| Description |
1 online resource (xxiv, 253 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
In the year 3794 / Paul Williams and James Lyons -- How the graphic novel changed American comics / Stephen Weiner -- "Is this a book?" DC Vertigo and the redefinition of comics in the 1990s / Julia Round -- Signals from airstrip one : the British invasion of mainstream American comics / Chris Murray -- State of the nation and the Freedom fighters arc / Graham J. Murphy -- Critique, caricature, and compulsion in Joe Sacco's comics journalism / Adam Rosenblatt and Andrea A. Lunsford -- Too much commerce man? Shannon Wheeler and the ironies of the "Rebel cell" / James Lyons -- Comics against themselves : Chris Ware's graphic narratives as literature / David M. Ball -- Questions of "contemporary women's comics" / Paul Williams -- Theorizing sexuality in comics / Joe Sutliff Sanders -- Feminine Latin/o American identities on the American alternative landscape : from the women of Love and rockets to La perdida / Ana Merino -- Making comics respectable : how Maus helped redefine a medium / Ian Gordon -- "A purely American tale" : the tragedy of racism and Jimmy Corrigan : the smartest kid on earth as great American novel / Paul Williams -- "That mouse's shadow" : the canonization of Spiegelman's Maus / Andrew Loman. |
| Summary |
Starting in the mid-1980s, a talented set of comics artists changed the American comic-book industry forever by introducing adult sensibilities and aesthetic considerations into popular genres such as superhero comics and the newspaper strip. Frank MillerÃ?'s Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (1986) and Alan Moore and Dave GibbonsÃ?'s Watchmen (1987) revolutionized the former genre in particular. During this same period, underground and alternative genres began to garner critical acclaim and media attention beyond comics-specific outlets, as best represented by Art SpiegelmanÃ?'s Maus . Publishe. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Comic books, strips, etc. -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Comic books, strips, etc. |
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United States. |
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History. |
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20th century |
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Cartoonists -- United States -- Biography.
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Cartoonists. |
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Biographies.
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COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS -- Crime & Mystery. |
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COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS -- Anthologies. |
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COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS -- Horror. |
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COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS -- Historical Fiction. |
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COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS -- Fantasy. |
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COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS -- Erotica. |
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COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS -- Literary. |
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COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS -- Gay & Lesbian. |
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COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS -- Contemporary Women. |
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Comics & Graphic Novels. |
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1900-1999 |
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History.
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Biographies.
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| Added Author |
Williams, Paul, 1979-
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Lyons, James, 1972-
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Creators and contexts |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Rise of the American comics artist. Jackson [Miss.] : University Press of Mississippi, ©2010 9781604737912 (DLC) 2010016183 (OCoLC)608687736 |
| ISBN |
9781604737936 (electronic book) |
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160473793X (electronic book) |
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1282939270 |
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9781282939271 |
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9781604737912 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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1604737913 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9781604737929 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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1604737921 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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