Scott Tracy Griffin traces the development of the history-making Tarzan franchise, from the motion-picture industry's early silent and serials, through the high point of the Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer era featuring Johnny Weissmuller and Maureen O'Sullivan, to modern worldwide hits. In this authoritative volume, writer and historian Scott Tracy Griffin traces the development of the history-making Tarzan franchise, from the motion-picture industry's early silent and serials, through the high point of the Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer era featuring Johnny Weissmuller and Maureen O'Sullivan, to modern worldwide hits like Grey stoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes and Walt Disney Studios' animated Tarzan.

The prequel to The New York Times bestseller Kill My Mother, an epic saga of American noir fiction. Cousin Joseph introduces Detective Sam Hannigan, head of the Bay City’s Red Squad and patriarch of the Hannigan family featured in Kill My Mother. Our story opens in the Great Depression when Big Sam sees himself as a truth-seeking patriot defending the American way against left-wing unionism. At the same time, he makes secret trips on behalf of Cousin Joseph, a man he has never laid eyes on, to pay off Hollywood producers to ensure that they make only upbeat films. Step by step, the secret of his unseen mentor’s duplicity is revealed to him. Feiffer builds on his conversion to cinematic noir, bowing to heroes Will Eisner and Milton Caniff but creating a masterpiece that illuminates Hollywood and its role in producing the bipolar nation America has become.

Age range 12 & up Build your own R2-D2 with this IncrediBuilds: Star Wars model kit, featuring a full-color booklet with facts and trivia on everyone's favorite droid. Build and color your own 3D R2-D2 model and learn all about the classic Star Wars character in this deluxe IncrediBuilds book set. The full-color, hardcover book is packed with information on R2 from his basic capabilities to his most heroic intergalactic adventures and filled with amazing imagery from the Star Wars films. The wooden model is easy to assemble and snaps together to form a dynamic, displayable 3D version of R2-D2 that fans will love.

This graphic novel is an ode to the defining element of fandom. It celebrates both the culture’s theatricality and D.I.Y. beauty—as well as its often-awkward conflation of fantasy with reality—in seven interconnected short stories about two young women. Cosplayers is an affectionate, funny book about how fandom can be much more inclusive and humanistic than the stories and characters it's built upon.