The Comics World
Title | The Comics World PDF eBook |
Author | Benjamin Woo |
Publisher | Univ. Press of Mississippi |
Total Pages | 299 |
Release | 2021-07-29 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1496834666 |
Contributions by Bart Beaty, T. Keith Edmunds, Eike Exner, Christopher J. Galdieri, Ivan Lima Gomes, Charles Hatfield, Franny Howes, John A. Lent, Amy Louise Maynard, Shari Sabeti, Rob Salkowitz, Kalervo A. Sinervo, Jeremy Stoll, Valerie Wieskamp, Adriana Estrada Wilson, and Benjamin Woo The Comics World: Comic Books, Graphic Novels, and Their Publics is the first collection to explicitly examine the production, circulation, and reception of comics from a social-scientific point of view. Designed to promote interdisciplinary dialogue about theory and methods in comics studies, this volume draws on approaches from fields as diverse as sociology, political science, history, folklore, communication studies, and business, among others, to study the social life of comics and graphic novels. Taking the concept of a “comics world”—that is, the collection of people, roles, and institutions that “produce” comics as they are—as its organizing principle, the book asks readers to attend to the contexts that shape how comics move through societies and cultures. Each chapter explores a specific comics world or particular site where comics meet one of their publics, such as artists and creators; adaptors; critics and journalists; convention-goers; scanners; fans; and comics scholars themselves. Through their research, contributors demonstrate some of the ways that people participate in comics worlds and how the relationships created in these spaces can provide different perspectives on comics and comics studies. Moving beyond the page, The Comics World explores the complexity of the lived reality of the comics world: how comics and graphic novels matter to different people at different times, within a social space shared with others.
The Comics
Title | The Comics PDF eBook |
Author | Jerry Robinson |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 1976 |
Genre | Comic books, strips, etc |
ISBN | 9780425032688 |
The Comics
Title | The Comics PDF eBook |
Author | Brian Walker |
Publisher | Harry N. Abrams |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2011-04-01 |
Genre | Comics & Graphic Novels |
ISBN | 9780810995956 |
Combined edition of The comics before 1945, first published in 2004, and The comics since 1945, first published in 2002.
Comic Book History of Comics
Title | Comic Book History of Comics PDF eBook |
Author | Fred Van Lente |
Publisher | IDW Publishing |
Total Pages | 226 |
Release | 2012-06-20 |
Genre | Comics & Graphic Novels |
ISBN | 1613774540 |
For the first time ever, the inspiring, infuriating, and utterly insane story of comics, graphic novels, and manga is presented in comic book form! The award-winning Action Philosophers team of Fred Van Lente and Ryan Dunlavey turn their irreverent-but-accurate eye to the stories of Jack Kirby, R. Crumb, Harvey Kurtzman, Alan Moore, Stan Lee, Will Eisner, Fredric Wertham, Roy Lichtenstein, Art Spiegelman, Herge, Osamu Tezuka - and more! Collects Comic Book Comics #1-6.
Twitter: The Comic (The Book)
Title | Twitter: The Comic (The Book) PDF eBook |
Author | Mike Rosenthal |
Publisher | Chronicle Books |
Total Pages | 146 |
Release | 2014-08-19 |
Genre | Humor |
ISBN | 1452139814 |
From a simple, brilliant premise—to create comics from the weirdest and funniest tweets around—artist Mike Rosenthal (@VectorBelly) has crafted a hilariously surreal world that has attracted over a million followers to his blog Twitter: The Comic. Each carefully curated tweet delivers concentrated humor in the language of the Internet, reproduced in the comics with typos and all. As envisioned by Rosenthal, each comes to life through a bizarrely recognizable cast of bassoon-playing cops, sarcastic teens, bear MDs, clueless dads, potential insect overlords, and more. Featuring more than 120 of these comics, including dozens unique to this book, Twitter: The Comic (The Book) is a dementedly funny vision of our strange online age.
Comics as History, Comics as Literature
Title | Comics as History, Comics as Literature PDF eBook |
Author | Annessa Ann Babic |
Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | 274 |
Release | 2013-12-11 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1611475570 |
This anthology hosts a collection of essays examining the role of comics as portals for historical and academic content, while keeping the approach on an international market versus the American one. Few resources currently exist showing the cross-disciplinary aspects of comics. Some of the chapters examine the use of Wonder Woman during World War II, the development and culture of French comics, and theories of Locke and Hobbs in regards to the state of nature and the bonds of community. More so, the continual use of comics for the retelling of classic tales and current events demonstrates that the genre has long passed the phase of for children’s eyes only. Additionally, this anthology also weaves graphic novels into the dialogue with comics.
Simplified Anatomy for the Comic Book Artist
Title | Simplified Anatomy for the Comic Book Artist PDF eBook |
Author | Christopher Hart |
Publisher | Watson-Guptill |
Total Pages | 166 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 9780823047734 |
Presents a guide to stylized figure anatomy for artists wishing to emulate one of today's popular streamlined comic book styles, with step-by-step demonstrations and studies of major muscle groups, heads, hands, and feet.