Daffynitions : a Comic Dictionary
Title | Daffynitions : a Comic Dictionary PDF eBook |
Author | Armitage, Budd E |
Publisher | Cobalt, Ont. : Highway Book Shop |
Pages | 61 |
Release | 1979 |
Genre | Canadian wit and humor (English) |
ISBN | 9780889541900 |
Comic Dictionary
Title | Comic Dictionary PDF eBook |
Author | Evan Esar |
Publisher | |
Pages | 328 |
Release | 1960 |
Genre | American wit and humor |
ISBN |
Get Thee to a Punnery
Title | Get Thee to a Punnery PDF eBook |
Author | Richard Lederer |
Publisher | Gibbs Smith |
Pages | 198 |
Release | 2014-02-06 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1423612035 |
Get Thee to a Punnery proves that the pun is mightier than the sword . . . and here are sidesplitting puns of every color, stripe and persuasion to suit every whim. Even if you don't know that your humerus is your funny bone, this is the book for you. The Time of the Signs: On a diaper service truck: Rock a dry baby. On a plumber's service truck: A flush is better than a full house. Show me where Stalin is buried and I'll show you a communist plot! -Edgar Bergen Quiche me-I'm French! Hangover-the wrath of grapes Work is the ruin of the drinking classes. -Oscar Wilde
A Concise Dictionary of Comics
Title | A Concise Dictionary of Comics PDF eBook |
Author | Nancy Pedri |
Publisher | Univ. Press of Mississippi |
Pages | 178 |
Release | 2022-03-08 |
Genre | Reference |
ISBN | 1496838068 |
Written in straightforward, jargon-free language, A Concise Dictionary of Comics guides students, researchers, readers, and educators of all ages and at all levels of comics expertise. It provides them with a dictionary that doubles as a compendium of comics scholarship. A Concise Dictionary of Comics provides clear and informative definitions for each term. It includes twenty-five witty illustrations and pairs most defined terms with references to books, articles, book chapters, and other relevant critical sources. All references are dated and listed in an extensive, up-to-date bibliography of comics scholarship. Each term is also categorized according to type in an index of thematic groupings. This organization serves as a pedagogical aid for teachers and students learning about a specific facet of comics studies and as a research tool for scholars who are unfamiliar with a particular term but know what category it falls into. These features make A Concise Dictionary of Comics especially useful for critics, students, teachers, and researchers, and a vital reference to anyone else who wants to learn more about comics.
A Concise Dictionary of Comics
Title | A Concise Dictionary of Comics PDF eBook |
Author | Nancy Pedri |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 2022 |
Genre | Comic books, strips, etc |
ISBN | 9781496838070 |
"Written in straightforward, jargon-free language, A Concise Dictionary of Comics guides students, researchers, readers, and educators of all ages and at all levels of comics expertise. It provides them with a dictionary that doubles as a compendium of comics scholarship. A Concise Dictionary of Comics provides clear and informative definitions for each term. It includes twenty-five witty illustrations, and pairs most defined terms with references to books, articles, book chapters, and other relevant critical sources. All references are dated and listed in an extensive, up-to-date bibliography of comics scholarship. Each term is also categorized according to type in an index of thematic groupings. This organization serves as a pedagogical aid for teachers and students learning about a specific facet of comics studies and as a research tool for scholars who are unfamiliar with a particular term but know what category it falls into. These features make A Concise Dictionary of Comics especially useful for critics, students, teachers, and researchers, and a vital reference to anyone else who wants to learn more about comics"--
Esar's Comic Dictionary
Title | Esar's Comic Dictionary PDF eBook |
Author | Evan Esar |
Publisher | |
Pages | 318 |
Release | 2013-10 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781258858056 |
This is a new release of the original 1943 edition.
Fuller's Dictionary of Daffynitions
Title | Fuller's Dictionary of Daffynitions PDF eBook |
Author | Stephen Fuller |
Publisher | Melrose Book Company |
Pages | 192 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | English language |
ISBN | 9781906561000 |
'Fuller's Dictionary of Daffynitions' is THE lexicon for all students of wordplay... an Aladdin's cave of double entendre and innuendo; an encyclopaedia of equivoque; an arsenal of ammunition for exponents of bon mots, burlesque and badinage... a veritable punsters' paradise.