Books by Dave Gibbons

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This book explains and demonstrates XML and related technologies. This is the exciting new way of marking up and manipulating data within your applications. XML is platform independent and versatile, meaning that it is rapidly becoming a major technology. Anywhere that data is exchanged between applications or tiers is a potential application for XML. This book will teach you how to use it in your data exchange applications--on the web, for e-commerce or in n-tier architectures--by explaining XML theory, reinforced with plenty of practical examples and real life solutions.

A practical introduction discusses necessary hardware for CD-ROM installation and use, reviews various name brands for drives, sound cards, and speakers, rates the top one hundred software titles, and provides preventative maintenance and troubleshooting information. Original. (All Users).

Trapped in the depths of the Sinestro Corps' Citadel and face-to-face with the Guardian of Sinestro's army of fear, Green Lantern Hal Jordan must find the will-power to battle these terrible foes.

With Sinestro mounting a terrifying force of villainous fighters, Hal Jordan is up against one of the toughest challenges of his life. He must put a stop to the Sinestro Corps' burgeoning power, but to do so he must show no fear--none at all--because the Corps feeds on fear. This is the ultimate test of Hal's strength of character, and the fate of the universe weighs on his shoulders.

Hal Jordan has overcome great fear throughout his life, but there is still fear lingering inside him, and Hal's about to be reminded as he leads Earth's Green Lanterns on a life-or-death rescue mission in the middle of a war against the most terrifying villains the universe has ever seen.

Presenting the tales that led into and out of Infinite Crisis, a new volume collects Day of Vengeance, Rann-Thanagar War, The OMAC Project, and Villains United.

Her name is Venus, a global computer intelligence gone mad, and she's a heartbeat away from enslaving every living mind on planet Earth. But Venus didn't count on the indestructible will of her mortal enemy Martha Washington, who captains an interplanetary mission to observe the collision with Jupiter of a massive asteroid whose secrets may provide the key to Venus' destruction -- and the very key to Creation itself! Frank Miller and Dave Gibbons, along with colorist extraordinaire Angus McKie, have produced yet another science-fiction tour-de-force of epic magnitude, crackling with mythic narrative power and dazzling graphic vision.

Written and illustrated by the artist of cult classic THE WATCHMEN, this black-and-white slick-looking, hard-edged graphic novel account of a young man's blood-soaked initiation into a gang won the 2005 Eisner Award for Best New Graphic Album. Growing up in a crime-ridden city borrowing equally from near-future trends and the mod era, Lel and his best friend Bok are determined to join the coolest gang, the Originals. Success means a wonderful new fast life of great drugs and sexy girls, bloody confrontations with rival gang the Dirt, as well as a growing distance in Lel and Bok's friendship, shocking personal tragedy, and the erosion of what remains of Lel's conscience.

An essential resource for anyone buying their first computer system or for the person wanting to expand or upgrade their current system. The book helps the reader to make sense of all the options and make a wise, sound decision. The 1995 edition covers new systems and peripherals--and includes expanded coverage of laptop and notebook systems, CD-ROM drives, and multimedia systems.

The AMALGAM AGE OF COMICS: THE DC COMICS COLLECTION was one of DC's biggest sellers in 1996. Now the heroes of the Amalgam universe are back in this all-new volume. Included are THE DARK CLAW ADVENTURES, a Batman/Wolverine combination, and JLX UNLEASHED, a combination of the X-Men and the Justice League of America.

Discusses Web menu design, information architecture, and user testing, and provides design tutorials using XML, ASP, and PHP.

An easy-to-use guide for the casual user to the world of on-line communications explains fundamentals and basic communication tasks, using communications software, picking an online service, sending/retrieving messages and files, and more. Original. (Beginner).

Written by bestselling author, Bill Eager, this user-friendly reference makes a clear presentation of accessing the World Wide Web, with a tight focus on the needs of casual users. The book provides completely revised listings focusing on Web sites that users will want to visit. Covers accessing the World Wide Web from any platform.

Alan Moore had nothing to do with this publication, but David Gibbons compiled a wealth of original and never-before-printed goodies from the WATCHMEN vault. For all the fans, Chip Kidd and Mike Essl designed a beautiful housing for the archival back catalog (posters designs, sketches, original character drafts...) of this classic graphic novel.

In an alternate 1985, superheroes have existed for more than 30 years and have endured the gamut of public opinion--from acceptance to polite disdain to outright hostility. Now someone is killing the second generation of superheroes, and, as the threat of nuclear holocaust looms over a dystopic world, the killer must be found before it's too late. Originally published in 12 separate comic books, which are collected here along with some additional material, this book is perhaps the seminal graphic novel.

With a major motion picture in production for release spring 2009 from Warner Bros., Paramount Pictures and director Zack Snyder (300), this is DC Comics' first-ever hardcover edition of the Hugo Award-winning epic from writer Alan Moore and artist Dave Gibbons, offered at DC's standard trim size. One of the most influential graphic novels of all time and a perennial bestseller, WATCHMEN has only grown in stature since its original publication. This volume features a new cover by Gibbons and contains the high-quality, recolored pages found in WATCHMEN: THE ABSOLUTE EDITION, which were restored by WildStorm FX and original series colorist John Higgins. Also included are selected bonus sketch materials.

Covers using Windows 95 with the Internet, networks, modems, scanners, printers, sound cards, video cards, utilities, and applications.

Bane, a villain of superhuman strength and evil, cripples Batman thus clearing the way for another to take Batman's place. This novel explores the depths of the Batman myth as never before attempted.