Shakespeare and Superheroes

by Jeffrey Kahan

Author	: Jeffrey Kahan
Publisher	: ARC Humanities Press
Total Pages	: 0
Release	: 2018
Genre	: Comic books, strips, etc
ISBN	: 9781942401773

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This short book offers a series of thought experiments and invites Shakespeareans to rediscover the wonders and pleasures of fandom. It does not argue that comic books and movies can or should replace Shakespeare; the goal is to explore the values in both, to think of comics as allusively Shakespearean, telling similar stories, expressing similar concerns, exploring similar values. Shakespeare and Superheroes seeks to re-democratize criticism by encouraging all readers to engage in and to respond to literary arguments using their own common cultural language.

Kill Shakespeare

by Conor McCreery

Author	: Conor McCreery
Publisher	:
Total Pages	: 0
Release	: 2015
Genre	: Characters and characteristics in literature
ISBN	: 9781613778517

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Collects the entirety of the 12-issue arc of the award winning series. This title is filled with fresh art, sketches, a brand new back-up story, and fun annotations by top Shakespeare scholars.

The Gospel According to the World's Greatest Superhero

by Stephen Skelton

Author	: Stephen Skelton
Publisher	: Harvest House Publishers
Total Pages	: 180
Release	: 2006
Genre	: Religion
ISBN	: 9780736918121

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Skelton leads the reader through fast-paced discussions of such striking phenomena as the influence of Christ's life on superheroes, and the similarities between the devil and comic book protagonists.

Superheroes of the Round Table

by Jason Tondro

Author	: Jason Tondro
Publisher	: McFarland
Total Pages	: 250
Release	: 2011-10-14
Genre	: Literary Criticism
ISBN	: 078648876X

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Few scholars nursed on the literary canon would dispute that knowledge of Western literature benefits readers and writers of the superhero genre. This analysis of superhero comics as Romance literature shows that the reverse is true--knowledge of the superhero romance has something to teach critics of traditional literature. Establishing the comic genre as a cousin to Arthurian myth, Spenser, and Shakespeare, it uses comics to inform readings of The Faerie Queene, The Tempest, Malory's Morte and more, while employing authors like Ben Johnson to help explain comics by Alan Moore, Jack Kirby, and Grant Morrison and characters like Iron Man, the Hulk, the X-Men, and the Justice League. Scholars of comics, medieval and Renaissance literature alike will find it appealing.

Romeo and Juliet

by Max Work

Author	: Max Work
Publisher	: Viper Comics
Total Pages	: 152
Release	: 2011-12-28
Genre	: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN	: 9780983935018

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Presents a futuristic retellling in graphic novel format of the story of Romeo and Juliet as the rivalry between the Montagues, cyborgs with manufactured DNA, and the Capulets, genetically enhanced humans, threatens to destroy the Empire of Verona while Romeo and Juliet, after falling in love, hope to bring about peace.

Amazing Fantastic Incredible

by Stan Lee

Author	: Stan Lee
Publisher	: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages	: 192
Release	: 2015-11-03
Genre	: Art
ISBN	: 1501107720

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Graphic memoir about the career of Stan Lee, the American comic book writer, editor, publisher, and former president and chairman of Marvel Comics.

DC Super Friends Little Golden Book Favorites

by Billy Wrecks

Author	: Billy Wrecks
Publisher	: Golden Books
Total Pages	: 81
Release	: 2013
Genre	: Cartoon characters
ISBN	: 0449816214

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"Batman! originally published in 2012, Superman! originally published in 2013, Big heroes! originally published in 2011"--Preliminaries.

Superman on the Couch

by Danny Fingeroth

Author	: Danny Fingeroth
Publisher	: A&C Black
Total Pages	: 196
Release	: 2004-01-01
Genre	: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN	: 9780826415394

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Why are so many of the superhero myths tied up with loss, often violent, of parents or parental figures? What is the significance of the dual identity? What makes some superhuman figures "good" and others "evil"? Why are so many of the prime superheroes white and male? How has the superhero evolved over the course of the 20th and early 21st centuries? And how might the myths be changing? Why is it that the key superhero archetypes - Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Spider-Man, the X-Men - touch primal needs and experiences in everyone? Why has the superhero moved beyond the pages of comics into other media? All these topics, and more, are covered in this lively and original exploration of the reasons why the superhero - in comic books, films, and TV - is such a potent myth for our times and culture.>

William Shakespeare's Star Wars

by Ian Doescher

Author	: Ian Doescher
Publisher	: Quirk Books
Total Pages	: 178
Release	: 2013-07-09
Genre	: Performing Arts
ISBN	: 1594746559

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The New York Times Best Seller Experience the Star Wars saga reimagined as an Elizabethan drama penned by William Shakespeare himself, complete with authentic meter and verse, and theatrical monologues and dialogue by everyone from Darth Vader to R2D2. Return once more to a galaxy far, far away with this sublime retelling of George Lucas’s epic Star Wars in the style of the immortal Bard of Avon. The saga of a wise (Jedi) knight and an evil (Sith) lord, of a beautiful princess held captive and a young hero coming of age, Star Wars abounds with all the valor and villainy of Shakespeare’s greatest plays. Authentic meter, stage directions, reimagined movie scenes and dialogue, and hidden Easter eggs throughout will entertain and impress fans of Star Wars and Shakespeare alike. Every scene and character from the film appears in the play, along with twenty woodcut-style illustrations that depict an Elizabethan version of the Star Wars galaxy. Zounds! This is the book you’re looking for.