- 196 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
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About this book
The comic book universe is adventurous, mystifying, and filled with heroes, villains, and cosplaying Comic-Con attendees. This book by one of
Wired magazine's art directors traverses the graphic world through a collection of pie charts, bar graphs, timelines, scatter plots, and more.
Super Graphic offers readers a unique look at the intricate and sometimes contradictory storylines that weave their way through comic books, and shares advice for navigating the pages of some of the most popular, longest-running, and best-loved comics and graphic novels out there. From a colorful breakdown of the DC Comics reader demographic to a witty Venn diagram of superhero comic tropes and a Chris Ware sadness scale, this book charts the most arbitrary and monumental characters, moments, and equipment of the wide world of comics.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Whatās in This Book?
- Full Disclosure My Bookshelf
- True Colors
- Good Measures Superheroes and Primary Colors
- Color me Bad Supervillains and Secondary Colors
- Common People A Venn Diagram of Superhero Comic Tropes
- How to Read a Comic Book
- What Is Manga?
- Character Lineup
- Character Weigh-In
- Map Quest
- Welcome to the Multiverse Wait, Thereās More Than One Earth?
- A History of Heroic Proportions
- Power Publishers
- Take Shape Evolution of Supermanās Logo
- Shell Power The Pizzas of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- The Batman Theme Quantified
- The Jokerās Favorite Questions for Batman
- The Colors of Money Following Fictional Fortunes
- Team Colors
- Richie Rich vs. Royal Roy
- The Definitive R. Crumb Butt Matrix
- Second City The Real Metropolis
- Nuff said Stan Lee Has Issues
- A Fantastic Four Primer
- Super-Rollercoasters
- The Politics of Good vs. Evil
- Pissed Off A Calvin and Hobbes Trajectory
- Fast-Ball Special
- Wardrobe Upgrade Changes in Costume Color
- Cerebus: Judging a Comic By Its Covers
- Archer Appeal
- The Flash
- Supermanās Movies
- Who Is the Fastest Man Alive?
- Small Wonder How Big Is the Miniature City of Kandor?
- Put a Ring on it A History of Concentric Circles
- Whoās Who in Sin City
- Secret Identities Stan Leeās Nicknames for the Marvel Bullpen
- The Periodic Table of The Metal Men
- Who Reads DC Comics?
- Playing for the Other Team The Many Affiliations of the Marvel Universe
- Batmanās Utility Belt, 1952
- Batmanās Utility Belt, 1968
- Jokerās Utility Belt, 1952
- Robinās Utility Belt, 1994
- The Walking Dead Kill Counter
- Who is Left in Y: The Last Man
- Why Guys Like Invisible Woman
- Why Guys Relate to Spider-Man
- Battle Breakdown
- Bird Watching The Five Faces of Robin
- The Chris Ware Sadness Scale
- Meta Human Pop Culture in Scott Pilgrim
- Venomās Family Web
- Dressed to Kill Explaining Cosplay and Crossplay
- Nerd Prom Comic-Con Attendance
- The Hulk
- X-Men Characters I Remembered Thanks to Cosplay
- Spider-Man
- Pac-Man
- Wolverine
- Popular Costumes
- Manga Murder Outsmarting Death
- Boom Boom Pow
- A Personal History of Saying āGood Griefā
- Alter Egos Bobby Digital vs. Batman
- All in the Family Mapping the Relationships of the New Gods
- Spy vs. Spy
- Jet Set Avengers vs. X-Men
- Birds of a Feather Scrooge McDuckās Family Tree
- Bat Channels Every TV Show Starring Batman
- Character Kingdom
- The Punisherās Kill Count
- Fighting Forces Oppression and Rebellion in Persepolis
- Mutant Manhattan
- To the Grave and Back How Long Characters Stayed Dead
- Choose your Own Adventure The Mad Magazine Mystery Record
- Fast Company The Four Faces of The Flash
- A Watchmen Primer
- Amazonian Prime 70 Years of Wonder Womanās Legs
- Recurring Character Chris Evans
- How to Spot a Vigilante
- Not Standard Issue An Explanation of Crossover Issues and Their Tie-Ins
- Tintinās Travels
- Tintin Publication History
- Revisionist History 30 Years of Changing Tintin
- Book Report The Library of Congress Comic Collection
- Art, Work The Schedule of a Manga Artist
- Cover to Cover Marvel and DCās Price History
- Size Matters
- Assorted Peanuts
- Marvel Universe Trading Cards
- Gotham City Police Department Utility Bill
- Power Pack
- If You Were The Punisher, What Would You Do?
- Gotham City Police Department
- The Most Quotable Lines from 300
- Lifespans of Characters in The Walking Dead
- A Peek Inside the Jean Grey School for Higher Learning
- Calling the Shots How Fans Voted to Kill Robin
- Archieās Ample, Awesome, and Awful Alliteration
- What Makes Nick Fury So Intimidating
- Reasons to Like Cyclops
- How DC Characters Rank in HeroClix
- Shell Boy
- Five Easy Pieces
- Bat-Relationships The World of the Caped Crusader - Panel 1
- Bat-Relationships The World of the Caped Crusader - Panel 2
- Bat-Relationships The World of the Caped Crusader - Panel 3
- Panel to Screen The History of Comic Book Movies - Panel 1
- Panel to Screen The History of Comic Book Movies - Panel 2
- Panel to Screen The History of Comic Book Movies - Panel 3
- The Letter V in V for Vendetta
- Fighting Words The Evolution of the Green Lantern Oath
- Overlapping Interests
- Super Analytics Rating the Characters in the Marvel Comics Universe
- Index
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Copyright