Danny Fingeroth

"The Rough Guide to Graphic Novels" is the ultimate companion to the expanding world of the ''literary comic book''. Written by comic industry insider Danny Fingeroth, it includes the mediums'' history, from sequential art in Egyptian tombs, through the superhero boom of the 1940s to the birth of the graphic novel movement and the latest online offerings. All you need to know about the best and rest with 60 must-read graphic novels, including the genre-defining "Maus" and "A Contract with God", plus modern classics-in-the-making "Fun Home" and "Alice in Sunderland". The guide profiles the movements legends including Harvey Pekar, Chris Ware, Denis Kitchen and other amazing illustrators, writers and publishers who''ve helped win respect for this once marginalised art form. And everything else you need to know from ''how to make a graphic novel'' to Persepolis and the latest film and television offerings, manga, documentaries, conventions, books, magazines and websites.

¡Siguen las aventuras de Iron Man dentro de su etapa de la armadura plateada! Con el regreso de Morgana Le Fey, el Láser Viviente, la historia nunca contada de Happy Hogan y la visita de un nuevo Dom

Stan Lee invented SPIDER-MAN! And IRON MAN! And the HULK! And the X-MEN! And more than 500 other iconic characters! His name has appeared on more than a billion comic books, in 75 countries, in 25 languages. His creations have starred in multibillion-dollar grossing movies and TV series. This is his story.Danny Fingeroth writes a comprehensive biography of this powerhouse of ideas who changed the worlds understanding of what a hero is and how a story should be told, while exploring Lees unique path to becoming the face of comics. With behind-the-scenes stories and interviews with Stans brother Larry Lieber and other industry legends, The Marvelous Life has insights that only an insider like Fingeroth can offer. Fingeroth, himself a longtime writer and editor at Marvel Comics and now a lauded pop culture critic and historian, knew and worked with Stan Lee for over three decades. Due to this connection, Fingeroth is able to put Lees life and work in a context that makes events and actions come to life as no other writer could.

Con Marvel Graphic Novels. Avengers: Death Trap ¡Los prisioneros han tomado el control! La Bóveda, la prisión para villanos de alta seguridad, ha sufrido una revuelta liderada por Veneno. No es la primera vez que ocurre, pero el alcaide jura que sera la ultima. Antes de que ningun preso escape, hara volar el lugar por los aires. Tiene los medios y la voluntad para hacerlo. Los Vengadores deben entrar en esa fortaleza inexpugnable, liberar a los rehenes, recapturar a los internos y desactivar la bomba. En la tradicion de las grandes peliculas de catastrofes, llega... ¡Los Vengadores: Trampa mortal La Boveda! Por Danny Fingeroth y Ron Lim

Stan Lee ha sido el guionista y creador de cómics más famoso que ha existido nunca. Fundador del Universo Marvel y co-creador de Spiderman, Iron Man, la Patrulla-X o los Cuatro Fantásticos, Stan "The Man" Lee convirtio a una pequeña editorial en el mayor universo de ficcion de los siglos XX y XXI, dejando tras de si un legado de iconos reconocibles en la cultura pop de todo el mundo e influyendo en incontables generaciones de lectores que crecieron amando a estos personajes Marvel. Sin embargo, su figura siempre ha estado envuelta en polemicas y controversias, con un ejercito de seguidores y detractores utilizando la figura de Lee como arma arrojadiza de un debate interminable en el que, a veces, es imposible discernir realidad de ficcion. Danny Fingeroth, guionista y editor en Marvel Comics durante muchos años, presenta en Una vida en clave Marvel una biografia que muestra la humanidad, humor y humildad de Lee, pero tambien su faceta mas controvertida y egoista, con entrevistas al propio protagonista y a numerosos colaboradores, amigos? y detractores por igual.