Projections : comics and the history of twenty-first-century storytelling / Jared Gardner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gardner, Jared.

Series:

Post 45.

Post 45

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Comic books, strips, etc.

Motion pictures and comic books--United States.

Motion pictures and comic books.

Narration (Rhetoric).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Stanford, CA : Stanford University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

When Art Spiegelman's Maus won the Pulitzer Prize in 1992, it marked a new era for comics. Comics are now taken seriously by the same academic and cultural institutions that long dismissed the form. And the visibility of comics continues to increase, with alternative cartoonists now published by major presses and more comics-based films arriving on the screen each year. Projections argues that the seemingly sudden visibility of comics is no accident. Beginning with the parallel development of narrative comics at the turn of the 20th century, comics have long been a f

Contents:

Contents; Preface; 1. Fragments of Modernity, 1889-1920; 2. Serial Pleasures, 1907-1938; 3. Fan-Addicts and the Comic Book, 1938-1955; 4. First-Person Graphic, 1959-2010; 5. Archives and Collectors, 1990-2010; 6. Coda: Comics, Film, and the Future of Twenty-First-Century Storytelling; Notes; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780804781787

0804781788

OCLC:

767502416