Alternative comics [electronic resource] : an emerging literature / Charles Hatfield.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hatfield, Charles, 1965-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Underground comic books, strips, etc--United States--History and criticism.

Underground comic books, strips, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (199 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the 1980's, a sea change occurred in comics. Fueled by Art Spiegel- man and Franoise Mouly's avant-garde anthology Raw and the launch of the Love Rockets series by Gilbert, Jaime, and Mario Hernandez, the decade saw a deluge of comics that were more autobiographical, emotionally realistic, and experimental than anything seen before. These alternative comics were not the scatological satires of the 1960's underground, nor were they brightly colored newspaper strips or superhero comic books. In Alternative Comics: An Emerging Literature, Charles Hatfield establishes the parameters of alternative

Contents:

Comix, comic shops, and the rise of alternative comics, post 1968

An art of tensions

A broader canvas

"I made that whole thing up!"

Irony and self-reflexivity in autobiographical comics

Whither the graphic novel?

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-91730-7

9786612917301

1-60473-587-2

OCLC:

631202531