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  • af Mike Madrid
    298,95 kr.

    "An insightful investigation of how and why the two major political parties have failed to appeal to the Latino vote--the largest ethnic voting group in the country--and the impact it will have on American democracy and politics for decades to come."--Provided by publisher.

  • - Feminism, Fantasy, and the History of Comic Book Heroines (Revised and Updated)
    af Mike Madrid
    213,95 kr.

    "e;Mike Madrid is doing God's work. . . . mak[ing] accessible a lost, heady land of female adventure."e; ComicsAlliance"e;Sharp and lively . . . [Madrid] clearly loves this stuff. And he's enough of a historian to be able to trace the ways in which the portrayal of sirens and supergirls has echoed society's ever-changing feelings about women and sex."e;Entertainment Weekly"e;A long overdue tribute to [those] fabulous fighting females."e; Stan LeeMike Madrid has become known as a champion of women in comics and as the expert in Golden Age female characters. And now here is where it all began, as informative and entertaining as ever, in a revised and updated edition, including new illustrations and a new introduction, as well as an afterword bringing us up-to-date on what's happening with women in comics now.Mike Madrid is the author of Divas, Dames & Daredevils: Lost Heroines of Golden Age Comics; Vixens, Vamps & Vipers: Lost Villainesses of Golden Age Comics; and the original The Supergirls: Fashion, Feminism, Fantasy, and the History of Comic Book Heroines, an NPR "e;Best Book To Share With Your Friends"e; and American Library Association Amelia Bloomer Project Notable Book. A San Francisco native and lifelong fan of comic books and popular culture, Madrid also appears in the documentary Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines and is the illustrator of two of The History of Arcadia books: Lily the Silent and The Lizard Princess.

  • - Lost Villainesses of Golden Age Comics
    af Mike Madrid
    233,95 kr.

    A rogue’s gallery of the most glamorous and dastardly villainesses in Golden Age comics.

  • - Lost Heroines of Golden Age Comics
    af Mike Madrid
    233,95 kr.

    ComicsAlliance and ComicsBlend Best Comic Book of the YearBUST Magazine Lit Pick RecommendationCertified Cool in PREVIEWS: The Comic Shops CatalogMike Madrid gives these forgotten superheroines their due. These lost heroines are now foundto the delight of comic book lovers everywhere. STAN LEEWonder Woman, Mary Marvel, and Sheena, Queen of the Jungle ruled the pages of comic books in the 1940s, but many other heroines of the WWII era have been forgotten. Through twenty-eight full reproductions of vintage Golden Age comics, Divas, Dames & Daredevils reintroduces their ingenious abilities to mete out justice to Nazis, aliens, and evildoers of all kinds.Each spine-tingling chapter opens with Mike Madrids insightful commentary about heroines at the dawn of the comic book industry and reveals a universe populated by extraordinary womensuperheroes, reporters, galactic warriors, daring detectives, and ace fighter pilotswho protected America and the world with wit and guile.In these pages, fans will also meet heroines with striking similarities to more modern superheroes, including The Spider Queen, who deployed web shooters twenty years before Spider Man, and Marga the Panther Woman, whose feral instincts and sharp claws tore up the bad guys long before Wolverine. These women may have been overlooked in the annals of history, but their influence on popular culture, and the heroes were passionate about today, is unmistakable.Mike Madrid is the author of Divas, Dames & Daredevils: Lost Heroines of Golden Age Comics and The Supergirls: Fashion, Feminism, Fantasy, and the History of Comic Book Heroines, an NPR Best Book To Share With Your Friends and American Library Association Amelia Bloomer Project Notable Book. Madrid, a San Francisco native and lifelong fan of comic books and popular culture, also appears in the documentary Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines.