(Part 2) Reddit mentions: The best graphic novel history books

This looks like a great anime. I didn't like the style when they did the new Berserk, but it looks like it works for this.

Only two people seem to have voted in the 9 hours out of 22 views. Does that mean you guys don't like Batman? Do you not realize that Japanese culture LOVES Batman? Here's some proof: https://www.amazon.com/Bat-Manga-Secret-History-Pantheon-Graphic/dp/0375714847

If you're downvoting because of the English dub, don't watch it in English. Listen to it in the original. They're not going to FORCE it on you. This post goes to show that it is coming. It looks great. Get hyped!

It's not readily seen online, for whatever reason, but a comic/graphic novel academic culture exists. Take these-for-example! All of those were published in the past four years.

I recommend This book has graphic language which I really enjoyed.

It all depends on what you're interested in. You won't see it if you don't look for it.

A Brief History of Time, by Steven Hawking is a classic. I found it to be a little dense and difficult at times (I'm no expert in physics), but it's a pretty cool overview of some deep science questions (e.g. where did the universe come from?) for non-scientists.

James Gleick's biography of Isaac Newton is also quite good. My calculus professor recommended it.

I also liked The Physics of Superheroes by James Kakalios.

Scott McCloud looks really interesting, especially Understanding Comic seems to be right up my alley.

By way of related literature on Amazon when looking up the Thompson book, I found a couple of interesting looking titles - thought I'd share:

• A Brief History of Manga (2014)
  
• Manga: An Anthology of Global and Cultural Perspectives (2009)
  
• Dreamland Japan: Writings on Modern Manga - Japanese Comics for "Otaku" (1996)
  
  Looking through their tables of content, they seem solid enough.
  
  Thanks for the recommendations! :)

Geoff Klock writes some interesting stuff on his blog. He did an issue-by-issue analysis of Morrison's New X-Men that I really enjoyed, as well as one on Whedon's Astonishing.

He's also written two books about comics, one about modern comic books and deconstructionist themes in general, and one about Matt Fraction's Casanova.

Speaking of books, there are some really interesting-sounding books and movies available from Sequart.

They have some pretty sweet articles too.

For online sources, in addition to what others have said, tradecardsonline.com is a great resource. One source I use frequently when I cant find information online is Scrye magazine's guide to CCGs. It's a lenghty paperback volume that isn't always 100% accurate, but it's really a terrific resource for the most part. You can buy it on amazon Scrye Collectible Card Game Checklist & Price Guide (SCRYE COLLECTIBLE CARD GAMES CHECKLIST AND PRICE GUIDE) https://www.amazon.com/dp/087349623X/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_POUJBbJX2VYST obviously it's outdated, but its really good for early CCGs.

There was an essay in this book about how Clark Kent is the most important character in the Supermythos because he is the guy who tells the all-powerful alien demagogue NOT to completely subjugate and control the stupid monkeys. Clark's the guy who says to Superman: "Hey buddy, humans are redeemable and 'worth it,' even if some of them do things like Holocausts and some of them are Justin Bieber. Let's bop over to Kansas because I can see Ma putting in a meatloaf and Pa doesn't know it but I can hear the axle on the tractor is about to break."

Superman is pretty cool. Clark Kent is a total badass. For more outright Superbadassery, see 'world of cardboard' from JLU.

https://www.amazon.com/Capitalist-Superheroes-Caped-Crusaders-Neoliberal/dp/1780991797

This is pretty straightfoward.

Zizke did a whole take on his doc on ideology about The Dark Knight being the ideology of "needed lies" after 9/11

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRBsvyK_w9o

Also, I know Mark Fisher wrote something about the subject, google it, he's definitely the best of the three.

btw, your friend sounds unsufferable.

Being a "neophyte", I think the most valuable thing you can learn is how to accurately grade comics. You don't even need to be an "expert" at it to just know what to look for.

There are two books that EVERY comic book collector should own. The first is The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide. I get the hardcover every year and every year it winds up being the most dog-eared book I own. It's already two months into 2016, so try not to pay full price for the 45th volume as it's already halfway out of date (the new issue ships around the time of Comic Con).

The second book you have to own is The Overstreet Guide to Grading. This will be one of the most valuable books you'll own about collecting. This one doesn't really go out of date. I have the first edition of mine that I got years and years ago when it was first published and I've never updated it. It's an evergreen reference that you'll value for as long as you collect.

Grab a copy and go grade some comics!

EDIT: And don't forget to get an OWL card! (those will have to be replaced with some regularity. I replace mine about every couple of years when I remember/think about it.)

Assuming that wasn't /s Here are some good sources. I'm sure a google search will also give you some good stuff

Comic book nation

A Complete History of American Comic Books

The Power of Comics: History, Form, and Culture

'Watchmen,' by Alan Moore.

Someone else put together 'Watchmen and Philosophy'...published by legit-academic collective Blackwell.

Here is a chapter from the book 'Comics as Philosophy' which combines Watchmen and the philosophy of existentialism:

Chapter: Deconstructing the Hero — PDF


If that is too much reading, just google around or read the comic yourself. I am fairly confident that you won't regret it.

There's some pretty good books on the subject too including this which has instructional aids for professors.

To anyone who does not know, the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund got together in 2011 a bunch of artists to create fan art based on Transmetropolitan called "All Around the World". 1700 copies were printed, with only 1500 sent into circulation. I stumbled across my copy recently at a local comic book store.

Shot in the Face was published in 2013 and is a book going over the themes of the Transmetropolitan series.

This reminds me of a great book – Jews and American comics: an illustrated history of an American art form:

>With three brief essays by Paul Buhle, this book offers readers a pictorial back-story tracing Jewish involvement in comic art from several little-known strips in Yiddish newspapers of the early 20th century through the mid-century origins of the modern comic book and finally to contemporary comic art.

Worldcat entry

I actually decided to do this because I got a Sequart book that was a collection of essays about the Legion (https://www.amazon.com/Teenagers-Future-Essays-Legion-Super-Heroes-ebook/dp/B007HPCVGC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1540928103&sr=8-1&keywords=teenagers+from+the+future) and started reading it, then decided instead of continuing to read about a series I didn't know anything about, I should just read the whole series. Now I'm finally reading the book again!

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I think the enormous cast and the dynamics between them is what always made me curious about it. It scratches some childhood itch for diverse and colorful characters.

Yes, you can get "It's Over 9,000!" in paperback and hardback on Amazon or Barnes & Noble. And Dragon Ball Culture Volume 1, Volume 2, and Volume 3 are available on Amazon.

New volumes of Dragon Ball Culture will be published in print every 3 months, and Dragon Soul will also be available soon.

Do it, I'll gladly read them.

I have a shit ton of books on ethics and morality and philosophy but one of my favorite books is this little one on the difference in Goku's and Vegeta's philosophies.

even underground comics did not escape disney: http://www.amazon.com/The-Pirates-Mouse-Disneys-Underground/dp/156097530X

(it's a fantastic book, if anyone wants to actually read it)

> Right now, these are the first time they are being translated and released.

Not true at all. These were all translated and released in 2008.

http://www.amazon.com/Bat-Manga-Secret-History-Batman-Japan/dp/0375714847/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1406074803&sr=8-1&keywords=batmanga&dpPl=1

Where can I find that book? It's not coming up on Amazon.

edit, never mind, you wrote the title down wrong.
http://www.amazon.com/How-Read-Superhero-Comics-Why/dp/0826414192

Author's name is Klock, not Kock, heh.