"The stage hero never has any work to do. He is always hanging about and getting into trouble. His chief aim in life is to be accused of crimes he has never committed, and if he can muddle things up with a corpse in some complicated way so as to get himself reasonably mistaken for the murderer, he feels his day has not been wasted..." A comic look at the curious habits and customs of the inhabitants of "Stage Land". Dedicated to "that highly respectable but unnecessarily retiring individual, of whom we hear so much but see so little, 'the earnest student of drama'. Jerome K Jerome (2 May 1859 - 14 June 1927) was an English writer and humorist, best known for the humorous travelogue 'Three Men in a Boat'.

autor: Jerome K. Jerome

issn: 978-1-84839-214-4

data: 2009.03.25

cena: 25.22 PLN

kategorie: Literatura / 

 

The silhouette of Tintin - a young man wearing golf trousers, running with a white fox terrier by his side - is easily one of the most recognisable visual icons of the modern world. In fact Tintin is nine years older than Superman and ten years older than Batman, having first appeared in Belgium in 1929.
In this fully revised and expanded edition of this popular reference book the authors offer a comprehensive and critical overview of the Tintin series.
Starting with the character's humble origins in the children's supplement of a Belgian catholic newspaper in the 1920s, the authors track Tintin's development and success throughout the decades, including the stormy World War II years.
Each book is analyzed in detail, both in the context of the series, and in its larger framework: that of the comic's medium and of society in general. The authors also look at the massive industry that has developed round the figure of Tintin, the trivia, the anecdotes, the movies, and television series, and the multitude of Tintin spin-offs.

autor: Jean-Marc and Randy Lofficier

issn: 978-1-84839-167-3

data: 2008.12.19

cena: 25.22 PLN

kategorie: Literatura /