Comics & graphic novels

The Kite Runner Graphic Novel

by Khaled Hosseini

The perennial bestseller-now available as a sensational new graphic novel.

Since its publication in 2003, nearly 7 million readers have discovered The Kite Runner. Through Khaled Hosseini's brilliant writing,...

1,000 Comic Books You Must Read

by Tony Isabella

Hero Worship!

1000 Comic Books You Must Read is an unforgettable journey through 70 years of comic books. Arranged by decade, this book introduces you to 1000 of the best comic books ever published and the amazing...

Creating Comics from Start to Finish

by Buddy Scalera

You Can Work Professionally in Comics!

Jump-start your comic book career! Creating Comics From Start to Finish tells you everything about how today's mainstream comic books are produced and published. Top working...

The Badlands Saloon: An Illustrated Novel

by Jonathan Twingley

A one-of-a-kind, fully-illustrated debut novel about one rest- less and curious young man’s summer spent in a small North Dakota town—a meditation on a time in life when you don’t so much unfold the map...

Last Laughs: Cartoons About Aging, Retirement...and the Great Beyond

by Mort Gerberg

A Simon & Schuster eBook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every reader.

Mars Attacks

by The Topps Company & Len Brown

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of Mars Attacks, this comprehensive book is the first-ever compilation of the infamous science-fiction trading card series produced by Topps in 1962. Edgy, subversive,...

Black Comics: Politics of Race and Representation

by Sheena C. Howard & Ronald L., II Jackson

Bringing together contributors from a wide-range of critical perspectives, Black Comics: Politics of Race and Representation is an analytic history of the diverse contributions of Black artists to the medium...

Drawing Fantastic Furries: The Ultimate Guide to Drawing Anthropomrphic Charaacters

by Christopher Hart

ENTER THE ALLURING, MAGICAL, MYTHICAL WORLD OF THE FURRY KINGDOM

What Is A Furry?

A furry is an anthropomorphic being—an animal with human characteristics. Furries have fascinated artists going back thousands...

Transnational Perspectives on Graphic Narratives: Comics at the Crossroads

by Daniel Stein & Shane Denson

Bringing together an international team of scholars, this book charts and analyzes the ways in which comic book history and new forms of graphic narrative have been impacted by aesthetic, social, political,...

Reading Japan Cool: Patterns of Manga Literacy and Discourse

by John Ingulsrud & Kate Allen

The characters, the stories, and the sensibilities coming out of Japanese animation, manga, and video games are together called Japan Cool. The origins of the movement are in manga, the practices of the readers,...

Super Manga Matrix

by Hiroyoshi Tsukamoto

With its stylistic characters and vivid colors, manga has captured the imagination of millions. However, creating it from nothing can be difficult, no matter how inventive an artist is. But now, following the...

Manga and the Representation of Japanese History

by Roman Rosenbaum

This edited collection explores how graphic art and in particular Japanese manga represent Japanese history.

The articles explore the representation of history in manga from disciplines that include such diverse...

Sculpting the Middle Class: History, Masculinity and the Amar Chitra Katha

by Deepa Sreenivas

This book is an analysis of the Amar Chitra Katha genre, historical comic-books that capture and promote a middle class masculine identity, as culture became the new site for right-wing hegemonic politics in...

Monster Book of Manga: Boys

by Ikari Studio

From the prestigious comic illustration studio Ikari comes the ultimate guide to how to draw manga boys. Each vivid, full-color character illustration is broken down into six stages accompanied by step-by-step...

My Life with Charlie Brown

by Charles M. Schulz & M. Thomas Inge

While best known as the creator of Peanuts, Charles M. Schulz (1922-2000) was also a thoughtful and precise prose writer who knew how to explain his craft in clear and engaging ways. My Life with Charlie Brown...

Stan Lee's How to Write Comics: From the Legendary Co-Creator of Spider-Man, the Incredible Hulk, Fantastic Four, X-Men, and Iron Man

by Stan Lee

Comics icon Stan Lee, creator of the Mighty Marvel Universe, has set about to teach everything he knows about writing and creating comic book characters. In these pages, aspiring comics writers will learn everything...

Basic Anatomy for the Manga Artist

by Christopher Hart

Manga Anatomy Like You've Never Seen It!

You know that manga faces are different from those of regular, American-style comic book characters. But did you know that manga bodies are also different? Well, they...

The Griff: A Graphic Novel

by Christopher Moore & Ian Corson

Outrageously funny New York Times bestselling author Christopher Moore and award-winning screenwriter-director Ian Corson team up for a wacky and entertaining graphic tale of alien invasion and a motley crew...