Comics Studies: A Guidebook
Language: English
Published by Rutgers University Press, 2020
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- Title
- Comics Studies: A Guidebook
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Publication year
- 2020
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0813591414
- ISBN 13
- 9780813591414
Nominee for the 2021 Eisner Awards Best Academic/Scholarly Work
In the twenty-first century, the field of comics studies has exploded. Scholarship on graphic novels, comic books, comic strips, webcomics, manga, and all forms of comic art has grown at a dizzying pace, with new publications, institutions, and courses springing up everywhere. The field crosses disciplinary and cultural borders and brings together myriad traditions. Comics Studies: A Guidebook offers a rich but concise introduction to this multifaceted field, authored by leading experts in multiple disciplines. It opens diverse entryways to comics studies, including history, form, audiences, genre, and cultural, industrial, and economic contexts. An invaluable one-stop resource for veteran and new comics scholars alike, this guidebook represents the state of the art in contemporary comics scholarship.
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About the Author
BART BEATY is the author, editor, and translator of more than twenty books in the field of comics studies, including Twelve-Cent Archie and Comics versus Art. He is the general editor of the Critical Survey of Graphic Novels and is the lead researcher on the What Were Comics? project.
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