Offers the best of the new comics scholarship in nearly thirty essays on a wide variety of such comics forms as gag cartoons, editorial cartoons, comic strips, comic books, manga, and graphic novels. A Comics Studies Reader introduces readers to the major debates and points of reference that continue to shape the field. A Comics Studies Reader offers the best of the new comics scholarship in nearly thirty essays on a wide variety of such comics forms as gag cartoons, editorial cartoons, comic strips, comic books, manga, and graphic novels. The anthology covers the pioneering work of Rodolphe Töpffer, the Disney comics of Carl Barks, and the graphic novels of Art Spiegelman and Chris Ware, as well as Peanuts, romance comics, and superheroes. It explores the stylistic achievements of manga, the international anti-comics campaign, and power and class in Mexican comic books and English illustrated stories. It will interest anyone who wants to delve deeper into the world of comics and is ideal for classroom use.

COME ONE, COME ALL! Join us, Edgar and Ellen, and experience for yourself the thrills, chills, and inescapable ills of our first adventures in comics! Now with real word balloons! TREMBLE as we turn pirate and take over the Nod's Limbs Water Park! WONDER as you witness a bizarro Nod's Limbs called.... Glob's Glums! GASP as our manga doppelgängers show off their superior kung fu! When you're in the comics, the possibilities are endless!

A repackaged edition of three classic books from America's funniest feline -- Garfield Makes It Big, Garfield Rolls On, and Garfield Out To Lunch. Original.

A cartoon journey through the history of the universe from the big bang through the rise and fall of civilizations

Minimalism in interior design goes beyond plain white surfaces to incorporate aspects like textural subtlety and colour accents. This title reminds us that the introduction of color accents within a world of whiteness recalls the fact that white light is the origin of the whole spectrum of colours. Minimalism is not only about simplicity; it also deals with effects achieved through the use of various essential elements. "Minimalism and Color DesignSource" reminds us that the introduction of color accents within a world of whiteness recalls the fact that white light is the origin of the whole spectrum of colours. Origins of minimalism in the Modern Movement, and other styles are covered along with decorative criteria on colour combinations to present harmonious spaces.

Rereko is just your average high-school girl from Electopia, the land of electricity, but she's totally failed her final electricity exam! Now she has to go to summer school on Earth. And this time, she has to pass. Luckily, her ever-patient tutor Hikaru is there to help. Join them in the pages of The Manga Guide to Electricity as Rereko examines everyday electrical devices like flashlights, heaters, and circuit breakers, and learns the meaning of abstract concepts like voltage, potential, current, resistance, conductivity, and electrostatic force. The real-world examples that you'll find in The Manga Guide to Electricity will teach you: What electricity is, how it works, how it's created, and how it can be used The relationship between voltage, current, and resistance (Ohm's law) Key electrical concepts like inductance and capacitance How complicated components like transformers, semiconductors, diodes, and transistors work How electricity produces heat and the relationship between current and magnetic fields If thinking about how electricity works really fries your brain, let The Manga Guide to Electricity teach you all things electrical in a shockingly fun way.

As You Like It is Shakespeare's most light-hearted comedy, and its witty heroine Rosalind has his longest female role. In this edition, Alan Brissenden reassesses both its textual and performance history, showing how interpretations have changed since the first recorded production in 1740. He examines Shakespeare's sources and elucidates the central themes of love, pastoral, and doubleness. Detailed annotations investigate the allusive and often bawdy language, enabling student, actor, and director to savour the humour and the seriousness of the play to the full. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

A graphic, fictionalized biography shows how his challenges and triumphs at a young age led George "Babe" Ruth to discover his love for baseball--the sport that would make him famous. Original.

As the Federation recovers from the devastating events of Star Trek: Destiny, Captain William Riker and the crew of the USS Titan are ordered to resume their deep-space exploration. But even far from home on a mission of hope, they cannot escape the scars of the recent cataclysm. Painfully trying to rebuild their lives, they encounter a planet made almost entirely of water, which Aili Lavena, Titan's aquatic navigator, sets out to chart. But when their good intentions bring calamity to this new world, Lavena and Captain Riker are cut off from the Titan and feared lost. Deanna Troi is left to face a life-changing event without Riker, while the rest of the crew must brave the crushing pressures of the deep ocean to undo the global chaos they have triggered. Stranded with her injured captain, Lavena must win the trust of the beings who control their fate -- but the price for Riker's survivial may be the loss of everything he holds dear.