era America.

EC Comics examines a selection of these works—sensationally-titled comics such as “Hate!,” “The Guilty!,” and “Judgment Day!”—and explores how they grappled with the civil rights struggle, antisemitism, and other forms of prejudice in America. Putting these socially aware stories into conversation with EC’s better-known horror stories, Qiana Whitted discovers surprising similarities between their narrative, aesthetic, and marketing strategies. She also recounts the controversy that these stories inspired and the central role they played in congressional hearings about offensive content in comics.

The first serious critical study of EC’s social issues comics, this book will give readers a greater appreciation of their legacy. They not only served to inspire future comics creators, but also introduced a generation of young readers to provocative ideas and progressive ideals that pointed the way to a better America.

“Qiana Whitted’s well-written study confirms and complicates EC’s reputation as the most aesthetically ambitious and politically daring comic book company of the twentieth-century. A subtle exploration of the relationship between race, gender, and representation, it should be considered essential reading for anyone with an investment in modern popular culture.”
(Ben Saunders coeditor of Comic Book Apocalypse: The Graphic World of Jack Kirby)

"Qiana Whitted’s insightful book EC Comics thoughtfully weaves together carefully researched historical context, keen analysis of the discourse communities surrounding EC, and meticulous close readings of the comics, ultimately building a powerful argument for the decisive role the company and its comics played in combating social injustices of the day while advocating for a better, more inclusive society in the future."
(Susan Kirtley co-author of Lynda Barry: Girlhood through the Looking Glass)

About the Author:

QIANA WHITTED is a professor of English and African American studies at the University of South Carolina in Columbia. She is the author of A God of Justice?: The Problem of Evil in 20th Century Black Literature.

As someone who does a lot of meta and academic literary discussion on comics, I am 100% certain that a paper exists about psychopathy and the Batman universe; it might not be about Bruce and psychopathy (most essays about psychopathy related to Batman that I've read have focused on either the Joker or Two-Face), but there have definitely been papers written about the philosophy, ethics, morality, and psychology of Batman and the Batfamily. You're going to find most of these types of discussions in the field of comics studies and academic historical/literary criticism rather than psychology due to the nature of the topic. For some interesting paper/essay collections, see:

• Batman and Philosophy
  
• Batman and Psychology
  
• Batman and Ethics
  
• The Psychology of Superheroes
  
• Superheroes and Philosophy: Truth, Justice, and the Socratic Way
  
• Even A Superhero Needs Counseling: What Superheroes and Super-Villains Teach Us About Ourselves
  
• War, Politics and Superheroes: Ethics and Propaganda in Comics and Film
  
• What's the Matter With Batman?: An Unauthorized Clinical Look Under the Mask of the Caped Crusader
  
• The Joker Psychology: Evil Clowns and the Women Who Love Them
  
• The Caped Crusade: Batman and the Rise of Nerd Culture
  
• Batman Unmasked: Analyzing a Cultural Icon
  
  It uh....honestly might also be worth it to read into the 'Seduction of the Innocent' controversy and relevant academic papers about the work, given that it directly involved Batman comics. Books like Seal of Approval: The History of the Comics Code and The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America would be particularly helpful there.
  
  Edit: Also just as a sidenote, as you mentioned in another comment Batman as a psychopath isn't even a hot take; it's a lukewarm take made by people who don't actually read comics. Batman, as he is generally portrayed in mainverse comics, is decidedly not a psychopath.

The Invisibles is better. I won't do a good job of articulating why off the top of my head, but it comes down to something like this: Doom Patrol is peak superhero comics. By which I mean it thrives on absurdity and wonder and things that are impossible anywhere but comic books. The whole thing is crazy, but it's crazy is mostly visual, and very pure comicbookery.

The Invisibles is a comic that might actually change your worldview. It certainly did mine. It made me a better human being, and it made me question a bunch of stuff in the world. It works as a story too, but it's much closer to the Matrix than normal superhero comics. It's dense. It has secondary literature. But if you give it time, and space, you might find wonder therein.

Did you like the end of Morrison's run on Animal Man? Then you'll probably like The Invisibles. Ditto if you like his mini or maxiseries from Vertigo and the like. If you're more of a fan of the X-Men or Justice League runs, you'll probably like Doom Patrol more.

Definitely invest in some bags and boards to store these books. You can pick them up at your local comic shop or buy them online. Their value depends on their condition on the standard 1-10 grading scale used for determining the value of comics.

Since you have books of this value, I'd also recommend buying this for an accurate idea about what they are worth:

http://www.amazon.com/Overstreet-Comic-Book-Price-Guide/dp/1603601589/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1425215129&sr=8-1&keywords=comic+book+price+guide

From the ones I can see in your picture:

X-Men 1:
$1,000 for 1.0; $2,000 for 4.0; $3,000 for 6.0; $10,000 for 8.0; $23,000 for 9.0; $42,000 for 9.2

Fantastic Four 25 & 26:
$63 for 1.0; $126 for 4.0; $189 for 6.0; $504 for 8.0; $1,140 for 9.0; $1,775 for 9.2

You've got a goldmine here buddy. If you're interested in selling, you should think about getting the more valuable issues graded by CGC:

http://www.cgccomics.com/grading/

Getting your comics graded will make your selling process easier and allow your customer to know the condition of what they are buying. If your X-Men 1 is in good shape, it will be worth even more
if you get it graded.

Marvel wiki goes into much more detail than wikipedia.

To get you started:

http://marvel.wikia.com/wiki/Marvel_Universe_Timeline

Series about Marvel History:

Essential Marvel Saga 1 & 2. (Covers FF 1-50 and all comics in between.)

The Marvels Project. (Summary of WW2)



Books about Marvel:

Marvel Chronicle

Marvel: Five Fabulous Decades of the World's Greatest Comics

Marvel Universe

Wow, that whole thing is way more complicated than I had realized. You should write a Poisoned Chalice style book about Supreme!

Me-On-My-Soapbox Time - why is it that the actual creators of comics, like the writers and artists who actually make the damn things, so often get the shit end of the stick?

I mean, I understand that printing and advertising and distribution (and all the stuff the publishers do) is important, of course, but comics is such a different medium than something like movies or TV.

For instance, the catering bill alone for a film production is astronomical, but with comics there's virtually no overhead. It's usually one-to-five people putting their heart into a project, producing the entirety of the thing that people actually hold in their hands and consume, yet those people are often the ones who get the smallest chunk of the reward (or just swindled altogether).

Sorry, rant over.

Thanks for the info on Supreme - you're basically the leading world expert on the topic, as far as I'm concerned.

Unless there's a lot more this shouldn't be too bad...

Step 1 - Alphabetize. It looks pretty organized, that may already be done. Bags and boards too, nice!

Step 2 - Get yourself an Overstreet Price Guide. Other folks will point you to Ebay prices or online sources, but for 49 years, Overstreet has been the Bible for the industry and will tell you dates, creators, first appearances, etc.

https://www.amazon.com/Overstreet-Comic-Book-Price-Guide/dp/160360233X/ref=mp_s_a_1_2

Oh, cool! There's a digital edition now!

https://comics.ha.com/overstreet/comic-book-price-guide.s?ctrack=3482430&type=bodylink-1-comic--overst-48gen--tem071818

Step 3 - Learn how to make a spreadsheet. :) If you can't afford Microsoft Excel, that's fine, Libre Office can be downloaded for free.

https://www.libreoffice.org/

Make a catalog of what you have. Columns can be whatever you'd like, but the basics would be:

Title, Publisher, Issue #, Date, Cover Price, Notes, Price Guide Minimum and Maximum values (for insurance)

I also track Writer, Pencil Artist, Ink Artist so when a convention comes to town I can do a quick search for books to get signed.

The biggest problem you have is that "graphic novel" isn't a genre, but a type of media. Imagine that someone came up to you and said "I want to start watching movies. Where should I start?" Your first question would probably be, "That depends, what kind of stories do you like?"

So, I would start by figuring this out. Go to your local library and grab:

• whatever looks interesting
  
• whatever looks weird
  
• some anthologies and
  
• some books of recommendations
  
  Some good anthologies are:
  
  
• Best American Comics (any year)
  
• An Anthology of Graphic Fiction, Cartoons and True Stories
  
• McSweeney's Issue 13
  
  Some recommendations for books of recommendations are:
  
  
• 500 Essential Graphic Novels
  
• 1001 Comics You Must Read Before You Die
  
  Once you have read a few graphic novels, you will start to see the same names coming up, and know what you enjoy and what you hate, and you'll have a better idea of what to start looking at next.
  
  Have fun!

Not an image bara post, but this humble bundle contains MASSIVE, a must for every bara lover who wants to know more about the history of the genre and the most famous authors of Bara!

Includes Gengoroh Tagame, Gai Mizuki, Inu Yoshi, Takeshi Matsu, Jiraiya, Fumi Miyabi, and many more.

It normally costs about 25$ or more, but in the bundle you get it for 15$, plus other wonderful media, like Wandering Son.

Get your Bara knowledge and do something good for the world! ;3

http://www.amazon.com/Watchmen-Philosophy-Rorschach-Blackwell-Culture/dp/0470396857

Once I heard someone call Rorschach a deontologist in the vein of Kant. This is incorrect. Rorschach is pretty much a psychopath. Deontology is about more than just refusing to compromise.

I'm not sure I would call Ironism an ethical theory - the Comedian, near as I can tell, doesn't say or do enough for us to know what he thinks about ethics, although perhaps he is an ethical egoist.

You left virtue ethics off the list, and Ozymandias, who patterns himself after someone he thinks of as a great man and who perfects himself, might be someone to think about in those terms.

I completely agree. If you get a book graded, expect a minimum cost to be about $35. If you have a valuable book, or need to expedite the process in any way, or sign up for a membership, plan on about $75-$150/book. So the value of the book may be a good place to start.


Overstreet as a good primer on book grades in their price guide, but grading is completely subjective. if you have a relationship with a local comic shop (LCS) and you are torn between grades, such as Fine vs. Very Fine-, you could swing by a shop to get an opinion. My caution here is if you are not interested in selling the book, or don't patronize the shop, be aware that you arent just stopping in for an opinion. LCS owners are small businesses and are happy to help, but are more willing to go out of their way for customers.

https://www.amazon.com/Overstreet-Comic-Book-Price-Guide/dp/1603602216/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1540332508&sr=8-2&keywords=overstreet

It's the same concept as how Thor flies faster. He throws his hammer, and 'rides' along with it. I originally read that theory, for both Thor and Superman, in The Physics of Superheroes when I was a kid. And other books since then, like Kingdom Come, Red Son, and All-Star Superman help to solidify my points.

He does not constantly punch his arms either, only initially when takes off and only if he is not attached to the ground. He does not always make punching motions either, as he can push his body in the same way, so the signature one arm at the side and one arm in front is the same concept.

I know that, like everything in comic books, these things are open for interpretation and have been handled differently by hundreds of writers. And I can see that a lot of people disagree with me, but the theories that I like best are the ones most grounded in the explanation that his yellow sun cells are the cause of everything he can do. I also subscribe to the theory that Superman is a god when it comes to his powers and his only limit is how much radiation he has absorbed.

Yes, its about critical thinking based off of popular pop fiction, there is an X-man one, a harry potter one, and a Monty Python one. Each one has its charm and critiques how the popular pop fiction shaped our current culture. Honestly Rebecca Housel (one of the authors) is a great professor I had while in college. I would even go as far as to recommend reading the book even if you hate twilight such as myself.

If you're looking for values, Ebay SOLD items is a good barometer. Don't look at listed prices (anyone can list anything for a billion dollars, that doesn't mean it's worth that much).

If you're getting into this for the first time, I recommend getting an Overstreet Price Guide. It only comes out once a year, so values on "hot" books are outdated, but it's an excellent resource for grading and value, in general.

https://www.amazon.com/Overstreet-Comic-Book-Price-Guide/dp/1603602216/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_14_t_0?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=3AN6WKP6T12WBH9W000D

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All that said, if you're selling that Tales to Astonish #35, hit me up! I've been looking for a decent copy for years!

Not much, really. I do best when I'm given questions.

You might enjoy this book, though!

If I recall correctly, it talks about stuff like the Flash having to eat truckloads (literally tons and tons) of food to manage the energy he puts out, and that if he was going close to the speed of light and started trying to slow down on the east coast, he'd leave skid marks and/or a trench all the way to the pacific and beyond. (Probably getting that wrong,.)

I highly recommend the book Watchmen and Philosophy: A Rorschach Test It has a great collection of essays about all the characters and their motivations from a philosophical perspective that is very enlightening.

lol. Togashi takes detours off the Royal Road of Manga.

For anyone interested in what that means, it's Araki's philosophy.

It's a great read.

Well due to that quick Part 4 JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure reference the author of the manga wrote a book about creating manga: https://www.amazon.com/Manga-Theory-Practice-Craft-Creating/dp/1421594072

I’ve heard good things about it and that most creative people can get something from it. My copy is still in the mail.

I don't remember if this book covered the genetics bit at all (I kinda remember it did? I might be confusing my books here), but if it doesn't, you might find something better suited in the "related products" for it.

I think the X-gene (or "X-factor in the genes") was mentioned in one of the first issues of X-Factor (1986), though I remember being pretty disappointed at the shallowness of the "explanation" there. There was also a tiny bit of genetics in the original origin story of Beast (I think you can find that in the 2nd or 3rd or 4th "Essential Classic X-Men" volume), but that might have been retconned by now because the story was basically "Hank's dad was exposed to radiation, so Hank was born a mutant", no X-gene involved.

I haven't read much beyond the early 1990s, but I suspect that you'll have better luck finding pseudoscience in the modern stuff (late 1990s & 2000s), since writers by then were way more concerned about their scientific explanations sounding somewhat plausible and well-thought-out (from the little that I've seen, anyway).

I'd recommend something like this, it'll give you a little synopsis on 500 major graphic novels and series without buying things that you may not possibly like:
http://www.amazon.com/500-Essential-Graphic-Novels-Ultimate/dp/0061474517/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1416958215&sr=8-1&keywords=500+best+graphic+novels&pebp=1416958217941

I have this book myself, and it turned me on to a number of series i wouldn't have known about otherwise

Random title suggestions aren't necessarily helpful for you, like many have said, go to your local comic store, browse around, flip through titles that look interesting, take note of them, do some googling, etc.

Some libraries even lend out graphic novels, see if yours does. Low barrier of entry there :)

Also buying collections/graphic novels can be quite a bit cheaper than buying single issues.

I have reread Watchmen four times. Each time I notice something I've missed. It gets better each time :)

You MUST pick up a copy of Watchmen and Philosophy. It's a great read. 10/10 would pop-philosophize again.

http://www.reddit.com/r/philosophy/comments/rgtfu/concerning_the_film_watchmen/c45rbu9

For an interesting read on the subject, check out the book “The Physics of Superheroes” it is written by a Univ of Minnesota professor- see https://www.amazon.com/Physics-Superheroes-Villains-Science-Spectacular/dp/1592405088 for details.

(I am not affiliated with the link. Just found the book to be pretty good.)

Edit: replaced the short link with full-sized one. Thank you, /u/mynameisnotdoug, for the heads up!

I can't help on the promotion side of things, but on the creation side I highly recommend reading Manga in Theory and Practice: The Craft of Creating Manga by Hirohiko Araki (author of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure). This will explain everything you've ever wanted to know and more about the comics creation process.

This post is quoting Watchmen and Philosophy: A Rorschach Test, verbatim. It's a pretty awesome read.

Ah.. I recently found a book and have been reading and eventhough its catered to beginners it was quite interesting read. The name of the book was 'Physics of Super Heroes'.

Is it any good? I've been wanting to read that ever since I read The Physics of Superheroes

(Which is a very fun book)

There's a great book, the Physics of Superheros, The Physics of Superheroes https://www.amazon.com/dp/1592402429/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_KqvLwbR00FCWX, that actually does go into how some of that could happen. It turns out, the force needed to generate the kind of jumping altitude it takes for a 220 pound man to clear a 1930s skyscraper is only around 5000 pounds. I've been working on getting my numbers up to that poundage.

Surprisingly, Jojo author Hirohiko Araki's book "Manga in Theory and Practice" is actually available in English. In it, he himself admits to being inspired by a Hitchcock reference.

Volume 1 on Amazon

Preorder Volume 2 on Amazon

I own the first volume. It's literally an encyclopedia, with entries like this. Each entry also has artwork, which is generally NSFW (usually depicting sex with said Monster Girl), although I have no idea if the artwork is original or not because I'm fairly certain that the Lamia entry is the famous one from Monster Girl Quest.

If you want an example, the OP is literally taken straight from the Encyclopedia.

I see the difference between these two concepts. We grant the "superhero exception" to things directly related to powers or to allow for the story to happen in the first place. After that, the science should be plausible. James Kakalios does a lot of interesting discussions on this, including his book The Physics of Superheroes.

Maybe vibranium absorbs kinetic energy, allowing whatever repulsor beams are made of to reflect without any loss.
On a semi-related note, this reminds me of a book I read a while ago, The Physics of Superheroes. It's fun and educational! 5/7

Another option is buying a manga guidebook! It's a couple years old, but I got this for Christmas one year and I rather enjoyed it! http://www.amazon.com/Manga-Complete-Guide-Jason-Thompson/dp/0345485904/ref=sr_1_11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1322715394&sr=1-11

By The way all of this materiel is in English and the red stone of Aja was 3D printed and I can probably post the inventor Pro 2019 files if by some chance you have access to that. Also I'm not including the JoJoniums because that would be seventeen separate links, Hope this helps.

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Giorno Figure

Fugo Figure

Josuke Figure

Bruno Figure

Abacione Figure

Vento Aureo Scroll Poster

JoJo's Necklaces and other Jewelry

Jotaro's Hat with pins

Manga In Theory And Practice

Replica stone mask

Darby Poker Set

Rohan at The Louve

Blu-Ray Set Parts 1-2

Blueray Set Half of Part 3

Blueray Set Second Half Of Part 3

BluRay Set First Half Of Part 4

Furthermore to disagree on the theme of parodying extremists, Rorschach represents Immanuel Kant's idea of a Categorical Imperative. He states "So act that you use humanity...always at the same time as an end, never merely as a means". Taneli Kukkonen adds to this classification by noting that "[he] has embraced the notion of ethical responsibility but without having recourse any longer to a belief in some karmic, cosmic balance."

tl;dr: He isn't a nutjob or parodic , he just doesn't particularly believe in the concept of "means to an end" and "the ends justifying the means," which many people believe in. He simply beliefs in fulfilling justice absolutely, even if it does not do good in the long run.

Source

You can get a physical hardcover copy on Amazon too if your interested. Most of the stuff posted here is fan art from these books.

Tiny correction:

"Bara" isn't actually what manga by gay men for gay men is called. "Bara" as a label for gay manga came from online heterosexual communities that stumbled upon scans of early Bara-Komi (a gay manga magazine) manga. In fact, the magazine has been out of publication for a long time and "bara" has both been used as a gay pejorative and is very outdated.

However, it is true that fans in the West have adopted the label "bara" due to being ignorant of all that stuff. So if you do want to find gay manga by gay men, you do have to search for "bara." So you technically are correct, even if that isn't what it's referred to in Japan.

For further reading on the history of gay manga in Japan as well as information from interviews with the biggest mangaka of the gay manga industry, check out: Massive: Gay Japanese Manga And The Men Who Make It
Amazon link (book is NSFW due to actually containing gay manga): https://www.amazon.com/Massive-Gay-Japanese-Manga-Make/dp/1606997858

I would like to suggest the book [The Physics of Superheroes] (http://www.amazon.com/The-Physics-Superheroes-James-Kakalios/dp/1592402429) by James Kakalios -- he actually talks about what would need to happen for Ant Man and Superman to work.

For example, he does calculate what Ant Man's density is, as well as the mass of Krypton assuming the relative size of Krypton and earth allowed silver age Superman to "leap talk buildings on a single bounds"

Watchmen and Philosophy is a fantastic book.

Shrinking powers make the least scientific sense of any superpower. You can’t just reduce the space between atoms! And even if you could, nothing about the human body is designed to work at tiny size. Your eyes wouldn’t be able to focus, you wouldn’t be able to breathe...it’s totally senseless.


Actually there’s a pretty fun book about it.

Something like this?

Interesting stuff - there's actually been a lot written about the philosophical undertones of Watchmen. I have this and it's accessible and intriuging.

Check this out it might help you.

The online version is here: http://mgewiki.com/w/Main_Page but if you want to actually buy the book it's on Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1626923612/

I can't exactly answer most of your questions, but you can buy Volume 1 + 2 on Amazon.

Volume 1
Volume 2

If you want to do it yourself. Overstreet price guide should give you a rough idea of prices. Remember though that these should be used as a guide and if you do find any that you believe to be worth something, get them appraised by a professional.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1603602216/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_vTpSCbC2BTP58

Go pick up Physics of Superheroes if you're really interested, but the fact is that if you're suspending disbelief, doors are the least of the Flash's worries

They haven't said that, but it seems likely.

Araki's manga making guide and the new English blu-rays use the same style as the JoJoniums. The manga guide is particularly notable on this subject because it had a very different cover in Japan, but Viz specifically changed it to match the JoJoniums when they published it in North America.

So I imagine that their current plan is to keep the JoJonium format going when they start publishing Part 4 and onwards, even though there's no Japanese JoJonium covers for those parts. But that's not confirmed, and these plans could definitely change by then.

Nope. This level of production was only attained by Wizard. The Overstreet Comic Price Guide is a comprehensive price guide, but it doesn't contain articles. There are probably independent zines which still publish (in print form) articles, but most industry sources have moved to publishing online.

Suggested reading materials for compiling your course:


http://www.amazon.com/X-Men-Philosophy-Astonishing-Argument-Blackwell/dp/0470413409

http://www.amazon.com/Batman-Philosophy-Knight-Blackwell-Culture/dp/0470270306

http://www.amazon.com/The-Avengers-Philosophy-Mightiest-Blackwell/dp/1118074572/ref=pd_sim_b_4/178-6318707-9774312

http://www.amazon.com/Iron-Man-Philosophy-Reality-Blackwell/dp/0470482184/ref=pd_sim_b_3/178-6318707-9774312

http://www.amazon.com/Watchmen-Philosophy-Rorschach-Blackwell-Culture/dp/0470396857/ref=pd_sim_b_8

http://www.amazon.com/Spider-Man-Philosophy-Inquiry-Blackwell-Culture/dp/0470575603/ref=pd_sim_b_9

http://www.amazon.com/Green-Lantern-Philosophy-Blackwell-Culture/dp/0470575573/ref=pd_sim_b_13

http://www.amazon.com/Superheroes-Philosophy-Justice-Socratic-Popular/dp/0812695739

http://www.amazon.com/Supervillains-Philosophy-Sometimes-Popular-Culture/dp/0812696697/ref=pd_sim_b_7

http://www.amazon.com/The-Psychology-Superheroes-Unauthorized-Exploration/dp/1933771313/ref=pd_sim_b_12

While not for fetishes, there is one for monster girls


https://www.amazon.ca/Monster-Girl-Encyclopedia-Vol-1/dp/1626923612

>Why don't you go write a paper about it if you are really that invested in the topic.

He does not need to write a paper because there is already a book.

Non-mobile: there is already a book

^That's ^why ^I'm ^here, ^I ^don't ^judge ^you. ^PM ^/u/xl0 ^if ^I'm ^causing ^any ^trouble. ^WUT?

The Monster Girl Encyclopedia , a franchise centered around the titular encyclopedias of various kinds of monstergirls. Also the first work to really codify the idea of "monstergirls" in the first place.

James Kaklios's book The Physics of Superheroes is awesome.

There's also The Physics of Superheroes and The Science of Superman

Hmmm.... I wonder if there are some antecedents of exactly that...

For more on the topic, read the book.

I assume you're referencing James Kakalios' The Physics of Superheroes?

https://www.amazon.com/Physics-Superheroes-James-Kakalios/dp/1592402429

It might also exist in epub/pdf format ^somewhere^on^the^internet!!

http://smile.amazon.com/The-Physics-Superheroes-James-Kakalios/dp/1592402429/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1406752601&sr=8-2&keywords=physics+of+superheroes

There's the Monster Girl Encyclopedia

if you wanna see it

Here’s a book suggestion:

https://www.amazon.com/Physics-Superheroes-Villains-Science-Spectacular/dp/1592405088/ref=asc_df_1592405088/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312061076565&hvpos=1o2&hvnetw=g&hvrand=3382162951770719245&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9011101&hvtargid=pla-432422731886&psc=1&tag=&ref=&adgrpid=62837065140&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvadid=312061076565&hvpos=1o2&hvnetw=g&hvrand=3382162951770719245&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9011101&hvtargid=pla-432422731886

And here, I thought The Physics of Superheroes was the definitive text on that subject...

the craft of manga or whatever highly recomended

https://www.amazon.ca/Batman-Philosophy-Dark-Knight-Soul/dp/0470270306

https://www.amazon.ca/X-Men-Philosophy-Astonishing-Insight-Argument/dp/0470413409/ref=sr_1_1?

https://www.amazon.com/Physics-Superheroes-James-Kakalios/dp/1592402429

Has a couple of chapters on superman.

> Monster Girl Encyclopedia

is it this one?

https://www.amazon.com/Monster-Girl-Encyclopedia-Vol-1/dp/1626923612/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=monster+girl+encyclopedia&qid=1571805746&sr=8-1

Observe.

until you remember it's less than 3 weeks until volume 2

I am and recently got this book: https://www.amazon.com/Manga-Theory-Practice-Craft-Creating/dp/1421594072

Like an encyclopedia of monster girls

Here's the link, dirty birds.

FYI there's more than one volume.

If I have to pay you have to pay.

though wasn't that newspaper seen as like all the stories in it were tabloid or conspiracy by the public so it very likely that not many people would of believed it. Also the fact that rorschach does that is very much in his character. He believes that all evil should get punished even if its for the greater good. I read about it all in Watchmen and philosophy. Very interesting book

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OH! It's actually a physics thing that was explained in "The Physics of Superheroes" and if I recall it's essentially that no matter what size he is his density is still the same. So, big or small he would still hit with the same force.

But OFTHEHILLPEOPLE, when he's Giant-Man he hits like a wrecking ball!

In the comics this is true but in reality it would not be true. Yes, the sheer size of his mitts would do a lot of damage to brick and concrete walls but it would do just as much damage to him if the physics were right. But this is explained away with the invention of Pym Particles that reinforce his mass and density thus allowing him to remove and regain atoms from his body to grow and shrink without falling apart at an atomic level.

Edit: This was all off the top of my head from remembering the explanation. If the terms are wrong that's my fault, but the basic idea is there.