Antiheroes: Heroes, Villains, and the Fine Line Between
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The most interesting characters are almost never the good guys. Doing the right thing is great and all, but a little bit of darkness—or a lot of it—often makes for a more engaging story. Antiheroes: Heroes, Villains, and the Fine Line Between is dedicated to the dark heroes and sympathetic villains we love.
Find out why William McKinley High's agonist Sue Sylvester is essential to Glee . Discover where your favorite comic book character falls on the continuum of good and evil. Weigh in on Twilight's very dangerous boy Edward Cullen: romantic, sparkly hero, or sociopath suffering from Antisocial Personality Disorder? Plus other essays on:
The Vampire Diaries ' most antiheroic antihero, Damon Salvatore
America's favorite serial killer, Dexter Morgan, and the nature (and nurture) of evil
The curious appeal of Alias ' Arvin Sloane
Supernatural 's vampire hunter-cum-vampire Gordon Walker
The shared monstrosity of Spider-Man, Doc Ock, and the Green Goblin
Gun-slinging necromancer Anita Blake, and the benefits (and pitfalls) of embracing the monster within
This brand new, e-book only collection of essays—"remixed" from previous Smart Pop series titles—gives a funny and thought-provoking in-depth look at the antihero, from the villains just a little too good to be unequivocal bad guys, and the heroes just a bit too bad to be truly good.
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