Cool Comics: Creating Fun and Fascinating Collections!


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This book contains facts about collecting comics that will inspire the reader to start his or her own collection. Readers will gain a working knowledge of this hobby which includes background history of comics going from the Platinum Age, Golden Age, Silver Age, Bronze Age to the Modern Age, writers & artists, how to grade comics, comic book conventions or "comicons", the best places to buy comics, and how to organize, store and care for a comic collection. Full-color photographs, materials & techniques, tips & sidebar information, a glossary and an index are all included in this title.




Cool Comics


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School Library Journal


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Creating a Tween Collection


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Creating a Tween Collection shows librarians how to evaluate their current juvenile and teen collections; meet all tween needs for recreation, education, and life skills; and carve out space, market, budget, and justify the need for a tween collection.




Cool Coins


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Instructions on beginning and building a coin collection.




Cool Stamps


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This book gives a brief description of the history and then details about what to look for when starting a stamp collection.




Cool Cards


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How to make, start, add, organize and store a collection.




Drawing Manga Girls


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Presents step-by-step instructions for creating manga drawings of girls and young women, including details of their faces, hair, hands, arms, legs, feet, and clothing.




The Kids' Guide to Collecting Stuff


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"Describes different collectible items, including how to get started collecting, where to find collectibles, and how to display collectibles"--Provided by publisher.




Super Graphic


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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. Plus, this is the fixed format version, which includes high-resolution images.