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Author:   Michelle Ann Abate
Publisher:   Rutgers University Press
Imprint:   Rutgers University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.463kg
ISBN:  

9781978840690

ISBN 10:   1978840691
Pages:   254
Publication Date:   28 October 2024
Recommended Age:   From 18 to 99 years
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements                                                                                                    List of Figures Introduction. All By Myself: Single-Panel Comics and the Question of Genre Chapter 1. “Those Damned Pictures”: Thomas Nast and the Rise of the Single-Panel Comic as Political Cartoon Chapter 2. Freeze Frame: R. F. Outcault’s The Yellow Kid and the Tableau Vivant Chapter 3. “The New Yorker’s Most Influential Cartoonist”: Peter Arno and the Extraordinary Ordinary of Everyday Life Chapter 4. Not Jokester, but Prankster: Little Lulu’s Silent Social Commentary Chapter 5. Civil / Rights: Jackie Ormes’s Patty-Jo 'n' Ginger, Black Girlhood, and the Black Bourgeoisie Chapter 6. Outside the Circle of Influence: The Family Circus, Diegetic Space, and Comics Narratology Chapter 7. Ziggy Was Here: Tom Wilson’s Newspaper Series, World War II, and the Role of Graffiti in Comics Chapter 8. “His People are Grotesque”: The Far Side and the Aesthetics of Ugliness Epilogue. Reimagine, Recombine, Recreate: Dan Piraro’s Bizarro, Mashups, and the Comics of Remix Culture Works Cited

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“With her trademark pitch-perfect precision and profound purview, Abate rips the curtains back to show the magic behind single-panel comic storytelling. With breathtaking historical scope and dazzling analyses of exemplars, Abate gifts us with generative concepts and vital tools that crack wide open understanding of how story works in one gestaltic gulp. Singular Sensations is the paradigm shift in Comics Studies we’ve long awaited!” -- Frederick Luis Aldama * author of the Eisner–award winning Latinx Superheroes in Mainstream Comics *

“With her trademark pitch-perfect precision and profound purview, Abate rips the curtains back to show the magic behind single-panel comic storytelling. With breathtaking historical scope and dazzling analyses of exemplars, Abate gifts us with generative concepts and vital tools that crack wide open understanding of how story works in one gestaltic gulp. Singular Sensations is the paradigm shift in Comics Studies we’ve long awaited!”— Frederick Luis Aldama, author of the Eisner–award winning Latinx Superheroes in Mainstream Comics

“With her trademark pitch-perfect precision and profound purview, Abate rips the curtains back to show the magic behind single-panel comic storytelling. With breathtaking historical scope and dazzling analyses of exemplars, Abate gifts us with generative concepts and vital tools that crack wide open understanding of how story works in one gestaltic gulp. Singular Sensations is the paradigm shift in Comics Studies we’ve long awaited!” -- Frederick Luis Aldama * author of the Eisner award winning Latinx Superheroes in Mainstream Comics *

Author Information

MICHELLE ANN ABATE is professor of literature for children and young adults at the Ohio State University in Columbus. She is the author of seven previous books of literary criticism, including Blockheads, Beagles, and Sweet Babboos: New Perspectives on Charles M. Schulz’s Peanuts and the Lambda Literary Award nominee Tomboys: A Literary and Cultural History.   

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