Vixens, Vamps & Vipers - Lost Villainesses of Golden Age Comics (Paperback)

"Mike Madrid is doing God's work. . . . mak ing] accessible a lost, heady land of female adventure." --"ComicsAlliance"
Between the covers of "Vixens, Vamps & Vipers," fans will rediscover the original bad girls of comics--as fierce and full of surprises as they were when the comic book industry was born. From murderous Madame Doom to He-She, dubbed by "io9" as "the most unsung comic book villain ever," Mike Madrid resurrects twenty-two glorious evildoers in fully reproduced comics and explores the ways they both transcend and become ensnared in a web of cultural stereotypes.
Among the deadly femme fatales, ruthless jungle queens, devious secret agents, double-dealing criminal masterminds, and gender-bending con artists are some of the very first women of color in comics. These women may have been overlooked in the annals of history, but--like their superheroine counterparts in "Divas, Dames & Daredevils"--their influence, on popular culture and the archenemies that thrill us today, is unmistakable.
Mike Madrid is the author of "Divas, Dames & Daredevils," a "ComicsAlliance" and "ComicsBlend" Best Book of the Year, and "The Supergirls," an NPR "Best Book To Share With Your Friends" and American Library Association Amelia Bloomer Project Notable Book. A San Francisco native and lifelong fan of comic books and popular culture, Madrid also appears in the documentary "Wonder Women The Untold Story of American Superheroines."

General

Imprint:	Exterminating Angel Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	September 2014
First published:	October 2014
Authors:	Mike Madrid
Foreword by:	William Kuskin
Dimensions:	229 x 178 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	240
ISBN-13:	978-1-935259-27-5
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Collections & anthologies of various literary forms Books > Fiction > Special features > Graphic novels Books > Arts & Architecture > Industrial / commercial art & design > Illustration & commercial art > Comic book & cartoon art Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Novels, other prose & writers > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General Promotions
LSN:	1-935259-27-X
Barcode:	9781935259275

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