Tabla de Contenidos: “…Considering the characteristics of the literary novel -- Exploring experimental fiction -- Creating Entertaining Commercial Fiction -- Romancing the fiction -- Conforming to the basic requirements of romantic fiction -- Playing with variations on the romantic theme -- Uncovering crime and detective fiction -- Increasing the excitement with thrillers and adventure stories -- Imagining science fiction and fantasy -- Categorizing science fiction -- Focusing on fantasy -- Embracing horror -- Trying erotic fiction -- Chapter 13 Once Upon a Time: Writing for Children -- Dispelling the "It's Easy to Write for Kids" Myth -- Before Schooling Begins: Writing for the Under 5s -- Following the three "Rs" -- Feeling the rhythm -- Taking time to rhyme -- Repeating yourself -- Sounding out words -- Making objects come to life -- Showing coping skills -- Learning to Read Alone: Writing for 5- to 9-Year-Olds -- Captivating the Confident Reader: Age 9 to 13 -- Moving Toward More Mature Themes: Teenage Readers -- Crossover fiction -- Retelling old tales -- Exploring the Variety of Books for Children -- Crafting comic books -- Considering nonfiction for children -- Chapter 14 Penning Plays -- Setting Up the Dramatic Structure -- Going over some ground rules -- Sticking with the classic three-act structure -- Getting Started and Developing Your Play -- Putting a Play Together: The Artistic Process -- Sorting Out Types of Play -- Formatting Your Script -- Seeing Theater Spaces -- Writing for Radio -- Creating interest with sound -- Conveying mood with music -- Getting Your Work Out There -- Chapter 15 Writing Screenplays -- Writing a Screenplay: The Stages -- Crafting an enticing logline -- Expanding on your idea with the synopsis -- Giving your idea the full treatment -- Preparing for the Collaborative Process -- Adapting an Existing Story -- Securing options…”

“…As Jack Zipes says further in the foreword, "Folk and fairy tales pervade our lives constantly through television soap operas and commercials, in comic books and cartoons, in school plays and storytelling performances, in our superstitions and prayers for miracles…”

“…"With the continuing success of the genre in children's and adult books, graphic novels, comic books, and blockbuster films--and the booming digital gaming industry--fantasy and science fiction have a large following of all ages. …”

“…A unique collection of 36 chapters on the history of Chinese medical illustrations, this volume will take the reader on a remarkable journey from the imaging of a classical medicine to instructional manuals for bone-setting, to advertising and comic books of the Yellow Emperor. In putting images, their power and their travels at the centre of the analysis, this volume reveals many new and exciting dimensions to the history of medicine and embodiment, and challenges eurocentric histories. …”

“…Bodybuilder athletes offer us an ideal repertoire of shapes and proportions for the representation of the superheroes and superheroines we find in comic books, animated films, cinema, and video games. …”

“…Examining a wide range of novels, short stories, films, television programmes, plays, comic books, and scholarly essays that have appeared in Great Britain, the United States, and Germany since 1945, Rosenfeld shows how the portrayal of historical events that never happened reflects the evolving memory of the Third Reich's real historical legacy. …”

“…Great Adaptations: Screenwriting and Global Storytelling examines the technical methods of adapting novels, short stories, plays, life stories, magazine articles, blogs, comic books, graphic novels and videogames from one medium to another, focusing on the screenplay. …”

“…"This book explores the role of young people in shaping a democratic Spain, focusing on their urban performances of dissent, their consumption of censored literature, political-literary magazines and comic books and their involvement in a newly developed punk scene. …”

“…Adding tools that allow users to realize the 2D Toon look of comic books, cartoons, manga and anime; create spectacular clothing, fur or long hair for characters; and move data quickly back and forth between Maya and Adobe Photoshop or Illustrator, an already cool program just got even cooler. …”

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“…In plays, films, televisionseries, comic books and historical novels, Chandragupta is thepowerful and virtuous Hindu ruler <em>par excellence</em>. …”

“…While the primary focus of this study is the action heroine as represented in Hollywood film and television, the book also includes the action heroine's emergence in contemporary popular literature, comic books, cartoons, and video games…”

“…Turning to the Early Modern period (Edo period, 1600-1868), which produced a literature rich with playful anachronism, he also examines several Kabuki and Bunraku plays, kibyōshi comic books, and gōkan illustrated novels. In analyzing these works, he draws a distinction between anachronisms that attempt to hide their work on history and convincingly rewrite it and those conspicuous anachronisms that highlight and disrupt the construction of historical narratives…”

“…It offers instructions and advice for selling all types of collectibles, from trading cards and figurines to vintage comic books and glassware. This Digital Short Cut skips the general information you find in most eBay books and goes directly to specific issues of interest to collectibles sellers. …”

“…In contemporary cinema, of course, there are enough adaptations --based on everything from comic books to the novels of Jane Austen--to make us wonder if Hollywood has run out of new stories. …”

“…In plays, films, television series, comic books and historical novels, Chandragupta is the powerful and virtuous Hindu ruler par excellence . …”

“…Third Person explores strategies of vast narrative across a variety of media, including video games, television, literature, comic books, tabletop games, and digital art. The contributors--media and television scholars, novelists, comic creators, game designers, and others--investigate such issues as continuity, canonicity, interactivity, fan fiction, technological innovation, and cross-media phenomena. …”

“…La historia, la ciencia, la política y el resto de las artes (y sus intercambios de ida y vuelta) tambien han jugado un papel primordial en el desarrollo de estas historias, desde las primeras tiras de prensa hasta los comic books de superheroes, pasando por el universo Marvel hasta las propuestas más recientes." …”