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  • A Supernatural Politics

    Essays on Social Engagement, Fandom and the Series

    Edited by Lisa Macklem, Dominick Grace ...
    What makes a horror television drama interesting? Like any other drama, it is often the character development or plot, and this certainly applies to the dramatically-resonant Supernatural and its beloved characters. However, Supernatural has achieved a dedicated fandom and a record-breaking 15-season run by skillfully engaging with the social reality inhabited by the show's audience. Additionally, ... Read more

    $16.39 USD

  • Supernatural Out of the Box

    Essays on the Metatextuality of the Series

    Edited by Lisa Macklem, Dominick Grace ...
    Supernatural is one of the most successful horror TV shows ever, providing fifteen seasons of the adventures of Dean and Sam Winchester as they hunt monsters and save the world. It has nurtured a passionate fan base, which has been far more directly integrated into the show than is typical. Wry and self-aware, Supernatural repeatedly breaks out of the televisual box to acknowledge its fans and its ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Approaching Twin Peaks

    Critical Essays on the Original Series

    Edited by Eric Hoffman, Dominick Grace ...
    Though it lasted just two seasons, Twin Peaks (1990-1991) raised the bar for television and is now considered one of the great dramas in TV history. Its complex plots and sensational visuals both inspired and alienated audiences. After 25 years, the cult classic is being revived.This collection of new essays explores its filmic influences, its genre-bending innovations and its use of horror and ... Read more

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  • Dave Sim

    Conversations

    Edited by Eric Hoffman, Dominick Grace ...
    Series series Conversations with Comic Artists Series
    In 1977, Dave Sim (b. 1956) began to self-publish Cerebus, one of the earliest and most significant independent comics, which ran for 300 issues and ended, as Sim had planned from early on, in 2004. Over the run of the comic, Sim used it as a springboard to explore not only the potential of the comics medium but also many of the core assumptions of Western society. Through it he analyzed politics, ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • Canadian Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror

    Bridging the Solitudes

    Edited by Amy J. Ransom, Dominick Grace ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    Canadian Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror: Bridging the Solitudes exposes the limitations of the solitudes concept so often applied uncritically to the Canadian experience. This volume examines Canadian and Québécois literature of the fantastic across its genres—such as science fiction, fantasy, horror, indigenous futurism, and others—and considers how its interrogation of colonialism, ... Read more

    $98.99 USD

  • Steve Gerber

    Conversations

    Series series Conversations with Comic Artists Series
    Steve Gerber (1947–2008) is among the most significant comics writers of the modern era. Best known for his magnum opus Howard the Duck, he also wrote influential series such as Man-Thing, Omega the Unknown, The Phantom Zone, and Hard Time, expressing a combination of intelligence and empathy rare in American comics.Gerber rose to prominence during the 1970s. His work for Marvel Comics during that ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • The Modern Stephen King Canon

    Beyond Horror

    The Modern Stephen King Canon: Beyond Horror is a collection of essays focused on the more recent writings of Stephen King, including Revival, 11/22/63, and a selection of short stories by the “Master of the Macabre.” The authors write about King works that have received little critical attention and aim to open up doorways of analysis and insight that will help readers gain a stronger ... Read more

    $39.99 USD

  • The Science Fiction of Phyllis Gotlieb

    A Critical Reading

    Gotlieb is a writer central to the Canadian science fiction canon. Though she has been called the queen of Canadian SF by Robert J. Sawyer, and though David Ketterer has suggested that she is Canadian SF, Gotlieb has been largely overlooked by SF studies. This book delves deeply into her body of work and traces her career in detail. Offering close readings of Gotlieb's novels, short stories ... Read more

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  • Jim Shooter

    Conversations

    Series series Conversations with Comic Artists Series
    As an American comic book writer, editor, and businessman, Jim Shooter (b. 1951) remains among the most important figures in the history of the medium. Starting in 1966 at the age of fourteen, Shooter, as the young protégé of verbally abusive DC editor Mort Weisinger, helped introduce themes and character development more commonly associated with DC competitor Marvel Comics. Shooter created ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Chester Brown

    Conversations

    Edited by Dominick Grace, Eric Hoffman ...
    Series series Conversations with Comic Artists Series
    The early 1980s saw a revolution in mainstream comics—in subject matter, artistic integrity, and creators' rights—as new methods of publishing and distribution broadened the possibilities. Among those artists utilizing these new methods, Chester Brown (b. 1960) quickly developed a cult following due to the undeniable quality and originality of his Yummy Fur (1983–1994).Chester Brown: Conversations ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Chester Brown

    Conversations

    Edited by Dominick Grace, Eric Hoffman ...
    Series series Conversations with Comic Artists Series
    The early 1980s saw a revolution in mainstream comics--in subject matter, artistic integrity, and creators' rights--as new methods of publishing and distribution broadened the possibilities. Among those artists utilizing these new methods, Chester Brown (b. 1960) quickly developed a cult following due to the undeniable quality and originality of his Yummy Fur (1983-1994).Chester Brown: ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • Dave Sim

    Conversations

    Edited by Eric Hoffman, Dominick Grace ...
    Series series Conversations with Comic Artists Series
    In 1977, Dave Sim (b. 1956) began to self-publish Cerebus, one of the earliest and most significant independent comics, which ran for 300 issues and ended, as Sim had planned from early on, in 2004. Over the run of the comic, Sim used it as a springboard to explore not only the potential of the comics medium but also many of the core assumptions of Western society. Through it he analyzed politics, ... Read more

    $17.99 USD