Author: Harold Gray
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Published: 2009-05-26
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 1600104061
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Now with all Sundays in color for the first time in more than 75 years! The action never stops as Annie gets shipwrecked with Spike Marlin for months on end. Then the Depression and rival businessmen wreck "Daddy" Warbucks's empire, leaving him broke and ruined. He and Annie rent a cheap room from Maw Green, and Annie gets a job, while "Daddy" finds work as a truck driver. But a near fatal accident leaves him blind! He meets Flop-House Bill and hatches a plot to claw his way back to the top against the very same rascals who forced him to lose everything in the first place! Volume 3 in The Library of American Comics presentation of Little Orphan Annie includes every daily and Sunday from April, 1930 until the end of 1931.
Author: Harold Gray
Publisher:
Published: 2008-02-15
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781600101410
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Contains more than 1,000 daily comics in nine stories, from the first strip in 1924 through October 1927. This volume talks about how Annie escapes the orphanage and is adopted by Daddy; how she finds the mutt, Sandy and rescues him from being tortured; how she meets the Silos, who become recurring characters throughout the series; and more.
Author: Harold Gray
Publisher: Library of American Comics
Published: 2009-12-29
Total Pages: 288
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"America's spunkiest kid fights gold-diggers and kidnappers"--Jacket
Author: Donald Phelps
Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
Published: 2001-05-01
Total Pages: 336
ISBN-13: 1560973684
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The comic strip has been a staple of American newspapers for nearly a century. It is a creation unique to cultural life and, in addition to entertainment, has commented on the way we see and view ourselves. From its high culture influence on Pop Art to its low culture appeal to children of all ages, the comic strip has had a lasting hold on the imaginations of generations. Noted writer Donald Phelps provides essays on popular classics, such as Chester Gould's Dick Tracy, E.C. Segar's Thimble Theatre (which produced Popeye), and Frank King's Gasoline Alley. His keen eye discerns the sublime qualities of this most American art form with wit and refreshing candor. Reading the Funnies offers an elegant and eloquent look into this fascinating slice of American popular culture.
Author: Jim Harmon
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2011-01-14
Total Pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9780786485086
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →From the 1920s to the 1950s, radio was the entertainment source for millions. Two of the primary themes of radio serials were mysteries and adventure. This is a detailed analysis of the important programs in these genres--Jack Armstrong, The Green Hornet, Sergeant Preston, Tom Mix, and more. Each entry includes type of series, broadcast days, air dates, sponsors, network, cast and production credits, and a comprehensive essay. When, as often happened, the series landed in other media, that is examined as well.
Author: Henry (Yoshitaka) Kiyama
Publisher: Stone Bridge Press, Inc.
Published: 2023-11-01
Total Pages: 155
ISBN-13: 1611729661
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A "documentary comic book" from 1931, depicting the true adventures of four young Japanese men in America. Originally published in Japanese in San Francisco in 1931, The Four Immigrants Manga is Henry Kiyama’s visual chronicle of his immigrant experiences in the United States. Drawn in a classic gag-strip comic-book style, this heartfelt tale—rediscovered and translated by manga expert Frederik L. Schodt—is a fascinating, entertaining depiction of early Asian American struggles.
Author: Blair Davis
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: 2017-01-03
Total Pages: 288
ISBN-13: 0813572274
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →As Christopher Nolan’s Batman films and releases from the Marvel Cinematic Universe have regularly topped the box office charts, fans and critics alike might assume that the “comic book movie” is a distinctly twenty-first-century form. Yet adaptations of comics have been an integral part of American cinema from its very inception, with comics characters regularly leaping from the page to the screen and cinematic icons spawning comics of their own. Movie Comics is the first book to study the long history of both comics-to-film and film-to-comics adaptations, covering everything from silent films starring Happy Hooligan to sound films and serials featuring Dick Tracy and Superman to comic books starring John Wayne, Gene Autry, Bob Hope, Abbott & Costello, Alan Ladd, and Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis. With a special focus on the Classical Hollywood era, Blair Davis investigates the factors that spurred this media convergence, as the film and comics industries joined forces to expand the reach of their various brands. While analyzing this production history, he also tracks the artistic coevolution of films and comics, considering the many formal elements that each medium adopted and adapted from the other. As it explores our abiding desire to experience the same characters and stories in multiple forms, Movie Comics gives readers a new appreciation for the unique qualities of the illustrated page and the cinematic moving image.