Crossing boundaries in graphic narrative : essays on forms, series and genres / edited by Jake Jakaitis and James F. Wurtz.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jakaitis, Jake.

Wurtz, James F.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Comic books, strips, etc--History and criticism.

Comic books, strips, etc.

Physical Description:

vi, 233 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., [2012]

Summary:

"The essays examine the politics of comic form and narrative, ways graphic narrative and sequential art "cross over" into other genres, and how these articulations challenge the ways we read and interpret texts. This work brings literary theory to bear on graphic narrative, explores our understanding of the form itself and its engagement with political culture"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part I Ways of Reading

1 Michael Chabon's Amazing Adventures with Dark Horse Comics / John Joseph Hess Hess, John Joseph 25

2 The Comic Modernism of George Herriman / Daniel Stein Stein, Daniel 40

3 Fantastic Alterities and The Sandman / Julia Round Round, Julia 71

4 Thirty-Two Floors of Disruption: Time and Space in Alan Moore's "How Things Work Out" / Rikke Platz Cortsen Cortsen, Rikke Platz 93

Part II Reading Ethnicity

5 Picturing Books: Southern Print Culture in Howard Cruse's Stuck Rubber Baby / David Bordeleon Bordeleon, David 107

6 Iconoclastic Readings and Self-Reflexive Rebellions in Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis and Persepolis 2 / Pamela J. Rader Rader, Pamela J. 123

7 Drawing the Trauma of Race: Choices and Crises of Representation in Art Spiegelman's Maus / Luminita Dragulescu Dragulescu, Luminita 138

8 Mezclando (Mixing) the "Facts" and the Power of the Image in Latino USA / Ellen M. Gil-Gómez Gil-Gómez, Ellen M. 152

Part III Reading the Hero

9 "3X2(9YZ)4A": Stasis and Speed in Contemporary Superhero Comics / Martyn Pedler Pedler, Martyn 177

10 My Wonder Woman: The "New Wonder Woman," Gloria Steinem, and the Appropriation of Comic Book Iconography / Andrew J. Friedenthal Friedenthal, Andrew J. 188

11 Paneling Rage: The Loss of Deliberate Sequence / Michael P. Millington Millington, Michael P. 207.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780786466634

0786466634

OCLC:

757462017