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101 Outstanding Graphic Novels
Comic - History
The popular primer on the best graphic novels, initially called The 101 Best Graphic Novels, is back in its third updated edition. Expert librarian Stephen Weiner with the crowdsourcing help of professionals in the field, from artists to critics to leading comic store owners has sifted through the bewildering thousands of graphic novels now available to come up with an outstanding, not-to-be-missed 101. With an all-encompassing variety of genres, including both fiction and nonfiction, this serves as a great introduction to this increasingly influential world of pop culture and entertainment while also serving as a reference list for fans on what they may have possibly overlooked.\n\nStephen Weiner is the director of the Maynard Public Library in Maynard, Massachusetts, and a comics hi...
Worlds War Comics
Comic - Action
Worlds War Comics dives into a universe of superheroes who have been active since World War II, but who may have to reevaluate how they look at the world!
Every character in the series is based on characters who were actually published in the 1930s, '40s, and '50s, but who have fallen into the public domain. They've been redesigned, renamed, and given new histories that take place between their original adventures and today, but all of their old comics can be read for free online -- legally!
BLOOD SQUAD SEVEN
Comic - History
SERIES PREMIERE
Thirty years ago, Blood Squad Seven was America’s most popular superhero team. Its members were seen on television, on magazine covers, scoring million-dollar endorsement deals…. They were celebrities and they were everywhere.
But that was then... this is now. And so, a new generation of modern-day heroes takes up the mantle—or perhaps, the poisoned chalice—fulfilling a promise made decades ago: to be the heroes that a fractured America needs.
While deconstructions of superhero nostalgia typically center around the classic characters of the Silver Age, Blood Squad Seven will delve deep into ’90s comic book themes with this imagining of what would happen if heroes from that decade returned to action after a 30-year absence.
The Sunset Over Rome
Graphic Novel - History
One nosy kid usually can't collapse an empire 200 years ahead of schedule. However, one girl's curiosity about ancient glyphs of power someone of her class has no business knowing might do the trick. Maybe this could be for the better.
Hey Kids! Comics!
Comic - History
HEY KIDS! COMICS! takes its cue from nearly a century of turbulence and triumph, despair and drama in the comics racket.
Artists and writers, con men and clowns, ganefs and gangsters create the foundations of today's biggest entertainment business-or at least the tail that wags the dog.
Some of it really happened, and the names have been changed to protect the innocent and guilty...
...although in the end, everyone was guilty of something.
Golden Chronicles
Comic - Action
Golden Chronicles is an Introductory anthology series for GoldVision Comics that acts as a launchpad and test area that has new and interesting stories and characters that could potentially go on to have their own series.