The Anatomy of Zur-En-Arrh
The Anatomy of Zur-En-Arrh

Author: Cody Walker

Publisher: Sequart Research & Literacy Organization

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 262

ISBN-13: 9781940589046

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Grant Morrison has made a career of redefining heroes, but his work with Batman has been the most comprehensive. From ARKHAM ASYLUM and JLA to his seven-year run on Batman, Morrison has redefined and reworked the Caped Crusader from the ground up. He's also introduced new characters (such as Damian Wayne) and new concepts (such as Batman, Inc.). THE ANATOMY OF ZUR-EN-ARRH analyzes Grant Morrison's Batman, including how it understands and reinterprets Batman's long history. Featuring an interview with Grant Morrison. From Sequart Organization. More info at http: //sequart.org

Batman’s Villains and Villainesses
Batman’s Villains and Villainesses

Author: Justin F. Martin

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2023-09-12

Total Pages: 353

ISBN-13: 1666930849

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While much of the scholarship on superhero narratives has focused on the heroes themselves, Batman’s Villains and Villainesses: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Arkham’s Souls takes into view the depiction of the villains and their lives, arguing that they often function as proxies for larger societal and philosophical themes. Approaching Gotham’s villains from a number of disciplinary backgrounds, the essays in this collection highlight how the villains’ multifaceted backgrounds, experiences, motivations, and behaviors allow for in-depth character analysis across varying levels of social life. Through investigating their cultural and scholarly relevance across the humanities and social sciences, the volume encourages both thoughtful reflection on the relationship between individuals and their social contexts and the use of villains (inside and outside of Gotham) as subjects of pedagogical and scholarly inquiry.

The Caped Crusade
The Caped Crusade

Author: Glen Weldon

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2017-03-21

Total Pages: 352

ISBN-13: 1476756732

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"Since his debut in Detective Comics #27, Batman has been many things: a two-fisted detective; a planet-hopping gadabout; a campy Pop Art sensation; a pointy-eared master spy; and a grim ninja of the urban night. Yet, despite these endless transformations, he remains one of our most revered cultural icons. [In this book, Weldon provides a] look at the cultural history of Batman and his fandom"--Amazon.com.

Curing the Postmodern Blues: Reading Grant Morrison and Chris Weston's the Filth in the 21st Century
Curing the Postmodern Blues: Reading Grant Morrison and Chris Weston's the Filth in the 21st Century

Author: Tom Shapira

Publisher:

Published: 2013-02-01

Total Pages: 186

ISBN-13: 9780578060767

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Published in 2002-2003, Grant Morrison and Chris Weston's THE FILTH is disgusting, deeply disturbing, and a comic-book masterpiece that inoculates readers against the problems of the postmodern condition. So says Tom Shapira, who also explores THE FILTH's relationship to Morrison's THE INVISIBLES, to the 1999 film THE MATRIX, and to the work of Alan Moore. The book also includes interviews with Grant Morrison, Chris Weston, and inker Gary Erskine, plus art from Weston illuminating the design of the series and containing imagery censored in the printed comic. From Sequart Research & Literacy Organization. More info at http: //Sequart.org

Grant Morrison
Grant Morrison

Author: Timothy Callahan

Publisher: Sequart

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 279

ISBN-13: 1466343354

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Grant Morrison redefined comics in the 1980s and early '90s, from his trailblazing creation of ZENITH, through his metatextual innovations in ANIMAL MAN, to his Dadaist super-heroes in DOOM PATROL. Along the way, he also addressed Batman with his multi-layered ARKHAM ASYLUM and his literary "Gothic" storyline. Callahan examines all five works in detail, drawing out their evolving themes and exploring Morrison's sometimes difficult texts in plain language. Rounding out the volume: an exclusive interview with Morrison, a foreword by popular comics writer Jason Aaron, and an appendix addressing Morrison's even earlier, shorter work. From Sequart Research & Literacy Organization. More info at http: //Sequart.org

Batman & Son, and the Black Glove
Batman & Son, and the Black Glove

Author: Grant Morrison

Publisher: Titan Publishing Company

Published: 2012-04

Total Pages: 384

ISBN-13: 9781781160275

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Batman receives the shock of his life when he discovers that he has a son, Damian! After violent conflict with Robin and Damian, Batman must teach his son what it means to carry the legacy of Gotham's Dark Knight.

By The Horns
By The Horns

Author: Markisan Naso

Publisher: Scout Comics

Published: 2022-02-22

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13: 9781949514995

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BY THE HORNS is an epic, sci-fi fantasy comic book series set in a dangerous world of magic and technology written by Markisan Naso, illustrated by Jason Muhr and colored by Andrei Tabacaru, published monthly by Scout Comics. Elodie hates unicorns. For nearly a year, she's dedicated her life to killing them all for trampling her husband. Exiled from her village home for selfishly neglecting her duties, Elodie and her companion, Sajen, search the continent of Solothus to exact bloody revenge. But to make unicorns extinct she’ll need to fake an alliance with Zoso and Rigby, two of the very beasts she hates most, and battle four wind sorcerers who are extracting magic from all the mystical creatures on the continent. With the ability to rip off the unicorn horns and combine them to form wizard-slaying weapons, Elodie has a fighting chance. But will she decide to use those gifts to save magic in the world? Or destroy all the unicorns left alive?

The Anxiety of Influence
The Anxiety of Influence

Author: Harold Bloom

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 9780195112214

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The book remains a central work of criticism for all students of literature.

Keeping the World Strange
Keeping the World Strange

Author: Cody Walker

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 180

ISBN-13: 9781466353459

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"A snowflake that describes the multiverse. A team of archaeologists with a mystery benefactor. A century of pulp heroes, atomic ants, kung-fu ghosts, and ships that sail between universes. Villains who hide these wonders from a world they have sold to an unfathomable alien intelligence. And the man, born with the 20th century, who alone can save the world... and his lost friend. These are the elements of Planetary. In telling its story, creators Warren Ellis and John Cassaday uncovered the secret history of the super-hero genre and helped point towards its future, as well as - just perhaps - our own. Keeping the World Strange: A Planetary Guide excavates all of this, as well as future studies, revisionism, decompression, whether the characters are proactive or reactive, and other topics. This book offers an archaeology of the archaeologists, and its essays allow us to see the snowflake-like structure of the series from new angles. Planetary lives and grows in these pages."--

Our Sentence is Up
Our Sentence is Up

Author: Patrick Meaney

Publisher: Sequart

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 355

ISBN-13: 1466347805

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Grant Morrison's THE INVISIBLES has been hailed as an ambitious comics masterpiece, the key to Morrison's entire body of work, and the inspiration for THE MATRIX. But it's also frequently written off as incomprehensible.Using a conversational, accessible style, Patrick Meaney (director of GRANT MORRISON: TALKING WITH GODS) opens up THE INVISIBLES through in-depth analysis that makes sense of the series's complicated ideas, fractured chronology, and delirious blend of fiction and reality. Meaney also explores how the series's fictional conspiracy theories fare in the wake of 9/11 and the War on Terror. The book includes an extensive interview with Grant Morrison and an introduction by Timothy Callahan (author of GRANT MORRISON: THE EARLY YEARS).From Sequart Research & Literacy Organization. More info at http://Sequart.org