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Author: Annessa Ann Babic ,
Henri-Simon Blanc-Hoàng ,
Guillaume de Syon ,
Christina Dokou
Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
Imprint: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 2.10cm
, Length: 22.80cm
Weight: 0.404kg
ISBN: 9781611478525
ISBN 10: 1611478529
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 31 August 2015
Audience:
College/higher education
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
This collection is welcome because it features essays by researchers new to the field, some with novel ideas. The volume provides a sampling of genres, personalities, stories, and issues in the lifeline of comics--bande dessinee, Mexican educational comics, film adaptations, Wonder Woman, Asterix, Lucky Luke, Dr. Doom, the Fantastic Four, Sin City--and also considers comics relative to nationalism, femininity, masculinity, homosexuality, censorship, containment, conformism, and patriotism. Interesting essays on Mexico and France discuss comic books officially sanctioned for educational purposes, pointing to what they left out, downplayed, or emphasized to serve government interests. An essay on Wonder Woman during WW II shows the duplicitous, confusing roles the superwoman played while representing women generally; another on the containment of comics in the 1950s examines the contributing factors of fear and insecurity, which ultimately led to censorship. The book includes some well-thought-out, decipherable theory--best presented in Lynda Goldstein's excellent chapter on issues and challenges of historical discourse concerning an event, here 9/11...Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above. CHOICE Comics is a visual medium used to express ideas via images, often combined with text or visual information. Comics frequently takes the form of juxtaposed sequences of panels of images. Often textual devices such as speech balloons, captions, and sound effects indicate dialogue, narration, or other information. Elements such as size and arrangement of panels control narrative pacing. Cartooning and similar forms of illustration are the most common image-making means in comics; fumetti is a form which uses photographic images. Common forms of comics include comic strips, editorial and gag cartoons, and comic books. Since the late 20th century, bound volumes such as graphic novels, comics albums, and tankobon have become increasingly common, and online webcomics have proliferated. Compiled and edited by Annessa An Babic, 'Comics as History, Comics as Literature: Roles of the COmic Book Scholarship, Society, and Entertainment' is a 272 page compendium comprised of thirteen articulate, erudite, and seminal essays on the cultural impact of comics. Of special note is 'SuperGay: Depictions of Homosexuality in Mainstream Superhero Comics'. A seminal body of impressive scholarship that is enhanced with the inclusion of an extensive bibliography and a comprehensive index, Comics As History, Comics As Literature is very highly recommended reading and an invaluable addition to academic library Popular Culture Studies and Literary Studies reference collections. Midwest Book Review
Author Information
Annessa Ann Babic is the coordinator of interdisciplinary studies at New York Institute of Technology.
