The graphic novel / editor, Gary Hoppenstand, Michigan State University, Lansing Michigan.

"The Graphic Novel offers an examination and analysis of the contemporary graphic novel as literature. Specific attention will be paid to the use of narrative genre in the graphic novel (e.g. the superhero graphic novel, the crime narrative graphic novel, the horror graphic novel, and the realistic/...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Critical insights.
Other Authors: Hoppenstand, Gary (Editor)
Language:English
Published: Ipswich, Massachusetts : Amenia, NY : Salem Press, a division of EBSCO Information Services, Inc. ; Grey House Publishing, [2014]
Series:Critical insights.
Subjects:
Comic books, strips, etc. > History and criticism.
Graphic novels > History and criticism.
Local Note:
MSU Stanley C. and Selma D. Hollander Faculty Book Collection
Physical Description:xv, 232 pages ; 24 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Critical contexts
  • The superhero narrative and the graphic novel / Joseph J. Darowski
  • The horror narrative and the graphic novel / Lance Eaton
  • The crime narrative and the graphic novel / Rich Shivener
  • The reality/fantasy narrative and the graphic novel / Rikk Mulligan
  • Critical readings
  • Wil Eisner's A contract with God / Daniel D. Clark
  • Art Spiegelman's Maus: a survivor's tale / Brian Cogan
  • Frank Miller's Batman / Jeffrey Johnson
  • Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' Watchmen / Michael G. Robinson
  • Alan Moore and David Lloyd's V for Vendetta / Cathy Leogrande
  • Neil Gaiman's Sandman / Mary Catherine Harper
  • Frank Miller's Sin City / Terrence Wandtke
  • Max Allan Collins' Road to Perdition / Jared Griffin
  • Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis / Adam Capitanio
  • Robert Kirkman and Tony Moore's The walking dead / Michael J. Blouin.