The rise and reason of comics and graphic literature : critical essays on the form / edited by Joyce Goggin and Dan Hassler-Forest.

"These 15 essays investigate comic books and graphic novels, beginning with the early development of these media. The essays also place the work in a cultural context, addressing theory and terminology, adaptations of comic books, the superhero genre, and comic books and graphic novels that deal wit...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Goggin, Joyce, 1959-, Hassler-Forest, Dan
Language:English
Published: Jefferson, NC : McFarland & Co., Publishers, 2010.
Subjects:
Physical Description:238 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Format: Book

MARC

LEADER 00000nam a22000008a 4500
001 in00004679413
003 OCoLC
005 20220616145459.0
008 100726s2010 ncu b 001 0 eng
010 |a  2010030564 
020 |a 9780786442942 (pbk. : alk. paper) 
020 |a 0786442948 (pbk. : alk. paper) 
035 |a (CaEvSKY)sky232051724 
035 |a (OCoLC)617425057 
040 |a DLC  |c DLC  |d UtOrBLW 
049 |a EEMJ 
090 |a PN6714  |b .R567 2010 
245 0 4 |a The rise and reason of comics and graphic literature :  |b critical essays on the form /  |c edited by Joyce Goggin and Dan Hassler-Forest. 
260 |a Jefferson, NC :  |b McFarland & Co., Publishers,  |c 2010. 
263 |a 1009. 
300 |a 238 pages :  |b illustrations ;  |c 23 cm 
336 |a text  |b txt  |2 rdacontent 
337 |a unmediated  |b n  |2 rdamedia 
338 |a volume  |b nc  |2 rdacarrier 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a Origin stories: history and development of the genre -- Of gutters and guttersnipes: Hogarth's legacy / Joyce Goggin -- Ridiculous rebellion: George L. Carlson and the recovery of Jingle Jangle Comics / Daniel F. Yezbick -- Suspended in mid-month: serialized storytelling in comics / Daniel W¿llner -- What we talk about when we talk about comics: theory and terminology -- Balloonics: the visuals of balloons in comics / Charles Forceville, Tony Veale, and Kurt Feyaerts -- Remediation and the sense of time in graphic narratives / Kai Mikkonen -- Brick by brick: Chris Ware's architecture of the page / Angela Szczepaniak -- Out of the gutter: comics and adaptations -- It was the best of two worlds, it was the worst of two worlds: the adaptation of novels in comics and graphic novels / Dirk Vanderbeke -- The 300 controversy: a case study in the politics of adaptation / Dan Hassler-Forest -- Men in tights? The superhero paradigm -- The last action hero's swan song: graphic novelty or never-ending story? / Andreas Rauscher -- Extraordinary people: the superhero genre and celebrity -- Culture in The league of extraordinary gentlemen / Jonathan E. Goldman -- Warren Ellis's Planetary: the archaeology of superheroes / Karin Kukkonen -- Drawing history: nonfiction in comics -- Reconsidering comics journalism: information and experience in Joe Sacco's Palestine / Benjamin Woo -- Comics, trauma and cultural memory(ies) of 9/11 / Christophe Dony and Caroline van Linthout -- "Be vewy, vewy quiet. We're hunting wippers": a barthesian analysis of the construction of fact and fiction in Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell's From hell /Julia Round -- Graphic black nationalism: visualizing political narratives in the graphic novel / James Braxton Peterson. 
520 |a "These 15 essays investigate comic books and graphic novels, beginning with the early development of these media. The essays also place the work in a cultural context, addressing theory and terminology, adaptations of comic books, the superhero genre, and comic books and graphic novels that deal with history and nonfiction"--Provided by publisher. 
650 0 |a Comic books, strips, etc.  |x History and criticism.  |0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008100153 
650 0 |a Graphic novels  |x History and criticism.  |0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh94008233 
700 1 |a Goggin, Joyce,  |d 1959-  |0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2005068769 
700 1 |a Hassler-Forest, Dan.  |0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2010048336 
907 |y .b7874524x  |b 160822  |c 101116 
998 |a sp  |b 101116  |c m  |d a   |e -  |f eng  |g ncu  |h 4  |i 2 
999 f f |i 8fdb5276-9bb1-561c-851c-86b83ab049a8  |s cdd999b4-b7a2-5d3b-a452-fb320a1c3ef4  |t 0 
952 f f |p Non-Circulating  |a Michigan State University-Library of Michigan  |b Michigan State University  |c MSU Special Collections  |d MSU Special Collections - Comic Art  |t 0  |e PN6714 .R567 2010  |h Library of Congress classification  |i Printed Material  |n 1