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500 Essential Anime Movies by Helen McCarthy
Category: Young Adult
500 Essential Graphic Novels is an all-in-one guide to this exciting form of visual literature.Including more than 350 authors and 400 artists, this lush volume contains an essential mix of some of the finest visually-stunning stories of our time. From politically-charged non-fiction sagas to imaginativ ...Show more
Art of Osamu Tezuka - God of Manga by MCCARTHY Helen
Category: Graphic Novels
Osamu Tezuka has often been called the Walt Disney of Japan, but he was far more than that. Tezuka was Disney, Stan Lee, Alan Moore, Tim Burton and Carl Sagan, all rolled into one incredibly prolific package and he changed the face of Japanese culture forever. This lavishly packaged book reveals what ma ...Show more
Art of Osamu Tezuka God of Manga by Helen McCarthy
Category: Graphic Novels
Osamu Tezuka has often been called the Walt Disney of Japan, but he was far more than that. Packed with stunning images, many never before seen outside Japan, this book reveals why he is one of the key figures of th-century pop culture, paying tribute to the work of an artist, writer, animator, doctor, ...Show more
Brief History of Manga: The Essential Pocket Guide to Japanese Pop Culture by Helen McCarthy
Category: Graphic Novels
The Essential Pocket Guide to Japanese Pop Culture Manga comics and art are now ubiquitous, but how much do you actually know about the artists, writers and publishers of some of the most beloved comics in the world? A Brief History of Manga is the only concise book of its kind to provide a snapshot of ...Show more
Double Lives - A History of Working Motherhood by Helen McCarthy
Category: Parenting
A groundbreaking history of mothers who worked for pay that will change the way we think about gender, work and equality in modern Britain. In Britain today, three-quarters of mothers are in employment and paid work is an unremarkable feature of women's lives after childbirth. Yet a century ago, workin ...Show more
Double Lives: A History of Working Motherhood by Helen McCarthy
Category: Pregnancy
'Fabulous' - The Times'A milestone in women's history' - Observer'Groundbreaking ... a fascinating read' - HeraldIn Britain today, three-quarters of mothers are in employment and paid work is an unremarkable feature of women's lives after childbirth. Yet a century ago, working mothers were in the minori ...Show more
Drawing Basics Made Easy by Helen McCarthy
Category: Art Instructional | Series: Made Easy (Art)
This brilliant new book shows you how to train your hand and eye, with a series of features that guide the beginner and intermediate artist. Packed with step by step guides from a range of exciting modern artists the book focuses on the basic drawing skills and shows you how to achieve results in whatev ...Show more
How to Draw Manga Made Easy by Helen McCarthy
Category: Herron Books | Series: Made Easy (Art)
Manga styles have swept the internet, with comics, videos and imports flooding across Europe and America, inspiring a new generation of artists. Simple, accessible and using a wide range of artists the book covers: How to Study and Copy the Top Artists, Character Design and Personality, Working with Bod ...Show more
The Anime Encyclopedia - A Century of Japanese Animation by Jonathan Clements; Helen McCarthy
Category: Performing Arts
"Impressive, exhaustive, labyrinthine, and obsessive--The Anime Encyclopedia is an astonishing piece of work."--Neil Gaiman Over one thousand new entries . . . over four thousand updates . . . over one million words. . . This third edition of the landmark reference work has six additional years of inf ...Show more
The Art of Osamu Tezuka: God of Manga by Helen McCarthy
Category: Art and Design
Osamu Tezuka has often been called "the god of manga" and "the Walt Disney of Japan," but he was far more than that. Tezuka was Walt Disney, Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Tim Burton, and Carl Sagan all rolled into one incredibly prolific creator, changing the face of Japanese culture forever. Best known for Ast ...Show more