Mysterious Travelers
Steve Ditko and the Search for a New Liberal Identity
How a creator transformed the hero and forever forged a brooding bond between philosophy and comics
The Comics of Rutu Modan
War, Love, and Secrets
The first in-depth study of acclaimed work by a pioneer of Israeli comics
Lalo Alcaraz
Political Cartooning in the Latino Community
A perceptive study of a bold, prescient voice in Latino comics
Gary Larson and The Far Side
The first critical assessment of an American icon’s lasting achievement
Forging the Past
Seth and the Art of Memory
A critical study of the extraordinary Canadian comics creator
A Charlie Brown Religion
Exploring the Spiritual Life and Work of Charles M. Schulz
The first spiritual biography of a misunderstood believer, the renowned creator of Peanuts
Wide Awake in Slumberland
Fantasy, Mass Culture, and Modernism in the Art of Winsor McCay
The first study to place this genius of modern comics creation in his historical context
We Go Pogo
Walt Kelly, Politics, and American Satire
A critical appreciation of the life’s work of a great comic strip artist
Lynda Barry
Girlhood through the Looking Glass
A critical biography of one of the pioneers of alternative weekly comic strips
Hand of Fire
The Comics Art of Jack Kirby
The first critical exploration of the work of a great comics creator
Grant Morrison
Combining the Worlds of Contemporary Comics
A critical study of a postmodern comics writer who flaunts superhero conventions
God of Comics
Osamu Tezuka and the Creation of Post-World War II Manga
An assessment of the worldwide achievement of the man who made manga mainstream
Alan Moore
Comics as Performance, Fiction as Scalpel
A study of the British author of V for Vendetta, Watchmen, From Hell, and many other comics and graphic novels
Garry Trudeau
Doonesbury and the Aesthetics of Satire
How a revolutionary cartoonist opened the funnies to political commentary and biting satire
Father of the Comic Strip
Rodolphe Töpffer
A critical study of the Swiss artist who created the comic strip