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Download The Sandman Vol. 6: Fables & Reflections 30th Anniversary Edition PDF

The Sandman Vol. 6: Fables & Reflections 30th Anniversary Edition

Author : Neil Gaiman
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Release Date : 2019-03-26
ISBN 10 : 9781401288464
Pages : 0 pages
Rating : 4.2/5 (41 users)

Download The Sandman Vol. 6: Fables & Reflections 30th Anniversary Edition PDF Full or another Format written by Neil Gaiman and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2019-03-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From #1 New York Times best-selling author Neil Gaiman! The Sandman Vol. 6: Fables & Reflections 30th Anniversary Edition follows the Lord of the Dreaming on a winding journey through time and space as he touches the lives of nine remarkable dreamers. In these haunting tales, kings and spies, emperors and actors, ravens and werewolves all share their secret stories--dreams of life and love, power and darkness. One of the most popular and critically acclaimed graphic novels of all time, Neil Gaiman's award-winning masterpiece The Sandman set the standard for mature, lyrical fantasy in the modern comics era. Illustrated by an exemplary selection of the medium's most gifted artists, the series is a rich blend of modern and ancient mythology in which contemporary fiction, historical drama and legend are seamlessly interwoven. Collects The Sandman #29-31, #38-40, #50, Sandman Special #1 and Vertigo Preview #1.


Download Absolute Sandman Volume Three PDF

Absolute Sandman Volume Three

Author : Neil Gaiman
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Release Date : 2008-06-17
ISBN 10 : 9781401210847
Pages : 0 pages
Rating : 4.2/5 (41 users)

Download Absolute Sandman Volume Three PDF Full or another Format written by Neil Gaiman and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2008-06-17 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The third volume collecting Neil Gaiman's seminal, award-winning series starring the Dream King in deluxe format. ABSOLUTE SANDMAN VOL. 3 presents several key SANDMAN tales in a slipcased hardcover edition, including "Brief Lives," in which the Sandman's sister Delirium prevails upon her older brother to help her find their missing sibling, Destruction. But their journey through the Waking World has dramatic repercussions for their family and also for the relationship between the Sandman and his wayward son, Orpheus. Also included is the spectacular short story "Ramadan," a tale of a young king of ancient Baghdad and the deal he strikes with The Sandman to grant his city immortality, with spectacular illustrations by P. Craig Russell (Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde, The Jungle Book).Never-before-collected bonus features include pin-up pages from galleries in THE SANDMAN #50 and SANDMAN SPECIAL #1, the Desire story from VERTIGO: WINTER'S EDGE #3, THE ENDLESS GALLERY #1, script and thumbnails from THE SANDMAN #50, and a section on the Endless retail products (poster, statues, t-shirts, Little Endless and more)! Plus, an introduction by artist Jill Thompson.


Download Neil Gaiman on His Work and Career PDF

Neil Gaiman on His Work and Career

Author : Bill Baker
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Release Date : 2007-07-15
ISBN 10 : 1404210784
Pages : 130 pages
Rating : 4.7/5 (21 users)

Download Neil Gaiman on His Work and Career PDF Full or another Format written by Bill Baker and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2007-07-15 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Interview with graphic novelist Neil Gaiman.


Download Studying Comics and Graphic Novels PDF

Studying Comics and Graphic Novels

Author : Karin Kukkonen
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2013-09-10
ISBN 10 : 9781118499931
Pages : 190 pages
Rating : 4.4/5 (118 users)

Download Studying Comics and Graphic Novels PDF Full or another Format written by Karin Kukkonen and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-09-10 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This introduction to studying comics and graphic novels is a structured guide to a popular topic. It deploys new cognitive methods of textual analysis and features activities and exercises throughout. Deploys novel cognitive approaches to analyze the importance of psychological and physical aspects of reader experience Carefully structured to build a sequenced, rounded introduction to the subject Includes study activities, writing exercises, and essay topics throughout Dedicated chapters cover popular sub-genres such as autobiography and literary adaptation


Download Transmedial Narratology and Contemporary Media Culture PDF

Transmedial Narratology and Contemporary Media Culture

Author : Jan-Noël Thon
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Release Date : 2016-06
ISBN 10 : 9780803288379
Pages : 552 pages
Rating : 4.2/5 (83 users)

Download Transmedial Narratology and Contemporary Media Culture PDF Full or another Format written by Jan-Noël Thon and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2016-06 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Narratives are everywhere--and since a significant part of contemporary media culture is defined by narrative forms, media studies need a genuinely transmedial narratology. Against this background, Transmedial Narratology and Contemporary Media Culture focuses on the intersubjective construction of storyworlds as well as on prototypical forms of narratorial and subjective representation. This book provides not only a method for the analysis of salient transmedial strategies of narrative representation in contemporary films, comics, and video games but also a theoretical frame within which medium-specific approaches from literary and film narratology, from comics studies and game studies, and from various other strands of media and cultural studies may be applied to further our understanding of narratives across media.


Download Graphic Novels and Comics in Libraries and Archives PDF

Graphic Novels and Comics in Libraries and Archives

Author : Robert G. Weiner
Publisher : McFarland
Release Date : 2010-04-19
ISBN 10 : 9780786456932
Pages : 288 pages
Rating : 4.4/5 (786 users)

Download Graphic Novels and Comics in Libraries and Archives PDF Full or another Format written by Robert G. Weiner and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2010-04-19 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To say that graphic novels, comics, and other forms of sequential art have become a major part of popular culture and academia would be a vast understatement. Now an established component of library and archive collections across the globe, graphic novels are proving to be one of the last kinds of print publications actually gaining in popularity. Full of practical advice and innovative ideas for librarians, educators, and archivists, this book provides a wide-reaching look at how graphic novels and comics can be used to their full advantage in educational settings. Topics include the historically tenuous relationship between comics and librarians; the aesthetic value of sequential art; the use of graphic novels in library outreach services; collection evaluations for both American and Canadian libraries; cataloging tips and tricks; and the swiftly growing realm of webcomics.


Download Myths of the Underworld in Contemporary Culture PDF

Myths of the Underworld in Contemporary Culture

Author : Judith Fletcher
Publisher : Classical Presences
Release Date : 2019
ISBN 10 : 9780198767091
Pages : 237 pages
Rating : 4.7/5 (198 users)

Download Myths of the Underworld in Contemporary Culture PDF Full or another Format written by Judith Fletcher and published by Classical Presences. This book was released on 2019 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examining a range of contemporary fictional works that adapt Greco-Roman myths of the descent into the underworld, from novels and comics to children's culture, this volume reveals the ways in which the catabasis narrative can be manipulated by storytellers to reflect upon postmodern culture, feminist critiques, and postcolonial appropriations.


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Classics and Comics

Author : George Kovacs
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2011
ISBN 10 : 9780199734191
Pages : 280 pages
Rating : 4.7/5 (199 users)

Download Classics and Comics PDF Full or another Format written by George Kovacs and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since at least 1939, when daily-strip caveman Alley Oop time-traveled to the Trojan War, comics have been drawing (on) material from Greek and Roman myth, literature and history. At times the connection is cosmetic-as perhaps with Wonder Woman's Amazonian heritage-and at times it is almost irrelevant-as with Hercules' starfaring adventures in the 1982 Marvel miniseries. But all of these make implicit or explicit claims about the place of classics in modern literary culture. Classics and Comics is the first book to explore the engagement of classics with the epitome of modern popular literature, the comic book. This volume collects sixteen articles, all specially commissioned for this volume, that look at how classical content is deployed in comics and reconfigured for a modern audience. It opens with a detailed historical introduction surveying the role of classical material in comics since the 1930s. Subsequent chapters cover a broad range of topics, including the incorporation of modern theories of myth into the creation and interpretation of comic books, the appropriation of characters from classical literature and myth, and the reconfiguration of motif into a modern literary medium. Among the well-known comics considered in the collection are Frank Miller's 300 and Sin City, DC Comics' Wonder Woman, Jack Kirby's The Eternals, Neil Gaiman's Sandman, and examples of Japanese manga. The volume also includes an original 12-page "comics-essay," drawn and written by Eisner Award-winning Eric Shanower, creator of the graphic novel series Age of Bronze.


Download Neil Gaiman's The Sandman and Joseph Campbell PDF

Neil Gaiman's The Sandman and Joseph Campbell

Author : Stephen Rauch
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
Release Date : 2003
ISBN 10 : 159224212X
Pages : 152 pages
Rating : 4.1/5 (242 users)

Download Neil Gaiman's The Sandman and Joseph Campbell PDF Full or another Format written by Stephen Rauch and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2003 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first scholarly book-length examination of the work of comics legend Neil Gaiman includes detailed analysis of his best-selling "Sandman" and "Death" series, a look at his work's relationship to Joseph Campbell, and such topics as "Living in a Desacralized World," "The Relationship of Dreams and Myth in Campbell, Jung, and Gaiman's Sandman," "Humanization, Change, and Rebirth: The Hero's Journey," "The Role of the Artist and the Art of Storytelling," and more. A fascinating journey behind the comics work of one of the most interesting and challenging popular writers of today, Neil Gaiman's The Sandman and Joseph Campbell: In Search of the Modern Myth is the book which Gaiman's fans have been waiting for!


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Fabricating the Body

Author : Sarah Himsel Burcon
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Release Date : 2014-03-17
ISBN 10 : 9781443857697
Pages : 170 pages
Rating : 4.8/5 (443 users)

Download Fabricating the Body PDF Full or another Format written by Sarah Himsel Burcon and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2014-03-17 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fabricating the Body: Effects of Obligation and Exchange in Contemporary Discourse is comprised of nine chapters that revolve around the body, and more specifically, issues related to identity. The text draws on a variety of criticism—including disability, gender, and psychoanalytic studies—to theorize aspects relevant to the human body historically. For example, Rachel Herzl-Betz’s “A Paratactic ‘Missing Link’: Dorian Gray and the Performance of Embodied Modernity” uses disability studies as a lens through which to examine Oscar Wilde’s literary debt to the atavistic discourse of late-Victorian freak shows. Moving forward in time, Melissa Ames’s chapter, “Bodies of Debt: Interrogating the Costs of Technological Progress, Scientific Advancement, and Social Conquests through Dystopian Literature” is a pedagogy-focused chapter. In the chapter, Ames discusses a college course in which she asked students to consider contemporary debates, such as cloning, stem cell research, human trafficking, and so forth, in tandem with fictional texts that relate these issues. Ultimately, the class wrestled with the question of: what do we do when human survival and societal progress come at extreme costs? As a whole, the text works to stimulate conversations surrounding the body, and specifically, bodies that can be labeled “indebted.” Fabricating the Body brings together issues of gender, class, and identity, and investigates ethical concerns along with topics related to marginalization and the mind/body split. Ultimately, the text situates the body as a productive space for academic research.


Download The Metamorphoses of Myth in Fiction since 1960 PDF

The Metamorphoses of Myth in Fiction since 1960

Author : Kathryn Hume
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2020-02-20
ISBN 10 : 9781501359880
Pages : 208 pages
Rating : 4.3/5 (51 users)

Download The Metamorphoses of Myth in Fiction since 1960 PDF Full or another Format written by Kathryn Hume and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2020-02-20 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why do contemporary writers use myths from ancient Greece and Rome, Pharaonic Egypt, the Viking north, Africa's west coast, and Hebrew and Christian traditions? What do these stories from premodern cultures have to offer us? The Metamorphoses of Myth in Fiction since 1960 examines how myth has shaped writings by Kathy Acker, Margaret Atwood, William S. Burroughs, A. S. Byatt, Neil Gaiman, Norman Mailer, Toni Morrison, Thomas Pynchon, Kurt Vonnegut, Jeanette Winterson, and others, and contrasts such canonical texts with fantasy, speculative fiction, post-singularity fiction, pornography, horror, and graphic narratives. These artistic practices produce a feeling of meaning that doesn't need to be defined in scientific or materialist terms. Myth provides a sense of rightness, a recognition of matching a pattern, a feeling of something missing, a feeling of connection. It not only allows poetic density but also manipulates our moral judgments, or at least stimulates us to exercise them. Working across genres, populations, and critical perspectives, Kathryn Hume elicits an understanding of the current uses of mythology in fiction.


Download The Art of Neil Gaiman PDF

The Art of Neil Gaiman

Author : Hayley Campbell
Publisher : Hachette UK
Release Date : 2017-06-19
ISBN 10 : 9781781575178
Pages : 320 pages
Rating : 4.5/5 (781 users)

Download The Art of Neil Gaiman PDF Full or another Format written by Hayley Campbell and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2017-06-19 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Novelist, comics writer, scriptwriter, poet, occasional artist - a master of several genres and inadvertent leader of many cults - there are few creative avenues Neil Gaiman hasn't ventured down. From unforgettable books like The Ocean at the End of the Lane and American Gods to ground-breaking comics and graphic novels like The Sandman and Violent Cases; from big screen fantasies like Coraline to small screen epics like Doctor Who; and from short stories to songwriting, stage plays to radio plays, journalism to filmmaking, and all points in-between, The Art of Neil Gaiman is the first comprehensive, full-colour examination of Gaiman's work to date. Author Hayley Campbell, a close friend of Neil's since she was a small child, spent many months rummaging through Neil's attic to source the never-before-seen manuscripts, notes, cartoons, drawings and personal photographs for this book; these are complemented by artwork and sketches from all of his major works and his own intimate recollections. Each project is examined in turn, from genesis to fruition, and positioned in the wider narrative of Gaiman's creative life, affording unparalleled access to the inner workings of the writer's mind. Utterly comprehensive, lavishly illustrated, The Art of Neil Gaiman is the fully authorised account of the life and work of one of the greatest storytellers of all time.


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Fables: Legends in exile

Author : Bill Willingham
Publisher :
Release Date : 2002
ISBN 10 : UCSC:32106019564480
Pages : 132 pages
Rating : 4.1/5 (32 users)

Download Fables: Legends in exile PDF Full or another Format written by Bill Willingham and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who killed Rose Red? In Fabletown, where fairy tale legends live alongside regular New Yorkers, the question is all anyone can talk about. But only the Big Bad Wolf can actually solve the case, and, along with Rose's sister Snow White, keep the Fabletown community from coming apart at the seams.


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Jacob & Lily

Author : Shannon Layne
Publisher : ABDO
Release Date : 2015-08-01
ISBN 10 : 9781680761559
Pages : 211 pages
Rating : 4.7/5 (68 users)

Download Jacob & Lily PDF Full or another Format written by Shannon Layne and published by ABDO. This book was released on 2015-08-01 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lily is the most popular girl in school, and Jacob is the shy, nerdy boy she passes everyday in the hallway on her way to class. When Lily starts talking to Jacob in a chat room online, secrets come flooding out. He knows who she is, but she has no idea of his real identity. And as they open up to each other more and more, they're both left with the choice to leave everything the same as it's always been, or to take the leap that would change both of them forever. Jacob & Lily is a book from He Said, She Said, an EPIC Press six set series. This series contains explicit content.


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Fairies

Author : Skye Alexander
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2014-02-18
ISBN 10 : 9781440573064
Pages : 224 pages
Rating : 4.5/5 (44 users)

Download Fairies PDF Full or another Format written by Skye Alexander and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-02-18 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An enchanting treasury of fairy lore! Around the corner, behind the bushes, and just out of sight...fairies have spent hundreds of years weaving their way in and out of our homes and gardens to spread their magic. Featuring folklore, mythology, and poetry from around the world, this lovely collection reveals these ethereal spirits' extraordinary powers and the history behind their existence. From the case of the Cottingley fairies in the early twentieth century, whose photographs fooled thousands (including Arthur Conan Doyle), to the mischievous fairies found in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, the fascinating stories surrounding these magical sprites are sure to captivate anyone who has ever dreamed of catching one hiding deep within her flowerbed. Whether you're interested in exploring the history and culture or just want to learn more about fairies' powers and trickery, you'll love plunging into the enchanting tales that bring these whimsical creatures to life. Complete with hundreds of lovely illustrations, Fairies reveals the magnificent beauty of these mesmerizing sprites as well as their knack for causing mischief.


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A Resolution Of Dreams

Author : James Qualls
Publisher : James Qualls
Release Date : 2020-11-17
ISBN 10 :
Pages : 260 pages
Rating : 4./5 ( users)

Download A Resolution Of Dreams PDF Full or another Format written by James Qualls and published by James Qualls. This book was released on 2020-11-17 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abusir, Egypt 1800s, 'Band of Peace' Pyramids: Karl Richard Lepsius listed more than sixty pyramids. We are now aware of more than one hundred such structures still hidden beneath the sand. "The late Egyptologist and indigenous wisdom keeper Ab'del Hakim Awyan, who was born in the village of Abusir near the Giza Plateau, stated Egyptians include twenty-two of these pyramids in what they call the 'Band of Peace' which includes Giza and other sites both north and south of that along the Nile." The Great Pyramid of Giza is located directly at the center of the earth’s landmass. During 2170-2144 BCE, the Descending Passage of the pyramid pointed to Alpha Draconis [the North/Pole star]. No other star has aligned with the passage since that time. They were not only constructed and aligned to mirror the positions of the stars, but designed to replicate the harmonic cavities within the human body. The Pyramids are sophisticated oscillation systems. Each chamber, tuned to a specific biologic frequency. The priests used the sound waves to restore the body of those suffering to a correct resonant balance. What they discovered about the power of resonance was only the beginning. The North Pole Admiral Byrd flew into the inner Earth while over Antarctica on February 19th, 1947, he was under the impression he had discovered the mythical city of Shambala. Mythical, being the keyword here. The Resolutionist’s Agenda: Three Hours Ago… There is a balance to everything, the duality of Yin & Yang. But magic comes in threes. The transition; usually signaled by the arrival of a comet, begins. The trials commence, the mythology finds its footing and builds, tempered in fire by the evil that wants them to fail. Wholesomeness and decency have fallen out of favor. They rankle the nightmares who prefer the world dark. Snow White's lookalike has been poisoned. Prince Charming was bankrupted and sold into bondage. It has all been building to here. The cast of Gathering & Persistence failed to comprehend the rules of the game. Every two thousand years, a transformation takes place, and the world changes. But for a smooth transition, the pieces had to be gathered. Temperaments grew and matured. A cast of wanderers, warriors, and wisdom seekers discovered. A new group, forged in fire, came together. But God has a sense of humor. It is not until you free yourself of all you thought you knew that you see it. Christmas is indeed a feeling, a gift that needs earning. Christmas is not a given, but there are protectors, and always, there are two. Santa Claus is not a person. It is a couple. A thousand individual pieces. A million clues. If we find our hearts, we get paradise again. You see, God works in mysterious ways. But it has given us free will and placed the clues in plain sight; our story, written and preserved in the library of forever. With any jigsaw puzzle, you start with the edges and follow the colors. The patterns begin to build with every piece laid until the bigger picture emerges. But God has a sense of humor, and it's not until you set yourself free that you see the depth of it. We find hope in our adolescent fables. We all have a destiny, however minor that may be. Something summoned, significant, consequential even, to some effect, that resides somewhere within our hearts. By completing my childhood promise, my life took a turn. What started as a debt paid grew into something beyond my wildest imagination. I hope I can do it justice. Christmas is coming. "When did you two grumpmuffins know?" "Leo told us after we initiated him." "He had been visiting her in dreams, so he knew your other half." "We set out to find the rest of the puzzle when M'olga tore us apart. You're not going to believe what we found." “Just so you know, Rudolph isn't red; he's an orange."


Download Tips to Enhance the Leader Within: Everyone Is a Leader PDF

Tips to Enhance the Leader Within: Everyone Is a Leader

Author : Heather White
Publisher : Lulu Press, Inc
Release Date : 2017-03-22
ISBN 10 : 9781365832321
Pages : pages
Rating : 4.8/5 (365 users)

Download Tips to Enhance the Leader Within: Everyone Is a Leader PDF Full or another Format written by Heather White and published by Lulu Press, Inc. This book was released on 2017-03-22 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This leadership discusses leadership with the focus of everyone having the potential and being a leader, whether it is a leader of themselves, one other person, or even several other individuals; everyone has the ability and opportunity to be a leader in their lives and within their various environments.


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