Pawuk Michael - Graphic novels a guide to comic books, manga, and more

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Graphic Novels

A Guide to Comic Books, Manga, and More

Second Edition

Michael Pawuk and David S. Serchay

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Copyright 2017 Michael Pawuk and David S. Serchay

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, except for the inclusion of brief quotations in a review, without prior permission in writing from the publisher.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Pawuk, Michael, author. | Serchay, David S., 1971 author.
Title: Graphic novels : a guide to comic books, manga, and more /
Michael Pawuk and David Serchay.
Description: Second edition. | Santa Barbara, California : Libraries
Unlimited, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2017] | Series: Genreflecting
advisory series | Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017020105 (print) | LCCN 2017002418 (ebook) |
ISBN 9781440851360 (ebook) | ISBN 9781598847000 (acid-free paper)
Subjects: LCSH: Comic books, strips, etc.Bibliography. | Comic books,
strips, etc.Themes, motives.
Classification: LCC Z5956.C6 (print) | LCC Z5956.C6 P38 2017 PN6710
(ebook) | DDC 016.7415/9dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017020105

ISBN: 978-1-59884-700-0
EISBN: 978-1-4408-5136-0

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Dedicated in loving memory of my father, Stephen Gregory Pawuk (19432015). You always were my favorite super-hero.

Mike Pawuk

Dedicated to my darling daughters, Kara and Wendy

David S. Serchay

From Mike:

We would like to thank the following for their assistance and support for this book: editor Barbara Ittner, and the staff at Libraries Unlimited for all their input, advice, and patience; the fellow librarian/graphic novel specialists for their invaluable assistance and support including, but not limited to, Polykarpos Panos, Kat Kan, Robin Brenner, Eva Volin, Dawn Rutherford, Scott Robbins, Steve Weiner, Steve Raiteri, and Snow Wildsmith; the members of the Graphic Novels for Libraries listserv (GN4LIB) for their input and advice; a special thank you also to all the individual creators including Kazu Kibuishi, Gene Luen Yang, Jenni Holm, Chris Schweizer, Raina Telgemeier, Ben Hatke, David Roman, John Green, Nathan Hale, and too many others here to list who have been supportive of libraries and have helped to inspire me to write a second book; all the graphic novel publishers, and distributors including Marvel Comics, Dark Horse Comics, DC Comics, Image Comics, IDW Publishing, First Second Books, Scholastic, Random House, VIZ Media, Cartoon Books, Candlewick Press, Disney Press, Lucasfilm LTD, Kid Can Press, Top Shelf Productions, and countless others who gave me copyright permission for this publication and those who were able to send me review copies of their titles for this publication; the YALSA Great Graphic Novels for Teens committee members throughout the years for all their selections; John Dudas of Carol & Johns Comic Book Shop and John Gavin of York Comics & Cards for supplying me with the graphic novel titles I purchased for research; Sean Kollar for his illustrations in the comic book section of this collection; my twin brother Paul who has shared my love for comic books ever since we were kids; and most importantly this couldnt have been done without the support of my parents Greg and Ludmilla Pawuk who were supportive of my love for comic books ever since I was a child. A special thanks to my children Nathan and Lilia, who have missed a lot of daddy time while I was hunkered down late at night and weekends for far too long writing instead of having fun with the both of you. Lastly, Id like to thank my wife, Laurie, who has been supportive of this hobby of mine and this sequel project since day one. I love you with all my heart. I owe you a great deal of date nights.

From David:

Thanks again to the librarians, creators, and publishers listed earlier. Thanks with love to my parents, my family, my daughters, Kara and Wendy, and my wonderful wife Bethany for all of your love and support over the years. And a special thank you to Mike for asking me to be a part of this project. Heres to more collaborations in the future.