Encyclopedia of Comic Books and Graphic Novels

BINKY BROWN MEETS THE HOLY VIRGIN MARY 57 with guilt over his own sexual desires. Th e fear and guilt lead Binky to concoct his ...

58 BIRTH OF A NATION over centuries; but this argument sidestepped a signifi cant, often overlooked theme in Binky Brown (Green ...

BLACK CONDOR, THE 59 World” neglect of his community—to declare East St. Louis’ independence from the United States. As presiden ...

60 BLACKHAWK Black Condor’s adventures grew in popularity and soon became the lead feature in Crack Comics , though it would los ...

BLACK HOLE 61 Chop-Chop, a sort of comic sidekick. Eisner readily admitted that the Blackhawk squadron was based on the French F ...

62 BLACK HOLE shadow other characters as they try to fi t in somewhere in this network of high school acquaintances. Th e unaff ...

BLACK PANTHER 63 his neck—leads to one of the most startling, intimate love scenes ever depicted in the medium of comics, yet it ...

64 BLACK WIDOW stories were infl uential on early graphic novels, including Don McGregor’s later work on the graphic novel Sabre ...

BLACK WIDOW 65 Widow, Madame Claire Voyant, appeared as early as August 1940 in Mystic Comics #4. Writer George Kapitan and arti ...

66 BLANKETS fantasy author Richard K. Morgan penned two miniseries featuring her, 2004’s Black Widow: Homecoming and 2006’s Blac ...

BLUE BEETLE, THE 67 During his visit to Raina’s family, he paints a mural in her bedroom of the couple sitting in a tree, and th ...

68 BLUEBERRY was Dan Garrett, an archeologist granted super powers from an ancient Egyptian scarab and resembling the original G ...

BLUEBERRY 69 ( Dargaud 1965). Th e still-running series fi rst appeared in the French comic magazine Pilote , #210 (1963) and is ...

70 BONE Press, 1977; Mietz, Roland. “Lieutenant Blueberry.” In Lexikon der Comics , ed. Marcus Czerwionka, pp. 1–44. Meitingen: ...

BROWN, CHESTER 71 Even as the quest element takes over and the series enters ever-darker territory, it never completely does awa ...

72 BRUBAKER, ED where he worked a day job and drew comics in his spare time. His fi rst paid job was at the age of 12 when a loc ...

BRUBAKER, ED 73 for his work as a writer on titles such as Batman , Gotham Central , and Catwoman for DC ; and Captain America , ...

74 BUDDHA 737; Brubaker, Ed. “About Ed Brubaker.” Ed Brubaker.com ( June 27, 2009), http:// http://www.edbrubaker.com; Rahner, M ...

BUDDHA 75 Siddhartha’s doctor. Th e historical king Bimbisara, whose appearance is that of the villain Rock Holmes without sungl ...

76 BUSIEK, KURT irreverent but for the stylized drawing, which gives the female body an ethereal edge instead of conveying sexua ...