Super Graphic

Super Graphic
Author: Tim Leong
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2013-09-24
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1452135274

The comic book universe is adventurous, mystifying, and filled with heroes, villains, and cosplaying Comic-Con attendees. This book by one of Wired magazine's art directors traverses the graphic world through a collection of pie charts, bar graphs, timelines, scatter plots, and more. Super Graphic offers readers a unique look at the intricate and sometimes contradictory storylines that weave their way through comic books, and shares advice for navigating the pages of some of the most popular, longest-running, and best-loved comics and graphic novels out there. From a colorful breakdown of the DC Comics reader demographic to a witty Venn diagram of superhero comic tropes and a Chris Ware sadness scale, this book charts the most arbitrary and monumental characters, moments, and equipment of the wide world of comics. Plus, this is the fixed format version, which includes high-resolution images.

Getting Graphic! Comics for Kids

Getting Graphic! Comics for Kids
Author: Michele Gorman
Publisher: Linworth
Total Pages: 108
Release: 2007-12
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN:

Provides an introduction to graphic novels for both school and public librarians.

The Invention of Hugo Cabret

The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Author: Brian Selznick
Publisher: Scholastic
Total Pages: 264
Release: 2015-09-03
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1407166573

An orphan and thief, Hugo lives in the walls of a busy train station. He desperately believes a broken automaton will make his dreams come true. But when his world collides with an eccentric girl and a bitter old man, Hugo's undercover life are put in jeopardy. Turn the pages, follow the illustrations and enter an unforgettable new world!

InfoWorld

InfoWorld
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 72
Release: 1982-10-18
Genre:
ISBN:

InfoWorld is targeted to Senior IT professionals. Content is segmented into Channels and Topic Centers. InfoWorld also celebrates people, companies, and projects.

Hyperstudio Made Very Easy!

Hyperstudio Made Very Easy!
Author: David Ashdown
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 68
Release: 2000
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780439138970

Growing up in Bethnal Green, Charlotte longs for the day she's old enough to put on her gladrags and be part of the swinging sixties. But her parents have other plans and move out to the quiet of the countryside, leaving Charlie homesick as she grows into a beautiful young woman. So when a childhood friend walks back into her life just as Charlie turns eighteen, it seems like the chance she's been waiting for to return to the bright lights. Back in the old streets and alleyways of her childhood, there are plenty of people who have never forgotten the girl with the white-blonde hair and quick wit. Surrounded by friends and family, it's everything she's ever dreamed of. But Charlie's dreams are shattered when brutal violence strikes close to home. For it turns out that London has a dark side too, and the East End hides as many sinners as saints¿ Sally Worboyes' spirited and passionate writing brings London to life in this wonderfully atmospheric novel of love and life in the 1960s. With the kind of authenticity and charm that comes from a lifelong love affair with the area , HANDBAGS & GLADRAGS confirms Sally Worboyes as queen of the East End saga.

Managing Information Highways

Managing Information Highways
Author: Kim Berquist
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 444
Release: 1996-11-19
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9783540620082

This monograph constitutes the final report of the EC-sponsored PRISM project, which was devoted to communications management for integrated broadband communications (IBC) within the RACE program. The book introduces and applies the distributed management framework (DMF) developed for the specification and design of multi-domain management systems for controlling, monitoring, and administrating IBC networks. The DMF framework is evaluated in detail and related to other international architectural and specification work aimed at creating advanced communication management systems. Also, a summary of existing platforms potentially supporting PRISM's DMF system, a glossary, a list of acronyms and abreviations, and a detailed subject index are included.

Aim for the Heart

Aim for the Heart
Author: Al Tompkins
Publisher: CQ Press
Total Pages: 365
Release: 2017-01-12
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1506315267

Al Tompkins teaches students about broadcast journalism using a disarmingly simple truth—if you aim for the heart with the copy you write and the sound and video you capture, you will compel your viewers to keep watching. With humor, honesty, and directness, award-winning journalist and author Al Tompkins bottles his years of experience and insight in a new Third Edition that offers students the fundamentals they need to master journalism in today’s constantly evolving media environment, with practical know-how they can immediately put to use in their careers. Aim for the Heart is as close as you can get to spending a week in one of Tompkins’s training sessions that he has delivered in newsrooms around the world, from which students: • Learn how to build compelling characters who connect with the audience • Write inviting leads • Get memorable soundbites • See how to light, crop, frame, and edit compelling videos • Learn how to leverage social media to engage audiences • Gain critical thinking skills that move your story from telling the "what" to telling the "why"