Neon visions : the comics of Howard Chaykin / Brannon Costello.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Costello, Brannon, 1975- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2017]
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Physical Description:x, 351 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • 1. Putting it all back together (over and over) again: serialization and authenticity in American Flagg!
  • 2. The shadow of the past: old utopias and the culture of nostalgia
  • 3. Lost in the futurama: thinking objects and artificial subjects in time
  • 4. "Flying fascists on our side": popular culture and fascist aesthetics in Blackhawk
  • 5. Cherry one-sheets and Xeroxed Polaroids: masculinity, authenticity, and the noir of Black kiss
  • 6. Fantasy solutions to real problems: Chaykin's superheroes
  • 7. Challenging the known: revisions and renewals
  • 8. The real thing: mirror images and body doubles in Black kiss 2.