Reading Comics

How Graphic Novels Work and What They Mean

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Cultural Studies, Popular Culture
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Author: Douglas Wolk ISBN: 9780786721573
Publisher: Hachette Books Publication: July 31, 2008
Imprint: Da Capo Press Language: English
Author: Douglas Wolk
ISBN: 9780786721573
Publisher: Hachette Books
Publication: July 31, 2008
Imprint: Da Capo Press
Language: English

Suddenly, comics are everywhere: a newly matured art form, filling bookshelves with brilliant, innovative work and shaping the ideas and images of the rest of contemporary culture. In Reading Comics, critic Douglas Wolk shows us why and how. Wolk illuminates the most dazzling creators of modern comics-from Alan Moore to Alison Bechdel to Chris Ware-and explains their roots, influences, and where they fit into the pantheon of art. As accessible to the hardcore fan as to the curious newcomer, Reading Comics is the first book for people who want to know not just which comics are worth reading, but ways to think and talk and argue about them.

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Suddenly, comics are everywhere: a newly matured art form, filling bookshelves with brilliant, innovative work and shaping the ideas and images of the rest of contemporary culture. In Reading Comics, critic Douglas Wolk shows us why and how. Wolk illuminates the most dazzling creators of modern comics-from Alan Moore to Alison Bechdel to Chris Ware-and explains their roots, influences, and where they fit into the pantheon of art. As accessible to the hardcore fan as to the curious newcomer, Reading Comics is the first book for people who want to know not just which comics are worth reading, but ways to think and talk and argue about them.

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