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Art History for Comics: Past, Present and Potential Futures Ian Horton 9783031073557
RRP: £44.99SciFier: £40.20This book looks at comics through the lens of Art History, examining the past influence of art-historical methodologies on comics scholarship to scope how they can be applied to Comics Studies in the... -
Superman in Myth and Folklore by Daniel Peretti
RRP: £28.95SciFier: £22.56Superman rose from popular culture-comic books, newspaper strips, radio, television, novels, and movies-but people have so embraced the character that he has now become part of folklore. This... -
Screen Deep: How film and TV can solve racism and save the world Ellen E. Jones 9780571369423
RRP: £25.00SciFier: £18.48Screen Deep is a book about the immense potential of screen storytelling to defeat an evil both historic and urgently topical: racism. Everyone watches TV and movies. Everyone has an interest in... -
Silenda by Kelsie Stoker
RRP: £12.99SciFier: £9.11Horatio is not a hero. Truthfully, Horatio is not a lot of things. But he is lost in a world divided by the light and the dark. Horatio's family are Luxies - believers in the afterlife, whereas his... -
Deformed and Destructive Beings by George Ochoa
RRP: £21.99SciFier: £19.21Why are audiences drawn to horror films? Previous answers to that question have included everything from a need to experience fear to a hunger for psychotherapy. This critical text proposes that the... -
Twentieth-Century American Fiction on Screen R. Barton Palmer (Clemson University, South Carolina) 9780521834445
SciFier: £76.58The essays in this collection analyse major film adaptations of twentieth-century American fiction, from F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Last Tycoon to Toni Morrison's Beloved. During the century, films... -
The Middle Ages in Computer Games by Robert Houghton (Author)
RRP: £95.00SciFier: £94.45Offers the most comprehensive analysis and discussion of medievalist computer games to date. Games with a medieval setting are commercially lucrative and reach a truly massive audience... -
Narcos: The Jaguar's Claw Jeff Mariotte 9781789090123
Titan BooksRRP: £7.99SciFier: £5.87The first official Narcos tie-in novel. The Jaguar's Claw tells the story of Jose Aguilar Gonzales, an idealistic young Medellin police officer who finds himself drawn into service to Pablo Escobar... -
Green Lantern Vol. 4: Civil Corps Jeremy Adams 9781799502333
DC ComicsRRP: £16.99SciFier: £11.60The universe is at a crossroads with the rise of the Fractal Lanterns! A new aspect of the emotional spectrum has sent the Green Lanterns into chaos leaving people like Hal Jordon, John Stewart, and... -
Animal Activism On and Off Screen Claire Parkinson 9781761540363
RRP: £43.99SciFier: £34.99Animal Activism On and Off Screen examines the relationship between animal advocacy and the film and television industries. Leading scholars, activists, and film industry professionals critically... -
Representing Conflicts in Games: Antagonism, Rivalry, and Competition Bjoern Sjoeblom (Swedish Defence University, Sweden) 9781032285597
SciFier: £37.66This book offers an overview of how conflicts are represented and enacted in games, in a variety of genres and game systems. Games are a cultural form apt at representing real world conflicts, and... -
The Effluent Society Norman Thelwell 9781846893889
RRP: £15.99SciFier: £11.47Artist Norman Thelwell is best known for his cartoons depicting plump, petulant ponies and their young riders, but The Effluent Society shows another aspect of his work and character. Thelwell was... -
From Pinballs to Pixels by Ken Horowitz
RRP: £35.99SciFier: £32.13From early classics like Contact to marvels like High Speed, gaming publisher Williams dazzled arcade goers with its diverse range of quality pinball games. The age of video games catapulted the... -
Japanese Horror Culture by Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni Berns
SciFier: £88.49Contemporary Japanese horror is deeply rooted in the folklore of its culture, with fairy tales-like ghost stories embedded deeply into the social, cultural, and religious fabric. Ever since the... -
Aesthetics after Darwin: The Multiple Origins and Functions of Art Winfried Menninghaus 9781644690000
RRP: £84.99SciFier: £84.43Darwin famously proposed that sexual competition and courtship is (or at least was) the driving force of "art" production not only in animals, but also in humans. The present book is the first to... -
Aesthetics after Darwin: The Multiple Origins and Functions of the Arts Winfried Menninghaus 9781644696101
RRP: £24.99SciFier: £18.53Darwin famously proposed that sexual competition and courtship is (or at least was) the driving force of "art" production not only in animals, but also in humans. The present book is the first to... -
Teaching Costume Design and Costume Rendering: A Guide for Theatre and Performance Educators Jennifer Flitton Adams 9780367608415
SciFier: £37.66Teaching Costume Design and Costume Rendering: A Guide for Theatre and Performance Educators clarifies the teaching process for Costume Design and Costume Rendering courses and offers a clear and... -
Twilight for the Gods by Jack Tucker
RRP: £82.00SciFier: £79.49Twilight for the Gods: The Art and History of Film Editing is a passionate exploration of the important role played by editing in the process of film-making and a functional guide to using editing... -
Circus Girl Jana Novotny Hunter 9781786282989
RRP: £19.99SciFier: £14.19Sky lives, plays and learns in a circus - she even dreams about performing! In this picture book, the excitement of the circus influences every aspect of Sky's life. But who's the star of the... -
Drawing Digital: The Complete Guide to Learning to Draw and Paint on Your iPad Lisa Bardot 9781781578643
RRP: £20.00SciFier: £14.82Acclaimed artist and educator Lisa Bardot gives you all the tools you need to approach creating art and illustration on your iPad, using Procreate and other popular drawing apps.- Explore the core... -
The Art and Making of Guillermo del Toro's Nightmare Alley: The Rise and Fall of Stanton Carlisle Gina McIntyre 9781789098815
Titan BooksRRP: £34.99SciFier: £23.60Comprehensive and insightful, , is the ultimate companion to the master director's latest work. Inspired by William Lindsay Gresham's cult 1947 novel, Nightmare Alley stars Bradley Cooper as... -
Deco Dandy: Designing Masculinity in 1920s Paris John Potvin 9781526134790
RRP: £85.00SciFier: £77.99Deco dandy contests the supposedly exclusive feminine aspect of the style moderne (art deco) by exploring how alternative, parallel and overlapping experiences of decorative modernism, nationalism,... -
Deco Dandy: Designing Masculinity in 1920s Paris John Potvin 9781526164902
RRP: £30.00SciFier: £28.99Deco dandy contests the supposedly exclusive feminine aspect of the style moderne (art deco) by exploring how alternative, parallel and overlapping experiences of decorative modernism, nationalism,... -
Twentieth-Century American Fiction on Screen R. Barton Palmer (Clemson University, South Carolina) 9780521542302
RRP: £23.99SciFier: £23.38The essays in this collection analyse major film adaptations of twentieth-century American fiction, from F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Last Tycoon to Toni Morrison's Beloved. During the century, films... -
Allison Smith by Allison Smith
SciFier: £15.98Contemporary artist Allison Smith's diverse creative practice critically engages with popular forms of historical reenactment through a variety of media, including sculpture, textiles, ceramics, and... -
Law in Film by David A. Black
RRP: £17.99SciFier: £14.78The courtroom, like the movie theater, is an arena for the telling and interpreting of stories. Investigators piece them together, witnesses tell them, advocates retell them, and judges and juries... -
Religion and Science Fiction by Timothy Jenkins
RRP: £20.00SciFier: £18.74"Flying saucers come from outer space - except, as Timothy Jenkins observes in this persuasive and enjoyable volume, they also come from the pages of nineteenth-century occult texts. Jenkins ably... -
Backcloth: A Memoir Dirk Bogarde 9781448208227
SciFier: £16.69____________ 'Desperately moving' - The Daily Telegraph First published in 1986, Backcloth is volume four of Dirk Bogarde's best-selling memoirs Filling the gaps left between his previous... -
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Studying Tsotsi Judith Gunn 9781906733087 [USED COPY]
RRP: £19.99SciFier: £3.58Tsotsi (2005) is a life-affirming, if raw, coming-of-age story that boldly confronts the legacy of Apartheid and Africa's present struggle to overcome poverty and crime. A small film about a... -
Set Lighting Technician's Handbook: Film Lighting Equipment, Practice, and Electrical Distribution Harry C. Box 9781138391727
RRP: £54.99SciFier: £50.09A friendly, hands-on training manual and reference for lighting technicians in motion picture and television production, this handbook is the most comprehensive guide to set lighting available. It... -
Seeing Comics through Art History: Alternative Approaches to the Form Maggie Gray 9783030935061
RRP: £109.99SciFier: £50.99This book explores what the methodologies of Art History might offer Comics Studies, in terms of addressing overlooked aspects of aesthetics, form, materiality, perception and visual style. As well... -
Art History for Comics: Past, Present and Potential Futures Ian Horton 9783031073526
SciFier: £46.99This book looks at comics through the lens of Art History, examining the past influence of art-historical methodologies on comics scholarship to scope how they can be applied to Comics Studies in the... -
Yum Yum! Yusuke Yonezu 9789888240586
RRP: £8.99SciFier: £7.97Healthy foods for kids are introduced through what cute, fun animals eat What's on the menu today for Cat, Mouse, Rabbit, Monkey, Pig, and Bear? Young readers find out what each animal likes to eat... -
Cotton and Thrift: Feed Sacks and the Fabric of American Households Marian Ann Montgomery 9781682830420
RRP: £32.95SciFier: £20.93Printed cotton sacks are currently fashionable aspects for material culture research, particularly in the costume and quilt history communities. In the second quarter of the twentieth century, these... -
The Cambridge Companion to Comics Maaheen Ahmed (Universiteit Gent, Belgium) 9781009255684
RRP: £75.00SciFier: £74.56The Cambridge Companion to Comics presents comics as a multifaceted prism, generating productive and insightful dialogues with the most salient issues concerning the humanities at large. This volume... -
Treasury of Folklore: Stars and Skies by Willow Winsham
RRP: £14.99SciFier: £10.46Following on from the hugely popular Treasury of Folklore: Seas and Rivers and Woodlands and Forests comes Treasury of Folklore: Stars and Skies, an exploration of the mysteries of the stars, skies... -
17th-Century Men's Dress Patterns 1600 - 1630
RRP: £40.00SciFier: £29.62This book presents full step-by-step instructions for the making of early 17th-century men's clothes and accessories in a technically accurate, visually exciting and easy-to-follow format. Twelve... -
Freelance Fashion Designer's Handbook by Paula Keech
RRP: £27.99SciFier: £25.49Do you have the passion and the creativity for fashion? Why not earn a living from it? The Freelance Fashion Designer's Handbook is your essential guide on how to go it alone, covering what to... -
Writing Sitcoms John Byrne 9780713665260
SciFier: £26.99Almost every writer, whether professional or beginner, has thought of a good sitcom idea at one time or another, but fleshing that idea out is a long and complicated process of character development,... -
Melodrama After the Tears: New Perspectives on the Politics of Victimhood Joerg Metelmann 9781041182733
RRP: £45.99SciFier: £42.70Melodrama, it is said, has expanded beyond the borders of genre and fiction to become a pervasive cultural mode. It encompasses distinct signifying practices and interpretive codes for meaning-making...