The art of comics : a philosophical approach / edited by Aaron Meskin and Roy T. Cook.

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"The Art of Comics is the first-ever collection of essays published in English devoted to the philosophical topics raised by comics and graphic novels. In an area of growing philosophical interest, this volume constitutes a great leap forward in the development of this fast expanding field, and make...

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Other Authors: Meskin, Aaron, Cook, Roy T., 1972-
Language:English
Published: Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012.
Edition:[First edition].
Series:New directions in aesthetics ; 12.
Subjects:
Comic books, strips, etc. > History and criticism.
Philosophy in literature.
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MSU: In dust jacket.
Physical Description:xli, 213 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Pt. One Nature and Kinds of Comics
  • 1. Redefining Comics / John Holbo
  • 2. Ontology of Comics / Aaron Meskin
  • 3. Comics and Collective Authorship / Christy Mag Uidhir
  • 4. Comics and Genre / Catharine Abell
  • pt. Two Comics and Representation
  • 5. Wordy Pictures: Theorizing the Relationship between Image and Text in Comics / Thomas E. Wartenberg
  • 6. What's So Funny? Comic Content in Depiction / Patrick Maynard
  • 7. Language of Comics / Darren Hudson Hick
  • pt. Three Comics and the Other Arts
  • 8. Making Comics into Film / Henry John Pratt
  • 9. Why Comics Are Not Films: Metacomics and Medium-Specific Conventions / Roy T. Cook
  • 10. Proust's In Search of Lost Time: The Comics Version / David Carrier.