Autobiographical comics / Andrew J. Kunka.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kunka, Andrew, 1969- author.

Series:

Bloomsbury comics studies

Bloomsbury Comics Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Comic books, strips, etc.

Autobiographical comic books, strips, etc--History and criticism.

Autobiographical comic books, strips, etc.

Biography as a literary form.

Autobiography in literature.

Graphic novels--History and criticism.

Graphic novels.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

x, 290 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, 2018.

Summary:

"A complete guide to the history, form and contexts of the genre, Autobiographical Comics helps readers explore the increasingly popular genre of graphic life writing. In an accessible and easy-to-navigate format, the book covers such topics as: the history and rise of autobiographical comics; cultural contexts; key texts including Maus, Robert Crumb, Persepolis, Fun Home, and American Splendor; and important theoretical and critical approaches to autobiographical comics. Autobiographical Comics includes a glossary of crucial critical terms, annotated guides to further reading and online resources and discussion questions to help students and readers develop their understanding of the genre and pursue independent study"--Back cover.

Contents:

Introduction: What are autobiographical comics?

The history of autobiographical comics

Critical questions

Social and cultural impact

Key texts.

Series editor's preface / Derek Parker Royal

List of Figures

Acknowledgments

1. Introduction: What are Autobiographical Comics?

The centrality of autobiography

The study of autobiography

What is an autobiographical comic?

This book and how to use it

2. The History of Autobiographical Comics

Early examples: Proto-autobiographical comics

Underground comix

Post-underground and the rise of Pekar and Spiegelman

Alternative comics and second wave autobiography

Twenty-first-century autobiography

3. Critical Questions

Autobiographical comics and autobiographical theory

The autobiographical pact and the problem of first-person narration

Violating the autobiographical pact

The problem of authenticity

Photography in autobiographical comics

The mise en abyme

Teaching autobiographical comics

Trauma

Adolescence

The quotidian and the confessional

Gender and sexualtiy

Race and ethnicity

Graphic medicine

Censorship and controversy

Self-publishing and web comics

Key texts

Justin Green's Binky Brown Meets the Holy Virgin Mary

Robert Crumb and Aline Kominsky-Crumb

Harvey Pekar's American Splendor

Keiji Nakazawa's Barefoot Gen: A Cartoon Story of Hiroshima

Art Spiegelman's Maus: A Survivor's Tale and In the Shadow of No Towers

Phoebe Gloecker's A Child's Life and The Diary of a Teenage Girl

Joe Matt, Chester Brown, and Seth

Lynda Barry's One Hundred Demons

Craig Thompson's Blankets

Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis

Alison Bechdel's Fun Home

Appendix 1: Panel discussion: Comics and autobiography

Appendix 2: Interview with Jennifer Hayden

Appendix 3: "Everybody Gets It Wrong!" - David Chelsea

Appendix 4: Autobiographical conversation - Ryan Claytor

Glossary.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [261]-277) and index.

ISBN:

9781474227858

1474227856

9781474227841

1474227848

OCLC:

945482923