Books written by Chris Gavaler

The Literary Review: The Therapy! Issue

The Literary Review: The Therapy! Issue
Revising Fiction, Fact, and Faith: A Philosophical Account

For Lewis, fictional diegeses refer to concreta in merely possible worlds. For Kripke, fictional diegeses refer to abstracta in the actual world. While their analyses do differ, we combine two elements from Kripke's to those elements ...
On the Origin of Superheroes: From the Big Bang to Action Comics

From the creation of the universe, through mythological heroes and gods, to folklore, ancient philosophy, revolutionary manifestos, discarded scientific theories, and gothic monsters, the sweep and scale of the superhero’s origin story is ...
Superhero Thought Experiments: Comic Book Philosophy

Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art. New York: HarperCollins, 1993. McDuffie, Dwayne. Foreword to “Deathlok #5 'Deus Ex Machina.' Panel One: Comic Book Scripts by Top Writers. Ed. Nat Gertler. Thousand Oaks, CA: About Comics, 2002.
Creating Comics: A Writer's and Artist's Guide and Anthology

Creating Comic covers: · Using images to conceive and develop characters and stories · The complete range of possible relationships between two images · The step-by-step structure of visual narratives · How to approach each page like a ...
Superhero Thought Experiments: Comic Book Philosophy

Examining the deep philosophical topics addressed in superhero comics, this entertaining book reads plot lines for the complex "thought experiments" they contain and analyzes their implications as if the comic authors were philosophers.
Superhero Comics

Daniels, Les (1998), Superman: The Complete History, The Life and Times of the Man of Steel. ... Julian C. Chambliss, William Svitavsky, and Thomas Donaldson (eds), Ages of Heroes, Eras of Men: Supererheroes and the American Experience.
On the Origin of Superheroes: From the Big Bang to Action Comics

The Leopard's Spots: A Romance of the White Man's Burden. New York: Doubleday, 1902. ... Dubose, Mike S. “Holding Out for a Hero: Reaganism, Comic Book Vigilantes, and Captain America. ... In Ages of Heroes, Eras of Men.
Creating Comics: A Writer's and Artist's Guide and Anthology

Creating Comic covers: · Using images to conceive and develop characters and stories · The complete range of possible relationships between two images · The step-by-step structure of visual narratives · How to approach each page like a ...
The Comics Form: The Art of Sequenced Images

... Marvel . Fraction , Matt , and David Aja ( 2015 ), Hawkeye: Rio Bravo , New York : Marvel . Freytag , Gustave ( 1900 ) ... Superhero Thought Experiments: Comic Book Philosophy , Iowa City : University of Iowa Press . Gertler , Nat (ed ...