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A Comics Studies Reader
Contributor(s): Heer, Jeet (Editor), Worcester, Kent (Editor)

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 ISBN: 1604731095     ISBN-13: 9781604731095
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: November 2008
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Annotation: A survey of the best scholars writing on the form, craft, history, and significance of the comics
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | Comics & Graphic Novels
- Social Science | Popular Culture
- Literary Collections | Essays
Dewey: 741.569
LCCN: 2008016893
Physical Information: 1" H x 6.1" W x 9.2" L (1.50 lbs) 396 pages
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
Review Citations: Booklist 12/15/2008 pg. 30
 
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Publisher Description:
A Comics Studies Reader offers the best of the new comics scholarship in nearly thirty essays on a wide variety of such comics forms as gag cartoons, editorial cartoons, comic strips, comic books, manga, and graphic novels.

The anthology covers the pioneering work of Rodolphe Töpffer, the Disney comics of Carl Barks, and the graphic novels of Art Spiegelman and Chris Ware, as well as Peanuts, romance comics, and superheroes. It explores the stylistic achievements of manga, the international anti-comics campaign, and power and class in Mexican comic books and English illustrated stories.

A Comics Studies Reader introduces readers to the major debates and points of reference that continue to shape the field. It will interest anyone who wants to delve deeper into the world of comics and is ideal for classroom use.

Contributor Bio(s): Heer, Jeet: - Jeet Heer, a columnist for the National Post (Canada), is coeditor of several books, including The Superhero Reader, A Comics Studies Reader, and Arguing Comics: Literary Masters on a Popular Medium, all published by University Press of Mississippi. His work has also been published in Slate, the Boston Globe, the Guardian, the Comics Journal and many other venues.Worcester, Kent: - Kent Worcester is professor of political science at Marymount Manhattan College. His books include Peter Kuper: Conversations, Peter Bagge: Conversations, The Superhero Reader (coedited with Charles Hatfield and Jeet Heer), A Comics Studies Reader (coedited with Jeet Heer), and Arguing Comics: Literary Masters on a Popular Medium (coedited with Jeet Heer), all published by University Press of Mississippi.
 
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