The British comic book invasion : Alan Moore, Warren Ellis, Grant Morrison and the evolution of the American style / Jochen Ecke.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ecke, Jochen, 1979- author.

Series:

Critical explorations in science fiction and fantasy ; 64.

Critical explorations in science fiction and fantasy ; 64

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Comic books, strips, etc.

Graphic novels.

United States.

Graphic novels--History and criticism.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

viii, 273 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2019]

Summary:

"Writers and artists in the highly competitive U.S. comics mainstream have always had to explore these questions but they were especially pressing in the 1980s. As comics readers grew older they started calling for more sophisticated stories. They were also no longer just following the adventures of popular characters--writers and artists with distinctive styles were in demand. DC Comics and Marvel went looking for such mavericks and found them in the United Kingdom. Creators like Alan Moore, Grant Morrison and Garth Ennis migrated from the anarchical British comics industry to the U.S. mainstream and shook up the status quo yet came to rely on the genius of the American system."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1 U.S. Mainstream Comics of the 1970s and 1980s: Defining the Mode of Practice p. 11

2 The British New Wave of the 1970s and 1980s p. 94

3 Alan Moore and the American Mode of Practice p. 158

4 "What is there for me to do?" Case Studies in the Second Wave of the British Invasion p. 200.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781476674155

1476674159

OCLC:

1074244673