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The Graphic Canon #1-3
The Graphic Canon, Vol. 1-3
The classic canon of Western civilization meets the artists and illustrators who have remade reading in the last years of the twentieth century and the first decade of the twenty-first century in Russ Kick's magisterial, three-volume, full-color The Graphic Canon, volumes 1, 2, and 3.
This special slipcase edition includes all three volumes of the series in an attractively designed slipcase, as well as the three promotional posters created for each volume's release, allowing graphic novel collectors and fans to quickly add this seminal work to their library.
This special slipcase edition includes all three volumes of the series in an attractively designed slipcase, as well as the three promotional posters created for each volume's release, allowing graphic novel collectors and fans to quickly add this seminal work to their library.
1600 pages, Paperback
First published October 9, 2012
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About the author
Russ Kick
40 books98 followersEditor of the website The Memory Hole which publishes and archives hidden US government documents, including scientific studies and reports, civil rights-related reports, intelligence and covert action reports.
He was also editor-at-large for The Disinformation Company, where he had published several books including The Book of Lists and 50 Things You're Not Supposed to Know.
He was also editor-at-large for The Disinformation Company, where he had published several books including The Book of Lists and 50 Things You're Not Supposed to Know.
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September 4, 2015
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November 4, 2014**Want to Read**
This is a comic book full of canonical texts ranging from Shakespeare to Gilgamesh. While this comic book holds many of the "non-cultural" literacies we are trying to avoid, by putting these texts into comic book form, we are able to bring in those who align themselves with comic book culture. This makes canonical texts more accessible and can analyze the artistic decisions that were made by those that created it. This does include texts that highlight different cultures that we could favor when making the decision of what to teach.
This is a comic book full of canonical texts ranging from Shakespeare to Gilgamesh. While this comic book holds many of the "non-cultural" literacies we are trying to avoid, by putting these texts into comic book form, we are able to bring in those who align themselves with comic book culture. This makes canonical texts more accessible and can analyze the artistic decisions that were made by those that created it. This does include texts that highlight different cultures that we could favor when making the decision of what to teach.
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August 4, 2013I absolutely have to own this.
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January 4, 2014
Absolutely brilliant and inspiring. Excerpts from the greatest literature around the world.
November 21, 2015
These three volumes of graphic novel are a piece of art in my library. And this is how children can learn to embrace literature.
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