Valerie Frankel

The villain's journey is rare in popular culture-most characters are fully-formed tyrants with little story arc. However, a few particularly epic series cake the time to develop complex villains, including Star Wars, Battlestar Galactica, Smallville, Babylon 5, Game of Thrones, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The first part of the book examines the villain's decline and struggle toward redemption, following characters like Loki, Jessica Jones, Killmonger and others.
The second part of the book examines in greater detail the many villainous archetypes, such as the trickster, the outcast, the tyrant, or the misunderstood hero. This book offers writers, creators, fans and mythologists a look into the minds of some of popular culture's greatest villains.