Encyclopedia of Comic Books and Graphic Novels

AUTHORITY, THE 37 as part of the Dark Age series, provide insights regarding the evolution of content in American superhero comi ...

38 AUTHORITY, THE enhanced hand-to-hand fi ghter; Apollo, an ersatz Superman powered by the sun; Jack Hawksmoor, an alien-abduct ...

AVENGERS, THE 39 depictions found in Millar and Quitely’s run on the book. As documented by Sequart. com ’s Julian Darius, Th e ...

40 AVENGERS, THE the Vision, an android created by Avengers arch-foe Ultron, and bringing in the team’s fi rst African American ...

AZZARELLO, BRIAN 41 (the West Coast Avengers, who followed a four-issue miniseries with a 102-issue run), and the Masters of Evi ...

42 AZZARELLO, BRIAN language is always a weapon, and menace lingers behind seemingly every exchange. He challenges his readers t ...

B BAGGE, PETER 1957 is one of the foremost visual humorists of his generation. Raised in Peekskill, New York, Bagge dropped o ...

44 BAKER, KYLE story revolved around his eff ort to manage a Northwest Pacifi c grunge band whose members are named Kurt, Kurt, ...

BAKER, MATT 45 Baker has had successful runs on numerous comics, including Th e Shadow (1987), Justice, Inc. (1989), and a highl ...

46 BAREFOOT GEN sexualized art in which Baker specialized, and was designed for and marketed to adults. Only two Picture Novels ...

BAREFOOT GEN 47 one’s beliefs, repeatedly symbolized by the image of wheat that springs back and keeps growing no matter how man ...

48 BARKS, CARL Leipzig: Leipzig University, 2006; Gleason, Alan. “Keiji Nakazawa Interview.” Th e Comics Journal 256 (October 20 ...

BARRY, LYNDA 49 Barks passed away on August 26, 2000 at the age of 99 at his home in southern Oregon. Jason Gallagher BARRY, LYN ...

50 BATMAN work is a vivid demonstration of Barry’s ability to fi nd creative potential in established and disregarded forms. Bar ...

BATMAN 51 Batman’s creators waited until his seventh appearance, in Detective Comics #33 (1939), before depict- ing his origin i ...

52 BATMAN increasingly tamer and childish, characterized by Dick Sprang’s cartooning and stories pitting Batman against mischiev ...

BATMAN & DRACULA 53 for the character’s publications. Part of the attraction to Batman for professionals and fans is the str ...

54 BATMAN & DRACULA Batman & Dracula: Red Rain is a moody and disturbing graphic novel that posits what would be the res ...

BENDIS, BRIAN MICHAEL 55 of these works continued the unique storyline of Batman & Dracula and allowed Moench and Kelley to ...

56 BINKY BROWN MEETS THE HOLY VIRGIN MARY It was writer and artist David Mack, one of Bendis’s colleagues from Caliber Comics, w ...