This work dissects popular examples from the gothic literary and cinematic canon, exposing the inverted comic paradigm within each text. Rooting his study in comedy as theoretically conceived by Suzanne Langer, C.L. Barber and Mikhail Bakhtin, Morgan analyses the physical and mythological nature of horror in inverted comic terms, identifying a biologically grounded mythos of horror. Motifs such as sinister loci, languishment, masquerade, and subversion of sensual perception are contextualized here as embedded in an organic reality, resonating with biological motives and consequences.
"The Big Book of Death," the second in Paradox Press's "Big Book of" series, is a fascinating, disturbing treatment of the subject we simultaneously fear and can't get enough of: death. With sections on pointless deaths, capital punishment, famous cemeteries, and lots of other aspects of the big D, it's an interesting and informative book. The artwork, by a multitude of comic artists, is also excellent. It may be a comic, but this book is definitely not for kids. If you're a grownup with a fascination for death and a slightly morbid sense of humor, though, check it out!
Added by: ninasimeo | Karma: 4370.39 | Fiction literature | 30 April 2010
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Where Angels Fear to Tread by E.M.Forster
Where Angels Fear to Tread is a comedy of manners that uses the elements of farce to demonstrate how a comic clash of cultural sensibilities can quickly turn to tragedy. Forster's acclaimed first novel displays his finely honed talent for using a tragi-comic incident to comment on human existence. In his first book, he shows a subtlety and lightness of touch, which he lost in his more "philosophical" Howard's End and A Passage to India.
Create your own slammin', street-smart comic art! Contains 28 step-by-step demonstrations in an edgy, high-impact style. Whether you're an aspiring comic-artist or you just wanna have fun drawing ... this book shows you how to rock it out in your own gritty, graffiti-influenced style. Start with simple shapes and stick figures and build up to full, fleshed-out dudes and babes with serious attitude!
