CINEMATIC WORLDS AND SHARED UNIVERSES - THREE BOOKS BY SEQUART

Out of curiosity, have you heard about Sequart? If not, then please allow me to tell you a little bit about them, starting off by saying that they're a dedicated organization who are devoted to the study of popular culture and the promotion of comic books as a legitimate artform. That’s legitimate, with a capital 'L', and artform, with a capital 'A'. Want to know more? Then please check out the following three books they've previously published, as they will expand your world and blow your mind. Enjoy.

The Mignolaverse: Hellboy and the Comics Art of Mike Mignola

Editor: S.G. Hammond
Cover Art: Mike Mignola
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 196 pages
Price: £15.07 (Print) / £6.47 (Kindle)

Synopsis: Mike Mignola introduced the world to Hellboy in 1993, and since then, he's been able to develop the largest creator-owned universe in the entire world. Or as he likes to call it, the Mignolaverse, which Sequart aims to explore in this brave and bodacious book. They also attempt to examine his artistic growth, his creative inspirations, and some of the major themes featured throughout his career, analyzed by people such as Scott Cederlund, Stefan Hall, S.G. Hammond, Christina M. Knopf, Nicolas Labarre, Anders Lundgren, Max Nestorowich, Sharon Packer, Rafał Pośnik, Tom Shapira, and Mark Tweedale. 

The Cyberpunk Nexus: Exploring the Blade Runner Universe

Editors: Lou Tambone and Joe Bongiorno
Cover Art: Matt Busch
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 416 pages
Price: £15.08 (Print) / £5.66 (Kindle) 

Synopsis: Since its initial release in 1982, Blade Runner the movie has become a worldwide phenomenon due to its bold, cinematic style, and its stark depiction of a corrupt, dystopian future. In fact, it has become such a phenomenon, that our mates over at Sequart have decided to chronicle and examine the entire saga, starting from the original novel, 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?', written by Philip K. Dick, all the way to its numerous film iterations. Their book also features a foreword by Paul M. Sammon, as well as a collection of insightful essays written by a number of distinguished authors, including, Bryce Carlson, Paul J. Salamoff, Robert Meyer Burnett, Rich Handley, Zaki Hasan, Julian Darius, and many, many more. 

Classics on Infinite Earths: The Justice League and DC Crossover Canon

Author: Julian Darius
Cover Art: Kevin Colden 

Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 428 pages
Price: £13.99 (Print) / £3.83 (Kindle) 

Synopsis: Over the years, DC Comics have been flooding the world with a barrage of super-fast, super-strong, and super-smart superheroes, commencing in the 1940s with the Justice Society of America and then continuing into the sixties and beyond with the Justice League, the Teen Titans, and a number of other heroes who've all achieved some sort of widespread recognition. Come to think of it, there are so many superheroes presently populating the planet, that the only real way to figure out who's who (please excuse the 80s comic book reference), is to pick up and read this book written by Dr. Julian Darius. Or should I say, the acclaimed comic book scholar, Dr. Julian Darius, who takes us on a journey through comic book history by discussing a number of classic stories, such as 'Crisis on Infinite Earths', before explaining how DC managed to establish and define the very first shared comic book universe.

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