history and criticism

A light-hearted approach to the history of music rendered entirely in cartoons.

Traces the history of rock and roll music.

Includes information on instruments, opera, ballet, popular and classical music, and music history and mechanics.

Provides a history of comic books in America during the twentieth century, showing how it has influenced and been influenced by American culture; and includes an epilogue about comics in the early twenty-first century.

Traces the sixty-year career of Wonder Woman, with an emphasis on later developments and characters. Includes a time line of key events.

Brief sketches of the life and careers of the great talking film comedians of the 1930's: Laurel and Hardy, W. C. Fields, Mae West, and the Marx Brothers.

Traces the life of the popular novelist, from his childhood as an avid reader to his current success as a creator of horror fiction.

Discusses the Japanese, Korean, and Chinese comic and animation industries by looking at the different genres.

Presents art from the manga series "Bleach," that features Rukia Kuchiki, Ichigo Kurosaki, and the other characters written and illustrated by Tite Kubo.