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  1. The Canadian alternative
    cartoonists, comics, and graphic novels
    Contributor: Grace, Dominick (Herausgeber); Hoffman, Eric (Herausgeber)
    Published: 2018
    Publisher:  University Press of Mississippi, Jackson

    "Contributions by Jordan Bolay, Ian Brodie, Jocelyn Sakal Froese, Dominick Grace, Eric Hoffman, Paddy Johnston, Ivan Kocmarek, Jessica Langston, Judith Leggatt, Daniel Marrone, Mark J. McLaughlin, Joan Ormrod, Laura A. Pearson, Annick Pellegrin,... more

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    "Contributions by Jordan Bolay, Ian Brodie, Jocelyn Sakal Froese, Dominick Grace, Eric Hoffman, Paddy Johnston, Ivan Kocmarek, Jessica Langston, Judith Leggatt, Daniel Marrone, Mark J. McLaughlin, Joan Ormrod, Laura A. Pearson, Annick Pellegrin, Mihaela Precup, Jason Sacks, and Ruth-Ellen St. Onge. This overview of the history of Canadian comics explores acclaimed as well as unfamiliar artists. Contributors look at the myriad ways that English-language, Francophone, indigenous, and queer Canadian comics and cartoonists pose alternatives to American comics, to dominant perceptions, even to gender and racial categories. In contrast to the United States' melting pot, Canada has been understood to comprise a social, cultural, and ethnic mosaic, with distinct cultural variation as part of its identity. This volume reveals differences that often reflect in highly regional and localized comics such as Paul MacKinnon's Cape Breton...specific Old Trout Funnies, Michel Rabagliati's Montreal-based Paul comics, and Kurt Martell and Christopher Merkley's Thunder Bay...specific zombie apocalypse. The collection also considers some of the conventionally "alternative" cartoonists, namely Seth, Dave Sim, and Chester Brown. It offers alternate views of the diverse and engaging work of two very different Canadian cartoonists who bring their own alternatives into play: Jeff Lemire in his bridging of Canadian/US and mainstream/alternative sensibilities and Nina Bunjevac in her own blending of realism and fantasy as well as of insider/outsider status. Despite an upsurge in research on Canadian comics, there is still remarkably little written about most major and all minor Canadian cartoonists. This volume provides insight into some of the lesser-known Canadian alternatives still awaiting full exploration."...

     
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  2. Superman in myth and folklore
    Author: Peretti, Daniel
    Published: 2017
    Publisher:  University Press of Mississippi, Jackson

    "How the Man of Steel leapt from panels and storyboards into folklore and myth. Superman rose from popular culture - comic books, newspaper strips, radio, television, novels, and movies - but people have so embraced the character that he has now... more

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    "How the Man of Steel leapt from panels and storyboards into folklore and myth. Superman rose from popular culture - comic books, newspaper strips, radio, television, novels, and movies - but people have so embraced the character that he has now become part of folklore. [...] Through examinations of tattoos, humor, costuming, and festivals, Peretti portrays Superman as a corporate-owned intellectual property and a model for behavior, a means for expression and performance of individual identity, and the focal point for disparate members of fan communities. As fans apply Superman stories to their lives, they elevate him to a mythical status. Peretti focuses on the way these fans have internalized various aspects of the character. In doing so, he delves into the meaning of Superman and his place in American culture and demonstrates the character's straying power."

     
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  3. The comics of Charles Schulz
    the good grief of modern life
    Contributor: Gardner, Jared (Publisher); Gordon, Ian (Publisher)
    Published: 2017
    Publisher:  University Press of Mississippi, Jackson

    "With contributions by: Leonie Brialey, MJ Clarke, Roy T. Cook, Joseph J. Darowski, Ian Gordon, Gene Kannenberg Jr., Christopher P. Lehman, Anne C. McCarthy, Ben Owen, Lara Saguisag, Ben Saunders, Jeffrey O. Segrave, and Michael Tisserand The Comics... more

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    "With contributions by: Leonie Brialey, MJ Clarke, Roy T. Cook, Joseph J. Darowski, Ian Gordon, Gene Kannenberg Jr., Christopher P. Lehman, Anne C. McCarthy, Ben Owen, Lara Saguisag, Ben Saunders, Jeffrey O. Segrave, and Michael Tisserand The Comics of Charles Schulz collects new essays on the work of the creator of the immensely popular Peanuts comic strip. Despite Schulz's celebrity, few scholarly books on his work and career have been published. This collection serves as a foundation for future study not only of Charles Schulz (1922-2000) but, more broadly, of the understudied medium of newspaper comics. Schulz's Peanuts ran for a half century, during which time he drew the strip and its characters to express keen observations on postwar American life and culture. As Peanuts' popularity grew, Schulz had opportunities to shape the iconography, style, and philosophy of modern life in ways he never could have imagined when he began the strip in 1950. Edited by leading scholars Jared Gardner and Ian Gordon, this volume ranges over a spectrum of Schulz's accomplishments and influence, touching on everything from cartoon aesthetics to the marketing of global fast food. Philosophy, ethics, and cultural history all come into play. Indeed, the book even highlights Snoopy's global reach as American soft power. As the broad interdisciplinary range of this volume makes clear, Peanuts offers countless possibilities for study and analysis. From many perspectives--including childhood studies, ethnic studies, health and exercise studies, as well as sociology--The Comics of Charles Schulz offers the most comprehensive and diverse study of the most influential cartoonist during the second half of the twentieth century."--

     
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  4. Superman
    the persistence of an American icon
    Author: Gordon, Ian
    Published: [2017]; © 2017
    Publisher:  Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick ; Camden ; Newark, New jersey ; London

    "After debuting in 1938, Superman soon became an American icon. But why has he maintained his iconic status for nearly 80 years? And how can he still be an American icon when the country itself has undergone so much change? Superman: Persistence of... more

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    "After debuting in 1938, Superman soon became an American icon. But why has he maintained his iconic status for nearly 80 years? And how can he still be an American icon when the country itself has undergone so much change? Superman: Persistence of an American Icon examines the many iterations of the character in comic books, comic strips, radio series, movie serials, feature films, television shows, animation, toys, and collectibles over the past eight decades. Demonstrating how Superman's iconic popularity cannot be attributed to any single creator or text, comics expert Ian Gordon embarks on a deeper consideration of cultural mythmaking as a collective and dynamic process. He also outlines the often contentious relationships between the various parties who have contributed to the Superman mythos, including corporate executives, comics writers, artists, nostalgic commentators, and collectors. Armed with an encyclopedic knowledge of Superman's appearances in comics and other media, Gordon also digs into comics archives to reveal the prominent role that fans have played in remembering, interpreting, and reimagining Superman's iconography. Gordon considers how comics, film, and TV producers have taken advantage of fan engagement and nostalgia when selling Superman products. Investigating a character who is equally an icon of American culture, fan culture, and consumer culture, Superman thus offers a provocative analysis of mythmaking in the modern era"... "Recognized the world over Superman is a figure that has retained an enormous popularity for some 80 years. Aspects of the story, such as his Kryptonian origins, are so familiar to his audience that they require little explanation. But aspects of Superman's creation and authorship are often mythologized, and the reasons for his iconic status and long-term popularity little examined. Superman: The Persistence of an American Icon studies the origins of the character, his rapid success, and rise to an American icon. The book argues that Superman cannot be understood simply as a comic book character, indeed by 1940 he already appeared in several forms of media, but must be understood in his totality. His popularity cannot be tabulated by adding up all the instances of his appearance over the years, but rather lays in the way each appearance reinforces and calls on other appearances. Producers of Superman comic books, television series, and films have been aware of this and used nostalgic memories of earlier versions to appeal to audiences. Indeed one form of pleasure to be derived from any recent version of Superman is to recognize the source material or referents and take satisfaction in being in the know. This book analyzes the long-term success of Superman through a discussion of his mythology and ideology. It shows that his creation and authorship is a more complex issue that generally understood and it emphasizes the part played by his audience in shaping Superman's character, and the market for Superman goods"...

     
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  5. Graphic novels as philosophy
    Contributor: McLaughlin, Jeff (Publisher)
    Published: 2017
    Publisher:  University Press of Mississippi, Jackson

    "Contributions by Eric Bain-Selbo, Jeremy Barris, Maria Botero, Manuel "Mandel" Cabrera Jr., David J. Leichter, Ian MacRae, Alfonso Muñoz-Corcuera, Corry Shores, and Jarkko S. Tuusvuori In a follow-up to Comics as Philosophy, international... more

     

    "Contributions by Eric Bain-Selbo, Jeremy Barris, Maria Botero, Manuel "Mandel" Cabrera Jr., David J. Leichter, Ian MacRae, Alfonso Muñoz-Corcuera, Corry Shores, and Jarkko S. Tuusvuori In a follow-up to Comics as Philosophy, international contributors address two questions: Which philosophical insights, concepts, and tools can shed light on the graphic novel? And how can the graphic novel cast light on the concerns of philosophy? Each contributor ponders a well-known graphic novel to illuminate ways in which philosophy can untangle particular combinations of image and written word for deeper understanding. Jeff McLaughlin collects a range of essays to examine notable graphic novels within the framework posited by these two questions. One essay discusses how a philosopher discovered that the panels in Jeff Lemire's Essex County do not just replicate a philosophical argument, but they actually give evidence to an argument that could not have existed otherwise. Another essay reveals how Chris Ware's manipulation of the medium demonstrates an important sense of time and experience. Still another describes why Maus tends to be more profound than later works that address the Holocaust because of, not in spite of, the fact that the characters are cartoon animals rather than human. Other works contemplated include Will Eisner's A Contract with God, Alan Moore and David Lloyd's V for Vendetta, Alison Bechdel's Fun Home, and Joe Sacco's Footnotes in Gaza. Mainly, each essay, contributor, graphic novelist, and artist are all doing the same thing: trying to tell us how the world is...at least from their point of view."...

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Contributor: McLaughlin, Jeff (Publisher)
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9781496813312
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    RVK Categories: AP 88782
    Edition: First printing
    Series: Comic Studies / Popular Culture / Philosophy
    Subjects: LITERARY CRITICISM / Comics & Graphic Novels / bisacsh; PHILOSOPHY / General / bisacsh; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture / bisacsh; Literatur; Philosophie; Graphic novels; Comic books, strips, etc; Literature; Philosophy in literature; LITERARY CRITICISM / Comics & Graphic Novels; PHILOSOPHY / General; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (218 Seiten), Illustrationen
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    Includes bibliographical references and index
  6. Bending steel
    modernity and the American superhero
    Author: Regalado, Aldo J.
    Published: 2015
    Publisher:  Univ. Press of Mississippi, Jackson

    ""Faster than a speeding bullet. More powerful than a locomotive. Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound. It's Superman!" Bending Steel examines the historical origins and cultural significance of Superman and his fellow American crusaders.... more

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    ""Faster than a speeding bullet. More powerful than a locomotive. Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound. It's Superman!" Bending Steel examines the historical origins and cultural significance of Superman and his fellow American crusaders. Cultural historian Aldo J. Regalado asserts that the superhero seems a direct response to modernity, often fighting the interrelated processes of industrialization, urbanization, immigration, and capitalism that transformed the United States from the early nineteenth century to the present. Reeling from these exciting but rapid and destabilizing forces, Americans turned to heroic fiction as a means of explaining national and personal identities to themselves and to the world. In so doing, they created characters and stories that sometimes affirmed, but other times subverted conventional notions of race, class, gender, and nationalism. The cultural conversation articulated through the nation's early heroic fiction eventually led to a new heroic type...the brightly clad, super-powered, pro-social action heroes that first appeared in American comic books starting in the late 1930s. Although indelibly shaped by the Great Depression and World War II sensibilities of the second-generation immigrants most responsible for their creation, comic book superheroes remain a mainstay of American popular culture. Tracing superhero fiction all the way back to the nineteenth century, Regalado firmly bases his analysis of dime novels, pulp fiction, and comics in historical, biographical, and reader response sources. He explores the roles played by creators, producers, and consumers in crafting superhero fiction, ultimately concluding that these narratives are essential for understanding vital trajectories in American culture"..

     
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  7. Incorrigibles and innocents
    constructing childhood and citizenship in progressive era comics
    Author: Saguisag, Lara
    Published: [2019]
    Publisher:  Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick

    "Incorrigibles and Innocents: Constructions of Childhood and Citizenship in Progressive Era Comic Strips addresses this gap in scholarship, serving as the first sustained examination of the ways childhood was depicted and theorized in late... more

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    "Incorrigibles and Innocents: Constructions of Childhood and Citizenship in Progressive Era Comic Strips addresses this gap in scholarship, serving as the first sustained examination of the ways childhood was depicted and theorized in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century comic strips. By drawing from and building on histories and theories of childhood, comics and Progressive Era conceptualizations of citizenship and nationhood, Lara Saguisag demonstrates that child characters in comic strips reinforced and complicated notions of who could claim membership in a modernizing, expanding nation"...

     
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  8. Bild ist Text ist Bild
    Narration und Ästhetik in der Graphic Novel
    Published: [2014]; ©2014
    Publisher:  transcript-Verlag, Bielefeld

    Die Graphic Novel ist ein ebenso erfolgreiches wie innovatives Genre, das Mainstream und Wissenschaft gleichermaßen fordert. In diesem Band stehen Text-Bild-Relationen im Mittelpunkt der Diskussion: Literatur-, medien-, kunst- und gendertheoretische... more

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    Die Graphic Novel ist ein ebenso erfolgreiches wie innovatives Genre, das Mainstream und Wissenschaft gleichermaßen fordert. In diesem Band stehen Text-Bild-Relationen im Mittelpunkt der Diskussion: Literatur-, medien-, kunst- und gendertheoretische Zugänge perspektivieren das graphische Erzählen und fragen nach dessen spezifischer narrativer und ästhetischer Qualität. An zahlreichen Beispielen (u.a. Bechdel, Ware, Weyhe) werden narrative Verfahren, Zeit-Bild-Relationen, Körperzeichen und Redepositionen in der Graphic Novel diskutiert. Die interdisziplinären Beiträge werden um künstlerische Reflexionen u.a. von Ilse Kilic und Nicolas Mahler ergänzt The graphic novel is a genre, successful as it is innovative, that claims a place among mainstream and science literature alike. In this volume, text-image relations are central to the discussion: literature, media, art, and gender theoretical approaches provide a perspective on graphic narration and pose questions regarding its specific narrative and aesthetic quality. Narrative process, time-image relationships, body signs, and speech positions in the graphic novel will be discussed using numerous examples (including Bechdel, Merchandise, and Weyhe). The interdisciplinary contributions by Ilse Kilic and Nicolas Mahler, among others, supplement artistic reflections

     
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  9. Superman
    the persistence of an American icon
    Author: Gordon, Ian
    Published: [2017]; © 2017
    Publisher:  Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick ; Camden ; Newark, New jersey ; London

    "After debuting in 1938, Superman soon became an American icon. But why has he maintained his iconic status for nearly 80 years? And how can he still be an American icon when the country itself has undergone so much change? Superman: Persistence of... more

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    "After debuting in 1938, Superman soon became an American icon. But why has he maintained his iconic status for nearly 80 years? And how can he still be an American icon when the country itself has undergone so much change? Superman: Persistence of an American Icon examines the many iterations of the character in comic books, comic strips, radio series, movie serials, feature films, television shows, animation, toys, and collectibles over the past eight decades. Demonstrating how Superman's iconic popularity cannot be attributed to any single creator or text, comics expert Ian Gordon embarks on a deeper consideration of cultural mythmaking as a collective and dynamic process. He also outlines the often contentious relationships between the various parties who have contributed to the Superman mythos, including corporate executives, comics writers, artists, nostalgic commentators, and collectors. Armed with an encyclopedic knowledge of Superman's appearances in comics and other media, Gordon also digs into comics archives to reveal the prominent role that fans have played in remembering, interpreting, and reimagining Superman's iconography. Gordon considers how comics, film, and TV producers have taken advantage of fan engagement and nostalgia when selling Superman products. Investigating a character who is equally an icon of American culture, fan culture, and consumer culture, Superman thus offers a provocative analysis of mythmaking in the modern era"... "Recognized the world over Superman is a figure that has retained an enormous popularity for some 80 years. Aspects of the story, such as his Kryptonian origins, are so familiar to his audience that they require little explanation. But aspects of Superman's creation and authorship are often mythologized, and the reasons for his iconic status and long-term popularity little examined. Superman: The Persistence of an American Icon studies the origins of the character, his rapid success, and rise to an American icon. The book argues that Superman cannot be understood simply as a comic book character, indeed by 1940 he already appeared in several forms of media, but must be understood in his totality. His popularity cannot be tabulated by adding up all the instances of his appearance over the years, but rather lays in the way each appearance reinforces and calls on other appearances. Producers of Superman comic books, television series, and films have been aware of this and used nostalgic memories of earlier versions to appeal to audiences. Indeed one form of pleasure to be derived from any recent version of Superman is to recognize the source material or referents and take satisfaction in being in the know. This book analyzes the long-term success of Superman through a discussion of his mythology and ideology. It shows that his creation and authorship is a more complex issue that generally understood and it emphasizes the part played by his audience in shaping Superman's character, and the market for Superman goods"...

     
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  10. The comics of Charles Schulz
    the good grief of modern life
    Contributor: Gardner, Jared (Publisher); Gordon, Ian (Publisher)
    Published: 2017
    Publisher:  University Press of Mississippi, Jackson

    "With contributions by: Leonie Brialey, MJ Clarke, Roy T. Cook, Joseph J. Darowski, Ian Gordon, Gene Kannenberg Jr., Christopher P. Lehman, Anne C. McCarthy, Ben Owen, Lara Saguisag, Ben Saunders, Jeffrey O. Segrave, and Michael Tisserand The Comics... more

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    "With contributions by: Leonie Brialey, MJ Clarke, Roy T. Cook, Joseph J. Darowski, Ian Gordon, Gene Kannenberg Jr., Christopher P. Lehman, Anne C. McCarthy, Ben Owen, Lara Saguisag, Ben Saunders, Jeffrey O. Segrave, and Michael Tisserand The Comics of Charles Schulz collects new essays on the work of the creator of the immensely popular Peanuts comic strip. Despite Schulz's celebrity, few scholarly books on his work and career have been published. This collection serves as a foundation for future study not only of Charles Schulz (1922-2000) but, more broadly, of the understudied medium of newspaper comics. Schulz's Peanuts ran for a half century, during which time he drew the strip and its characters to express keen observations on postwar American life and culture. As Peanuts' popularity grew, Schulz had opportunities to shape the iconography, style, and philosophy of modern life in ways he never could have imagined when he began the strip in 1950. Edited by leading scholars Jared Gardner and Ian Gordon, this volume ranges over a spectrum of Schulz's accomplishments and influence, touching on everything from cartoon aesthetics to the marketing of global fast food. Philosophy, ethics, and cultural history all come into play. Indeed, the book even highlights Snoopy's global reach as American soft power. As the broad interdisciplinary range of this volume makes clear, Peanuts offers countless possibilities for study and analysis. From many perspectives--including childhood studies, ethnic studies, health and exercise studies, as well as sociology--The Comics of Charles Schulz offers the most comprehensive and diverse study of the most influential cartoonist during the second half of the twentieth century."--

     
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  11. Superman in myth and folklore
    Author: Peretti, Daniel
    Published: 2017
    Publisher:  University Press of Mississippi, Jackson

    "How the Man of Steel leapt from panels and storyboards into folklore and myth. Superman rose from popular culture - comic books, newspaper strips, radio, television, novels, and movies - but people have so embraced the character that he has now... more

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    "How the Man of Steel leapt from panels and storyboards into folklore and myth. Superman rose from popular culture - comic books, newspaper strips, radio, television, novels, and movies - but people have so embraced the character that he has now become part of folklore. [...] Through examinations of tattoos, humor, costuming, and festivals, Peretti portrays Superman as a corporate-owned intellectual property and a model for behavior, a means for expression and performance of individual identity, and the focal point for disparate members of fan communities. As fans apply Superman stories to their lives, they elevate him to a mythical status. Peretti focuses on the way these fans have internalized various aspects of the character. In doing so, he delves into the meaning of Superman and his place in American culture and demonstrates the character's straying power."

     
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  12. The Canadian alternative
    cartoonists, comics, and graphic novels
    Contributor: Grace, Dominick (Herausgeber); Hoffman, Eric (Herausgeber)
    Published: 2018
    Publisher:  University Press of Mississippi, Jackson

    "Contributions by Jordan Bolay, Ian Brodie, Jocelyn Sakal Froese, Dominick Grace, Eric Hoffman, Paddy Johnston, Ivan Kocmarek, Jessica Langston, Judith Leggatt, Daniel Marrone, Mark J. McLaughlin, Joan Ormrod, Laura A. Pearson, Annick Pellegrin,... more

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    "Contributions by Jordan Bolay, Ian Brodie, Jocelyn Sakal Froese, Dominick Grace, Eric Hoffman, Paddy Johnston, Ivan Kocmarek, Jessica Langston, Judith Leggatt, Daniel Marrone, Mark J. McLaughlin, Joan Ormrod, Laura A. Pearson, Annick Pellegrin, Mihaela Precup, Jason Sacks, and Ruth-Ellen St. Onge. This overview of the history of Canadian comics explores acclaimed as well as unfamiliar artists. Contributors look at the myriad ways that English-language, Francophone, indigenous, and queer Canadian comics and cartoonists pose alternatives to American comics, to dominant perceptions, even to gender and racial categories. In contrast to the United States' melting pot, Canada has been understood to comprise a social, cultural, and ethnic mosaic, with distinct cultural variation as part of its identity. This volume reveals differences that often reflect in highly regional and localized comics such as Paul MacKinnon's Cape Breton...specific Old Trout Funnies, Michel Rabagliati's Montreal-based Paul comics, and Kurt Martell and Christopher Merkley's Thunder Bay...specific zombie apocalypse. The collection also considers some of the conventionally "alternative" cartoonists, namely Seth, Dave Sim, and Chester Brown. It offers alternate views of the diverse and engaging work of two very different Canadian cartoonists who bring their own alternatives into play: Jeff Lemire in his bridging of Canadian/US and mainstream/alternative sensibilities and Nina Bunjevac in her own blending of realism and fantasy as well as of insider/outsider status. Despite an upsurge in research on Canadian comics, there is still remarkably little written about most major and all minor Canadian cartoonists. This volume provides insight into some of the lesser-known Canadian alternatives still awaiting full exploration."...

     
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    Source: Philologische Bibliothek, FU Berlin
    Contributor: Grace, Dominick (Herausgeber); Hoffman, Eric (Herausgeber)
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    ISBN: 9781496823366; 9781496815118
    RVK Categories: EC 7120
    Subjects: LITERARY CRITICISM / Comics & Graphic Novels / bisacsh; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture / bisacsh; LITERARY CRITICISM / Canadian / bisacsh; Comic books, strips, etc; Graphic novels; Underground comic books, strips, etc; Cartoonists; LITERARY CRITICISM / Comics & Graphic Novels; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture; LITERARY CRITICISM / Canadian; Comic; Graphic Novel; Cartoon
    Scope: XIX, 288 Seiten, Illustrationen, Breite 152 mm, Hoehe 229 mm
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  13. The 10 cent war
    comic books, propaganda, and World War II
    Contributor: Goodnow, Trischa (Publisher); Kimble, James J. (Publisher)
    Published: 2016
    Publisher:  University Press of Mississippi, Jackson

    " The Allied victory in World War II relied on far more than courageous soldiers. Americans on the home front constantly supported the war effort in the form of factory work, war bond purchases, salvage drives, and morale-rallying efforts. Motivating... more

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    " The Allied victory in World War II relied on far more than courageous soldiers. Americans on the home front constantly supported the war effort in the form of factory work, war bond purchases, salvage drives, and morale-rallying efforts. Motivating these men, women, and children to keep doing their bit during the war was among the conflict's most urgent tasks. One of the most overlooked aspects of these efforts involved a surprising initiative...comic book propaganda. Even before Pearl Harbor, the comic book industry enlisted its formidable army of artists, writers, and editors to dramatize the conflict for readers of every age and interest. Comic book superheroes and everyday characters modeled positive behaviors and encouraged readers to keep scrapping. Ultimately those characters proved to be persuasive icons in the war's most colorful and indelible propaganda campaign. The 10 Cent War presents a riveting analysis of how different types of comic books and comic book characters supplied reasons and means to support the war effort. The contributors demonstrate that, free of government control, these appeals produced this overall imperative. The book discusses the role of such major characters as Superman, Wonder Woman, and Uncle Sam along with a host of such minor characters as kid gangs and superhero sidekicks. It even considers novelty and small presses, providing a well-rounded look at the many ways that comic books served as popular propaganda."...

     
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  14. The British superhero
    Author: Murray, Christopher
    Published: 2017
    Publisher:  University Press of Mississippi, Jackson

    "Chris Murray reveals the largely unknown and rather surprising history of the British superhero. It is often thought that Britain did not have its own superheroes, but Murray demonstrates that there were a great many superheroes in Britain, and that... more

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    "Chris Murray reveals the largely unknown and rather surprising history of the British superhero. It is often thought that Britain did not have its own superheroes, but Murray demonstrates that there were a great many superheroes in Britain, and that they were often used as a way to comment on the relationship between Britain and America. British superhero stories sometimes emulated the style of American comics, but also frequently became sites of resistance to perceived American political and cultural imperialism, drawing upon satire and parody as a means of critique. Murray illustrates that the superhero genre is a blend of several influences, and that in British comics these influences are quite different from those in America, resulting in some different approaches to the figure of the superhero. He looks at the origins of the superhero and supervillain in nineteenth-century popular culture and in science fiction writing. From the penny dreadfuls of the 1830s to the emergence of British superheroes in the 1930s, the British Invasion of the 1980s, and the pivotal roles in American superhero comics and film production held by British artists today, this book will challenge views about the British superheroes, and the comics' creators who fashioned them"...

     
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  15. Incorrigibles and innocents
    constructing childhood and citizenship in progressive era comics
    Author: Saguisag, Lara
    Published: [2019]
    Publisher:  Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick

    Incorrigibles and Innocents: Constructions of Childhood and Citizenship in Progressive Era Comic Strips addresses this gap in scholarship, serving as the first sustained examination of the ways childhood was depicted and theorized in late nineteenth-... more

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    Incorrigibles and Innocents: Constructions of Childhood and Citizenship in Progressive Era Comic Strips addresses this gap in scholarship, serving as the first sustained examination of the ways childhood was depicted and theorized in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century comic strips. By drawing from and building on histories and theories of childhood, comics and Progressive Era conceptualizations of citizenship and nationhood, Lara Saguisag demonstrates that child characters in comic strips reinforced and complicated notions of who could claim membership in a modernizing, expanding nation...

     
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  16. Comics, trauma, and the new art of war
    Author: Earle, Harriet E. H.
    Published: 2017
    Publisher:  University Press of Mississippi, Jackson

    "Conflict and trauma remain among the most prevalent themes in film and literature. Comics has never avoided such narratives, and comics artists are writing them in ways that are both different from and complementary to literature and film. In... more

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    "Conflict and trauma remain among the most prevalent themes in film and literature. Comics has never avoided such narratives, and comics artists are writing them in ways that are both different from and complementary to literature and film. In Comics, Trauma, and the New Art of War, Harriet E.H. Earle brings together two distinct areas of research--trauma studies and comics studies--to provide a new interpretation of a long-standing theme. Focusing on representations of conflict in post-Vietnam War American comics, Earle claims that the comics form is uniquely able to show traumatic experience by representing events as viscerally as possible. Using texts from across the form and placing mainstream superhero comics alongside alternative and art comics, Earle suggests that comics are the ideal artistic representation of trauma. Because comics bridge the gap between the visual and the written, they represent such complicated narratives as loss and trauma in unique ways, particularly through the manipulation of time and experience. Comics can fold time and confront traumatic events, be they personal or shared, through a myriad of both literary and visual devices. As a result, comics can represent trauma in ways that are unavailable to other narrative and artistic forms. With themes such as dreams and mourning, Earle concentrates on trauma in American comics after the Vietnam War. These works include Alissa Torres's American Widow, Doug Murray's The 'Nam, and Art Spiegelman's much-lauded Maus. These works pair with ideas from a wide range of thinkers, including Sigmund Freud, Mikhail Bakhtin, and Fredric Jameson, as well as contemporary trauma theory and clinical psychology. Through these examples and others, Comics, Trauma, and the New Art of War proves that comics open up new avenues to explore personal and public trauma in extraordinary, necessary ways."--

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    ISBN: 9781496812469; 9781496825636
    RVK Categories: AP 88858 ; AP 88920 ; AP 88924
    Series: Comics Studies / Popular Culture / Trauma Studies
    Subjects: Psychisches Trauma <Motiv>; Krieg <Motiv>; Comic
    Other subjects: Graphic novels / History and criticism; Comic books, strips, etc / History and criticism; Psychic trauma in literature; War in literature; LITERARY CRITICISM / Comics & Graphic Novels; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture; PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD); SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society; Comic books, strips, etc; Graphic novels; Psychic trauma in literature; War in literature; Criticism, interpretation, etc
    Scope: x, 234 Seiten, Illustrationen, 24 cm
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    Introduction -- Representing the traumatic -- Rituals, mourning, and grief -- Trauma invading sleep -- The search for identity -- Moving in four dimensions -- Postmodernism vs. comics and trauma -- Excursus -- Conclusion
  17. Autobiographical comics
    Author: Kunka, Andrew
    Published: 2018
    Publisher:  Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, London ; Oxford ; New York ; New Delhi ; Sydney

    "A complete critical guide to its history, forms and contexts, Autobiographical Comics helps readers explore the increasingly popular genre of comic book life writing. In an accessible and easy-to-navigate format, the book covers such topics as: The... more

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    "A complete critical guide to its history, forms and contexts, Autobiographical Comics helps readers explore the increasingly popular genre of comic book life writing. In an accessible and easy-to-navigate format, the book covers such topics as: The history of the genre from its underground beginnings and its rise to mainstream popularity, Key texts from Art Spiegelman's Pulitzer Prize-winning Maus and the works of Robert Crumb to Persepolis and American Splendor, Cultural contexts ... from confessional modes, coming of age and trauma narratives to the rise of web comicss, Important theoretical and critical approaches to autobiographical comics. Autobiographical Comics includes a glossary of crucial critical terms, annotated guides to further reading and online resources and discussion questions to help students and readers develop their understanding of the genre and pursue independent study."... "From Art Spiegelman's Maus to recent comics such as Persepolis and American Splendor, this is a complete guide to the history, forms and contexts of autobiographical comics"...

     
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    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    ISBN: 9781474227858; 9781474227841
    RVK Categories: AP 88856 ; EC 7418 ; EC 7120
    Series: Bloomsbury comics studies
    Subjects: LITERARY CRITICISM / Comics & Graphic Novels; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture; Comic books, strips, etc; Autobiographical comics; Biography as a literary form; Autobiography in literature; Graphic novels; Comic; Autobiografie
    Scope: x, 290 Seiten, Illustrationen
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  18. Monstrous women in comics
    Contributor: Langsdale, Samantha (Publisher); Coody, Elizabeth Rae (Publisher)
    Published: 2020
    Publisher:  University Press of Mississippi, Jackson

    "Monsters seem to be everywhere these days, in popular shows on television, in award-winning novels, and again and again in Hollywood blockbusters. They are figures that lurk in the margins and so, by contrast, help to illuminate the center-the... more

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    "Monsters seem to be everywhere these days, in popular shows on television, in award-winning novels, and again and again in Hollywood blockbusters. They are figures that lurk in the margins and so, by contrast, help to illuminate the center-the embodiment of abnormality that summons the definition of normalcy by virtue of everything they are not. Samantha Langsdale and Elizabeth Rae Coody's edited volume explores the coding of woman as monstrous and how the monster as dangerously evocative of women/femininity/the female is exacerbated by the intersection of gender with sexuality, race, nationality, and disability. To analyze monstrous women is not only to examine comics, but also to witness how those constructions correspond to women's real material experiences. Each section takes a critical look at the cultural context surrounding varied monstrous voices: embodiment, maternity, childhood, power, and performance. Featured are essays on such comics as Faith, Monstress, Bitch Planet, and Batgirl and such characters as Harley Quinn and Wonder Woman. This volume probes into the patriarchal contexts wherein men are assumed to be representative of the normative, universal subject, such that women frequently become monsters"-- "A critical volume on the ways women are made monstrous in popular culture"--

     
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    Contributor: Langsdale, Samantha (Publisher); Coody, Elizabeth Rae (Publisher)
    Language: English
    Media type: Conference proceedings
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9781496827678; 9781496827647; 9781496827654; 9781496827661
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    RVK Categories: ED 4120
    Corporations / Congresses: Monstrous Women in Comics (Veranstaltung) (2017, Denton, Tex.)
    Series: Horror and monstrosity studies series
    Subjects: Comic; Frau <Motiv>; Ungeheuer
    Other subjects: Comic books, strips, etc / History and criticism; Comic books, strips, etc / Social aspects; LITERARY CRITICISM / Comics & Graphic Novels; Comic books, strips, etc; Comic books, strips, etc / Social aspects; Criticism, interpretation, etc; Essays; Literary criticism; Essays; Literary criticism
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (x,285 Seiten)
  19. Reframing disability in manga
    Author: Okuyama, Yoshiko
    Published: [2020]; © 2020
    Publisher:  University of Hawai'i Press, Honolulu

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    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9780824883225; 9780824883232
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    RVK Categories: LC 56450 ; LC 84450 ; AP 88916
    Subjects: LITERARY CRITICISM / Comics & Graphic Novels; Comic books, strips, etc; Comic books, strips, etc; People with disabilities in literature; People with disabilities in mass media; People with disabilities; Manga; Behinderung <Motiv>
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (xxi, 213 Seiten), Illustrationen
  20. Disability in comic books and graphic narratives
    Contributor: Foss, Chris (Publisher); Gray, Jonathan W. (Publisher); Whalen, Zach (Publisher)
    Published: 2016
    Publisher:  Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY

    "Disability in Comic Books and Graphic Narratives invites readers to consider both canonical and alternative graphic representations of disability. Some chapters focus on comic superheroes, from lesser-known protagonists like Cyborg and Helen Killer... more

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    "Disability in Comic Books and Graphic Narratives invites readers to consider both canonical and alternative graphic representations of disability. Some chapters focus on comic superheroes, from lesser-known protagonists like Cyborg and Helen Killer to classics such as Batgirl and Batman; many more explore the amazing range of graphic narratives revolving around disability, covering famous names such as Alison Bechdel and Chris Ware, as well as less familiar artists like Keiko Tobe and Georgia Webber. The volume also offers a broad spectrum of represented disabilities: amputation, autism, blindness, deafness, depression, Huntington's, multiple sclerosis, obsessive-compulsive disorder, speech impairment, and spinal injury. A number of the essays collected here show how comics continue to implicate themselves in the objectification and marginalization of persons with disabilities, perpetuating stale stereotypes and stigmas. At the same time, others stress how this medium simultaneously offers unique potential for transforming our understanding of disability in truly profound ways."

     
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  21. Bending steel
    modernity and the American superhero
    Author: Regalado, Aldo J.
    Published: 2015
    Publisher:  Univ. Press of Mississippi, Jackson

    ""Faster than a speeding bullet. More powerful than a locomotive. Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound. It's Superman!" Bending Steel examines the historical origins and cultural significance of Superman and his fellow American crusaders.... more

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    ""Faster than a speeding bullet. More powerful than a locomotive. Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound. It's Superman!" Bending Steel examines the historical origins and cultural significance of Superman and his fellow American crusaders. Cultural historian Aldo J. Regalado asserts that the superhero seems a direct response to modernity, often fighting the interrelated processes of industrialization, urbanization, immigration, and capitalism that transformed the United States from the early nineteenth century to the present. Reeling from these exciting but rapid and destabilizing forces, Americans turned to heroic fiction as a means of explaining national and personal identities to themselves and to the world. In so doing, they created characters and stories that sometimes affirmed, but other times subverted conventional notions of race, class, gender, and nationalism. The cultural conversation articulated through the nation's early heroic fiction eventually led to a new heroic type...the brightly clad, super-powered, pro-social action heroes that first appeared in American comic books starting in the late 1930s. Although indelibly shaped by the Great Depression and World War II sensibilities of the second-generation immigrants most responsible for their creation, comic book superheroes remain a mainstay of American popular culture. Tracing superhero fiction all the way back to the nineteenth century, Regalado firmly bases his analysis of dime novels, pulp fiction, and comics in historical, biographical, and reader response sources. He explores the roles played by creators, producers, and consumers in crafting superhero fiction, ultimately concluding that these narratives are essential for understanding vital trajectories in American culture"..

     
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  22. Adapting Superman
    essays on the transmedia man of steel
    Contributor: Darowski, John (Publisher)
    Published: [2021]; © 2021
    Publisher:  McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, Jefferson, North Carolina

    "Almost immediately after his first appearance in comic books in June 1938, Superman began to be adapted to other media. The subsequent decades have brought even more adaptations of the Man of Steel, his friends, family, and enemies in film,... more

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    "Almost immediately after his first appearance in comic books in June 1938, Superman began to be adapted to other media. The subsequent decades have brought even more adaptations of the Man of Steel, his friends, family, and enemies in film, television, comic strip, radio, novels, video games, and even a musical. The rapid adaptation of the Man of Steel occurred before the character and storyworld were fully developed on the comic book page, allowing the adaptations an unprecedented level of freedom and adaptability. The essays in this collection provide specific insight into the practice of adapting Superman from comic books to other media and cultural contexts through a variety of methods, including social, economic, and political contexts. Authors touch on subjects such as the different international receptions to the characters, the evolution of both Clark Kent's character and Superman's powers, the importance of the radio, how the adaptations interact with issues such as racism and Cold War paranoia, and the role of fan fiction in the franchise. By applying a wide range of critical approaches to adaption and Superman, this collection offers new insights into our popular entertainment and our cultural history"--

     
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  23. Comics, trauma, and the new art of war
    Author: Earle, Harriet E. H.
    Published: 2017
    Publisher:  University Press of Mississippi, Jackson

    "Conflict and trauma remain among the most prevalent themes in film and literature. Comics has never avoided such narratives, and comics artists are writing them in ways that are both different from and complementary to literature and film. In... more

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    "Conflict and trauma remain among the most prevalent themes in film and literature. Comics has never avoided such narratives, and comics artists are writing them in ways that are both different from and complementary to literature and film. In Comics, Trauma, and the New Art of War, Harriet E.H. Earle brings together two distinct areas of research--trauma studies and comics studies--to provide a new interpretation of a long-standing theme. Focusing on representations of conflict in post-Vietnam War American comics, Earle claims that the comics form is uniquely able to show traumatic experience by representing events as viscerally as possible. Using texts from across the form and placing mainstream superhero comics alongside alternative and art comics, Earle suggests that comics are the ideal artistic representation of trauma. Because comics bridge the gap between the visual and the written, they represent such complicated narratives as loss and trauma in unique ways, particularly through the manipulation of time and experience. Comics can fold time and confront traumatic events, be they personal or shared, through a myriad of both literary and visual devices. As a result, comics can represent trauma in ways that are unavailable to other narrative and artistic forms. With themes such as dreams and mourning, Earle concentrates on trauma in American comics after the Vietnam War. These works include Alissa Torres's American Widow, Doug Murray's The 'Nam, and Art Spiegelman's much-lauded Maus. These works pair with ideas from a wide range of thinkers, including Sigmund Freud, Mikhail Bakhtin, and Fredric Jameson, as well as contemporary trauma theory and clinical psychology. Through these examples and others, Comics, Trauma, and the New Art of War proves that comics open up new avenues to explore personal and public trauma in extraordinary, necessary ways."--

     
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    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9781496812506; 9781496812476
    RVK Categories: AP 88858 ; AP 88920 ; AP 88924
    Series: Comics Studies / Popular Culture / Trauma Studies
    Subjects: Krieg <Motiv>; Psychisches Trauma <Motiv>; Comic
    Other subjects: Graphic novels / History and criticism; Comic books, strips, etc / History and criticism; Psychic trauma in literature; War in literature; LITERARY CRITICISM / Comics & Graphic Novels; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture; PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD); SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society; Comic books, strips, etc; Graphic novels; Psychic trauma in literature; War in literature; Criticism, interpretation, etc
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (x, 234 Seiten), Illustrationen
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    Introduction -- Representing the traumatic -- Rituals, mourning, and grief -- Trauma invading sleep -- The search for identity -- Moving in four dimensions -- Postmodernism vs. comics and trauma -- Excursus -- Conclusion
  24. Representing multiculturalism in comics and graphic novels
    Contributor: Ayaka, Carolene (Publisher); Hague, Ian (Publisher)
    Published: 2015
    Publisher:  Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, New York ; London

    "Multiculturalism, and its representation, has long presented challenges for the medium of comics. This book presents a wide ranging survey of the ways in which comics have dealt with the diversity of creators and characters and the (lack of)... more

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    "Multiculturalism, and its representation, has long presented challenges for the medium of comics. This book presents a wide ranging survey of the ways in which comics have dealt with the diversity of creators and characters and the (lack of) visibility for characters who don't conform to particular cultural stereotypes. Contributors engage with ethnicity and other cultural forms from Israel, Romania, North America, South Africa, Germany, Spain, U.S. Latino and Canada and consider the ways in which comics are able to represent multiculturalism through a focus on the formal elements of the medium. Discussion themes include education, countercultures, monstrosity, the quotidian, the notion of the "other," anthropomorphism, and colonialism. Taking a truly international perspective, the book brings into dialogue a broad range of comics traditions"--

     
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    Contributor: Ayaka, Carolene (Publisher); Hague, Ian (Publisher)
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9781315775340
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    RVK Categories: AP 88832 ; LB 31960 ; LB 48000 ; LC 84000 ; AP 88916
    Series: Routledge research in cultural and media studies ; 68
    Subjects: Comic books, strips, etc / History and criticism; Graphic novels / History and criticism; Multiculturalism in literature; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / Comics & Graphic Novels; LITERARY CRITICISM / Books & Reading; Comic; Multikulturelle Gesellschaft <Motiv>; Graphic Novel
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 269 Seiten), Illustrationen
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    Includes bibliographical references and index
  25. Graphic novels as philosophy
    Contributor: McLaughlin, Jeff (Publisher)
    Published: 2017
    Publisher:  University Press of Mississippi, Jackson

    "Contributions by Eric Bain-Selbo, Jeremy Barris, Maria Botero, Manuel "Mandel" Cabrera Jr., David J. Leichter, Ian MacRae, Alfonso Muñoz-Corcuera, Corry Shores, and Jarkko S. Tuusvuori In a follow-up to Comics as Philosophy, international... more

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    "Contributions by Eric Bain-Selbo, Jeremy Barris, Maria Botero, Manuel "Mandel" Cabrera Jr., David J. Leichter, Ian MacRae, Alfonso Muñoz-Corcuera, Corry Shores, and Jarkko S. Tuusvuori In a follow-up to Comics as Philosophy, international contributors address two questions: Which philosophical insights, concepts, and tools can shed light on the graphic novel? And how can the graphic novel cast light on the concerns of philosophy? Each contributor ponders a well-known graphic novel to illuminate ways in which philosophy can untangle particular combinations of image and written word for deeper understanding. Jeff McLaughlin collects a range of essays to examine notable graphic novels within the framework posited by these two questions. One essay discusses how a philosopher discovered that the panels in Jeff Lemire's Essex County do not just replicate a philosophical argument, but they actually give evidence to an argument that could not have existed otherwise. Another essay reveals how Chris Ware's manipulation of the medium demonstrates an important sense of time and experience. Still another describes why Maus tends to be more profound than later works that address the Holocaust because of, not in spite of, the fact that the characters are cartoon animals rather than human. Other works contemplated include Will Eisner's A Contract with God, Alan Moore and David Lloyd's V for Vendetta, Alison Bechdel's Fun Home, and Joe Sacco's Footnotes in Gaza. Mainly, each essay, contributor, graphic novelist, and artist are all doing the same thing: trying to tell us how the world is...at least from their point of view."...

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Contributor: McLaughlin, Jeff (Publisher)
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    ISBN: 9781496813275; 9781496825629
    RVK Categories: AP 88782
    Edition: First printing
    Series: Comic Studies / Popular Culture / Philosophy
    Subjects: LITERARY CRITICISM / Comics & Graphic Novels / bisacsh; PHILOSOPHY / General / bisacsh; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture / bisacsh; Literatur; Philosophie; Graphic novels; Comic books, strips, etc; Literature; Philosophy in literature; LITERARY CRITICISM / Comics & Graphic Novels; PHILOSOPHY / General; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture; Graphic Novel; Philosophie
    Scope: viii, 218 Seiten
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    Includes bibliographical references and index