[Commlist] New Book: the supervillain reader

Some of you might be interested in a brand-new volume Robert Peaslee 
edited with Robert G. Weiner through the University Press of 
Mississippi: THE SUPERVILLAIN READER.

Availability:

Online: www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/T/The-Supervillain-Reader 
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Local: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781496826473 
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Blurb follows below:

The book includes new and reprinted contributions by myself, Jerold J. 
Abrams, José Alaniz, John Carey, Maurice Charney, Peter Coogan, Joe 
Cruz, Phillip Lamarr Cunningham, Stefan Danter, Adam Davidson-Harden, 
Randy Duncan, Richard Hall, Richard Heldenfels, Alberto Hermida, Víctor 
Hernández-Santaolalla, A. G. Holdier, Tiffany Hong, Stephen Graham 
Jones, Siegfried Kracauer, Naja Later, Ryan Litsey, Tara Lomax, Tony 
Magistrale, Matthew McEniry, Cait Mongrain, Grant Morrison, David D. 
Perlmutter, W. D. Phillips, Jared Poon, Duncan Prettyman, Vladimir 
Propp, Noriko T. Reider, Robin S. Rosenberg, Hannah Ryan, Lennart 
Soberon, J. Richard Stevens, Lars Stoltzfus-Brown, John N. Thompson, Dan 
Vena, and Robert G. Weiner

/The Supervillain Reader/, featuring both reprinted and original essays, 
reveals why we are so fascinated with the villain. The obsession with 
the villain is not a new phenomenon, and, in fact, one finds villains 
who are “super” going as far back as ancient religious and mythological 
texts. This innovative collection brings together essays, book excerpts, 
and original content from a wide variety of scholars and writers, 
weaving a rich tapestry of thought regarding villains in all their 
manifestations, including film, literature, television, games, and, of 
course, comics and sequential art. While /The Supervillain Reader 
/focuses on the latter, it moves beyond comics to show how the vital 
concept of the supervillain is part of our larger consciousness.

Editors Robert Moses Peaslee and Robert G. Weiner collect pieces that 
explore how the villain is a complex part of narratives regardless of 
the original source. The Joker, Lex Luthor, Harley Quinn, Darth Vader, 
and Magneto must be compelling, stimulating, and proactive, whereas the 
superhero (or protagonist) is most often reactive. Indeed, whether in 
comics, films, novels, religious tomes, or video games, the eternal 
struggle between villain and hero keeps us coming back to these stories 
over and over again.


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