San Antonio College Library

In the village of Konohagakure, school is literally a battlefield where classmates are ninjas-in-training competing to become the greatest ninja in the land. No one takes Naruto seriously at Ninja Academy. Especially not the other students, who all are competing to be the best ninja ever and someday lead Konoha, the Village Hidden in the Leaves. Naruto and his classmates are about to embark on an adventure that takes them far beyond Ninja Academy,...

"Imagine that all the characters from the world's most beloved storybooks were real -- real, and living among us, with all of their powers intact. How would they cope with life in our mundane, un magical reality? The answer can be found in FABLES, Bill Willingham's celebrated reimagining of the venerable fairy tale canon. From Snow White and the Big Bad Wolf to Goldilocks and Little Boy Blue, the folk tales of old are reborn here as exiles living...

Exiled from their homelands by an evil adversary, various fairy tale and folklore characters, referred to as "Fables", are forced to live in a clandestine community in New York City known as Fabletown. Those unable to blend in with human society (such as monsters and anthropomorphic animals) live at "The Farm" in upstate New York.

"Throughout the years the Daily News and the Chicago Tribune have introduced to their readers many of the world's greatest comic strips, as each day's installment was impatiently awaited with mounting anticipation. ... Now, in this fun-filled collection of cartoons, all the delightful humor, excitement, and marvelous suspense of [Joseph M.] Patterson's greatest strips are here to beguile readers anew. Here again are the best-remembered comics from...

"Two hundred years ago, Britain lost the Napoleonic War and fell under the thumb of French domination. Gaining independence after decades of civil disobedience and anarchist bombings, the Socialist Republic of Britain is now a small, unimportant backwater connected by a railway bridge, steam-powered dirigible, and mutual suspicion to France. When a British diplomat's murder is made to look like suicide, ferocious Detective-Inspector LeBrock of Scotland...

Portrays the history of comic strips over the past one hundred years. Includes a reference section with two hundred biographical entries for cartoonists.

"In their first five decades, the funnies became an essential part of American life. Comic strip characters - Mutt and Jeff, Barny Google, Little Orphan Annie, Popeye, Blondie, Dick Tracy, Flash Gordon, Li'l Abner - were everywhere. They starred in live-action and animated films, stage plays, and radio programs, and they helped market a wide range of products. Their phrases enriched the language; their adventures, which reflected societal changes,...

Based on the concept of learning to draw animals by starting with a single line (head and backbone), this volume provides tips on drawing animals without having to go through the steps of practicing complicated skeletal and muscular structures. The book faithfully traces techniques from drawing, realistic images to techniques of deformation used to make figures appear cute and cuddly.

Features the story behind the Spider-Man comic strip, comic book checklists, episode guides for the television series, and a look at the 15-year development of the Spider-Man movie.