Comic Books

How the Industry Works

• Author(s): Shirrel Rhoades,
• Publisher: Peter Lang
• Pages: 406
• ISBN_10: 0820488925
  ISBN_13: 9780820488929
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Art / History / General , Art / Business Aspects , Comics & Graphic Novels / General , Comics & Graphic Novels / Anthologies , Language Arts & Disciplines / Communication Studies , Language Arts & Disciplines / Public Speaking & Speech Writing , Language Arts & Disciplines / Publishers & Publishing Industry , Performing Arts / Film / General , Social Science / Anthropology / General , Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social ,

Description:... This book is an insider's guide to how the comic book industry works. You'll learn how comic book superheroes are created and the deeper meanings they represent. You'll follow the development of sequential art storytelling - from caveman wall paintings to modern manga and cinematic techniques. Here you will explore comics in all forms: those flimsy pamphlets we call comic books; thick graphic novels; Japanese manga; and blockbuster movies featuring epic battles between good and evil. But behind it all, you'll discover how comics are an intellectual property business, the real money found in licensed bedsheets and fast-food merchandise, heart-pounding theme park rides and collectible toys, video games, and Hollywood extravaganza featuring such popular superheroes as Spider-Man, Superman, X-Men, and Batman.