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Ilan Manouach in Review: Critical Approaches to his Conceptual Comics Pedro Moura 9781032450056
RRP: $84.78SciFier: $81.68This book takes an interdisciplinary and diverse critical look at the work of comic artist Ilan Manouach, situating it within the avant-garde movement more broadly.An international team of authors... -
Empirical Comics Research: Digital, Multimodal, and Cognitive Methods Alexander Dunst 9780367588915
SciFier: $87.20This edited volume brings together work in the field of empirical comics research. Drawing on computer and cognitive science, psychology and art history, linguistics and literary studies, each... -
Superman and Comic Book Brand Continuity Phillip Bevin 9780367587994
SciFier: $87.20Superman and Comic Book Brand Continuity traces the development of comic book continuity through the case study of Superman, examining the character's own evolution across several media, including... -
Batman and the Multiplicity of Identity: The Contemporary Comic Book Superhero as Cultural Nexus Jeffrey A. Brown 9780367663629
SciFier: $89.04Concentrating primarily on contemporary depictions of Batman in the comic books, this book analyzes why Batman is so immensely popular right now in America and globally, and how the fictional Dark... -
The Narratology of Comic Art Kai Mikkonen 9780367884949
SciFier: $98.22By placing comics in a lively dialogue with contemporary narrative theory, The Narratology of Comic Art builds a systematic theory of narrative comics, going beyond the typical focus on the... -
Superhero Bodies: Identity, Materiality, Transformation Wendy Haslem (University of Melbourne, Australia) 9780367582869
SciFier: $87.20Throughout the history of the genre, the superhero has been characterised primarily by physical transformation and physical difference. Superhero Bodies: Identity, Materiality, Transformation... -
Precarious Youth in Contemporary Graphic Narratives: Young Lives in Crisis Maria Porras Sanchez (Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain) 9781032126739
RRP: $84.78SciFier: $79.84This volume explores comics as examples of moral outrage in the face of a reality in which precariousness has become an inherent part of young lives. Taking a thematic approach, the chapters devote... -
Comics Studies Here and Now Frederick Luis Aldama 9780367590703
SciFier: $89.04Comics Studies Here and Now marks the arrival of comics studies scholarship that no longer feels the need to justify itself within or against other fields of study. The essays herein move us forward,... -
Urban Comics: Infrastructure and the Global City in Contemporary Graphic Narratives Dominic Davies (City, University of London, UK) 9780367660635
SciFier: $89.04Urban Comics: Infrastructure and the Global City in Contemporary Graphic Narratives makes an important and timely contribution both to comics studies and urban studies, offering a decolonisation and... -
Vertigo Comics: British Creators, US Editors, and the Making of a Transformational Imprint Isabelle Licari-Guillaume (University of Nice Cote d'Azur, France) 9780367672782
RRP: $84.78SciFier: $81.68This book explores the so-called "British Invasion" of DC Comics' Vertigo imprint, which played an important role in redefining the mainstream comics industry in the US during the early 1990s... -
More Critical Approaches to Comics: Theories and Methods Matthew J. Smith 9781138359536
SciFier: $94.55In this comprehensive textbook, editors Matthew J. Brown, Randy Duncan, and Matthew J. Smith offer students a deeper understanding of the artistic and cultural significance of comic books and graphic... -
Destruction, Ethics, and Intergalactic Love: Exploring Y: The Last Man and Saga Peter Admirand (Dublin City University, Ireland) 9781032305172
RRP: $74.18SciFier: $71.78This book offers a creative and accessible exploration of two comic book series: Y: The Last Man and Saga It examines themes pertinent to the 21st century and its challenges, such as those of... -
Contexts of Violence in Comics Ian Hague 9781032177618
SciFier: $87.20This book is part of a nuanced two-volume examination of the ways in which violence in comics is presented in different texts, genres, cultures and contexts. Contexts of Violence in Comics asks the... -
The Power of Comics and Graphic Novels: Culture, Form, and Context PhD Randy Duncan (Henderson State University, USA) 9781350253902
SciFier: $63.39After the successful and innovative first two editions, now in a new, restructured 3rd edition, this remains the most authoritative introduction for studying comic books and graphic novels, covering... -
Superheroes and Excess: A Philosophical Adventure Jamie Brassett 9781032065267
RRP: $82.66SciFier: $81.68A relevant book, given the presence of superheroes as an everyday, culturally dominant phenomenaThis book brings a popular genre, i.e., the superhero comic, in conversation with a rigorous...