n the 20th century, no artistic medium in North America with so much potential for creative expression has had a more turbulent history plagued with less respect than comic books. Through animated montages, readings and interviews, this film guides us through the history of the medium from the late 1930s and 1940s with the first explosion of popularity with the superheroes created by great talents like Jack Kirby and hitting its first artistic zenith with Will Eisner's "Spirit". It then shifts to the post war comics world with the rising popularity of crime and horror comics, especially those published by EC Comics under the editorshiop of William B. Gaines until it came crashing down the rise of censorship with the imposition of the Comics Code. In its wake of the devastation of the medium's creative freedom, we also explore EC's defiant survival with the creation of the singular "Mad Magazine" by Harvey Kurtzman. We then move to the resurgence of the superheroes in the late 1950's and 1960's typified with the rise of the dramatically innovative Marvel Comics edited by Stan Lee. Still more important is the rise of the the gleefully uninhibited underground comics created by eccentric talents like Robert Crumb and Dan O'Neill. These leads to profiles of creaters like Harvey Pekar who take the medium into new directions of expression. In the late 1970s and '80s we see the rise of alternative comics with such bold talents like Jaime Hernández for "Love and Rockets, Sue Coe for How to Commit Suicide in South Africa and especially for Art Spiegelman for his searing Pulitizer Prize winning Holocaust account, Maus. Finally, we learn of the medium's superhero mythos' revitalizing moment with the creation of Frank Miller's ferocious min-series "Batman: The Dark Knight Returns". Taken together, the film makes its arguement that the medium is far more than the stereotype of juvenile trash but rather it is an artform with a wild history and an exciting future.

ガール・ミーツ・エイリアン!

エイリアンと戦争から50年――

市ヶ谷スミレ、18歳。
父親の残した借金返済のため宇宙害蟲駆除会社に勤務する日々。
そんなスミレの日常が、UFOにさらわれたことで一変する...!

頭の中で聞こえる何者かの声...
襲いかかる宇宙害獣...
さらには軍事企業からも狙われて――!?

働く少女とエイリアンのSFアクションコメディー、開幕!!

Boot Up! Science Computers is a new volume in First Second's middle grade nonfiction STEM series!

The whole world now runs on computers. They're everywhere, from your pocket phone to your microwave oven. But, what exactly is a computer? How could you possibly build machines that calculate things, play video games, and dim the lights on command? Professor Isabella Brunel, Victorian Era Computer Expert (and a Tyrannosaurus Rex), narrates a screwball comedy romp through the fundamentals of computer architecture. The madcap cast teaches you how these extraordinary devices really work, but the book's real message is technology is not magic, it's created by human beings, and what other people have figured out, you can understand too.

In Pumpkins County, weird things happen every day, but nobody ever makes a fuss. Nobody, that is, except the Carol, a big-city girl new to Pumpkins County, who finds kindred spirits in Mitchell (monster expert), Jarvis (military brat with logistics know-how), and Rosario (girly girl on the outside, muscle underneath). The Creeps are on the case to figure out the spooky mysteries and still get to class on time. Last week it was a pudding monster. This week, it’s killer frogs—reanimated from the team’s biology class dissection experiment. Who’s behind the Frankenfrog attacks? The Creeps will track down the answers!

In this new creepy graphic novel series, Chris Schweizer’s art is full of the visual excitement that only the best graphic novel creators can pull off.

Turn back the clock with History Comics! In this volume we explore the Great Depression, an era of economic turmoil, resilience, and innovation.

In October 1929, a stock market crash in the United States caused millions of people to suddenly lose their savings, their jobs, and everything they owned. Many had to survive by waiting in long breadlines for free food, building their own homes from trash, and making clothes from scraps. Some rode railroad cars in a desperate search for work, only to end up on farms battling huge dust storms. This was the Great Depression, a time of tragedy but also one where people showed immense grit.

Intron Depot 2: Blades is the newest full-color book from creator Masamune Shirow (Appleseed and Ghost in the Shell). It collects 209 fantasy-themed illustrations, paintings, and computer graphics created by Shirow between 1992 and May 1998, none of which have been published in the U.S. before. It also contains detailed commentary (in both Japanese and English) on each work, and an info-box that explains the techniques used to produce each piece.

A roman à clef about Eisner's early years in the thriving comics industry prior to World War II featuring new annotations that reveal the comics pioneers like Bob Kane and Jack Kirby who appear under pseudonyms.

Book Love is a gift book of comics tailor-made for tea-sipping, spine-sniffing, book-hoarding bibliophiles. Debbie Tung’s comics are humorous and instantly recognizable—making readers laugh while precisely conveying the thoughts and habits of book nerds. Book Love is the ideal gift to let a book lover know they’re understood and appreciated.

Explore the life of Will Eisner, one of the most influential artists in the history of comics through the most appropriate medium: a graphic novel! From his immigrant roots and childhood in New York, starting his own comics studio and business, and the creation and publication of his beloved comic, The Spirit, through inventing the term 'graphic novel' to convince a general trade publisher to publish the groundbreaking A Contract with God, you'll follow along in Eisner's life journey. With the most prestigious comics awards named after him, Will Eisner is forever celebrated not only in what he created but his unerring belief in comics' capacity to be better, to reach higher, to be a full art form in its own right. This is the life of this man of vision who helped to put comics on the map. Includes an afterword by Jeff Smith (Bone, RASL, Tuki)!

The Mythmakers is a graphic novel biography of two literary icons—C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien—following the story of their friendship and creative fellowship, and how each came to write their masterworks

Through narrative and comic panels, Hendrix chronicles Lewis and Tolkien’s near-idyllic childhoods, then moves on to both men’s horrific tour of the trenches of World War I to their first meeting at Oxford in 1929, and then the foreshadowing, action, and aftermath of World War II. He reveals the shared story of their friendship, in all its ups and downs, that gave them confidence to venture beyond academic concerns (fantasy wasn’t considered suitable for adult reading, but the domain of children), shaped major story/theme ideas, and shifted their ideas about the potential of mythology and faith.

The Mythmakers also shows the camaraderie and the importance of the social/literary circle of friends called the Inklings, and how the friendship of these two great men fell apart and came together again. Hendrix concludes describing how the writings of C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien had re-enchanted the 20th century, after two World Wars. In writing aimed at scholars, adults, and young people, these two tweedy academics altered the course of storytelling and embraced the concept that fantasy writing for an adult audience was an accepted form of literature.

以名叫「虹之原」的地方為舞台，描述同年級的小學生們的過去與現在相互交錯的故事──小孩子們之間流傳的謠言、隧道裡頭的怪物、家族的秘密、蝴蝶發生了異常的現象……等等各種事件交織而成，新世紀默世錄就此誕生。

《消防车和超级救援队》是我社出版的儿童职业教育启蒙绘本，适合3岁以上儿童阅读。继《高速列车的秘密》之后，儿童职业教育启蒙绘本发出了第二弹。作者森永洋先生将交通工具的机能和构造用插画的形式简单易懂又丰富有趣地进行了描绘。这一次，森永队长和机器人罗宝采访的是大家喜爱的消防车及超级消防救援队的叔叔们。让我们跟随森永队长和机器人罗宝，走近消防车及化学车，了解救援工作的秘密吧。绘本里也有一个展示消防设施全景的对开拉页，令我们更加生动形象地了解消防救援队叔叔平素严格的训练状况。其他还有水泵车的制造过程，梯车的修理，救助人命的机器人等等，这些平素不为我们所知的消防车相关知识也会用绘画的形式，给大家详细地进行介绍。对喜欢交通工具，喜欢消防车的亲子们来说，无疑是一个福音。可以把这本绘本当做交通工具的知识图鉴来看，收获更加长久的快乐。本书获日本厚生劳动省社会保障局推荐、日本全国学校图书馆协会选定图书和日本图书馆协会选定图书。

Here's the dog's life as seen through the eyes and imaginations of, among others, Charles Addams, Edward Koren, Saul Steinberg, and the dog's all-time best friend, James Thurber. 101 cartoons in all from The New Yorker over the past 65 years.

Discover the miracles of Jesus in this stunning picture book from award-winning author and illustrator John Hendrix.

In this moving interpretation of the life and ministry of Jesus, John Hendrix brings to life the Biblical accounts of Jesus’s miracles, crucifixion, and resurrection. From the feeding of the five thousand to walking on water, this is a story of faith told through Jesus’s miraculous deeds.

The story of the Miracle Man is one of the best known in human history, and it has been retold by countless writers and artists for more than 2,000 years. In this handsome edition, Hendrix brings his signature style—interweaving hand-lettering with original illustrations—to create a sophisticated approach that readers of all Christian denominations will find both extraordinary and inspirational.

“These miracles give Hendrix the opportunity to showcase his inventive artwork, which forms letters from birds and butterflies and uses strong graphic elements to capture the wonder of Jesus’ life . . . a visually exciting and fresh take on the age-old story.” — Booklist

Let this graphic novel be your time machine! In History Comics, the new nonfiction graphic novel series from First Second, the past comes alive!

In History Comics: The Challenger Disaster, we turn the clock back to January 28, 1986. Seven astronauts boarded the space shuttle Challenger on what would be a routine mission. All eyes and cameras were on crew member Christa McAuliffe, a high school teacher, who was set to become the first private citizen in space. Excitement filled the air as the clock counted down to liftoff. But at T-plus seventy-three seconds after launch, the unthinkable happened . . .

What caused the midair explosion? In Pranas T. Naujokaitis's imaginative tale, set in a far-off future, a group of curious kids investigate the hard questions surrounding the Challenger explosion. Inspired by the legacy and sacrifice of the Challenger seven, they continue in their footsteps, setting out toward the stars and into the great unknown!

What happens to a cat who goes through a wormhole?

Tom Gauld returns with Physics for Cats, his second collection of science-based cartoons for the New Scientist. Find out why every scientist worth their sodium chloride has a Tom Gauld cartoon taped to their electron microscope. This new batch of hilarious gags will be as important to every self-respecting scientist as a lab coat and goggles and oversize rubber gloves.


Find out what the hadron’s news alert about CERN says! Everyone asks, “What is dark matter?” and “Where is dark matter?” but do they ever take the time to ask, “How is dark matter?” Based all on previous data, we can predict with a 99.99% certainty that you will either laugh, guffaw, chortle or snort (we don’t have a large enough sample set to be able to say which particular type of mirth you will experience.)

电是推动现代生活不可或缺的元素，它提供的热、光、力被广泛应用于各种电器产品中，为我们的生活提供了极大的便利。对于初次接触电学原理的读者而言，由于电既看不见也摸不着，所以学习起来难免摸不着头脑。本书通过漫画情节先拉近读者与电学原理的距离，再以循序渐进的方式为读者说明基础知识、生活中与电相关的事物，电路与欧姆定律，电的动作，发电原理，半导体、二极管等元器件。如果你正为电学原理伤透脑筋，那么本书将能协助你快速掌握学习诀窍。
有趣的故事情节、时尚的漫画人物形象、细致的内容讲解定能给你留下深刻的印象，让你看过不忘。无论你是学生、上班族或是已拥有一家属于自己的公司，活学活用电学知识肯定能为你的学习与生活增添更多的便利。

如何正确地自学漫画？
练到什么程度才有资格投稿？
如何获得创作灵感？
大师的作画技巧是什么？
如何理解漫画的分镜与构图？
如何设计漫画角色？
漫画签约相关问题；初学者自选画材购买建议；漫画编剧的基本类型；优秀漫画编剧要素大全……
一本搞定！

每一个插画家背后都有一只猫，也可能有一只猫，也有一只狗，当有一只猫、两只狗时，那就有可能成为一名伟大的插画家。《你们仨》讲述的就是一个插画家与一只猫两只狗的故事。
爱装无辜其实腹黑跩酷的狸花猫，乖巧懂事总被欺负的喜乐蒂小串儿，路上捡来的被遗弃的病弱金毛，与一个善良开朗死宅女王的日常，一如一部温暖又欢乐的家庭剧。一起生活的十年，有猫乱狗跳，也有温馨瞬间。而今却不得不说再见。猪儿升天了，你们仨变成了我们仨，我们都老了，相伴的日子成为永不可磨灭的思念。Thank you guys,for our mixed life.