The world of DC comics / Andrew J. Friedenthal.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Friedenthal, Andrew J., author.

Series:

Imaginary worlds.

Imaginary worlds

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

DC Comics, Inc.

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

Comic books, strips, etc.

United States.

Imaginary places in literature.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

ix, 108 pages ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2019.

Summary:

"The first sustained study of the DC Comics Multiverse, this book explores its history, meanings, and lasting influence. The multiverse is a unique exercise in world-building: a series of parallel and interactive worlds with a cohesive cosmology, developed by various creators over more than fifty years. In examining DC's unique worlds and characters, the book illustrates the expansive potential of a multiverse, full of characters, histories, geographies, religions, ethnographies, and more, and allowing for expressions of legacy, multiplicity, and play that have defined much of DC Comics' output. It shows how a multiverse can be a vital, energizing part of any imaginary world, and argues that students and creators of such worlds would do well to explore the implications and complexities of this world-building technique. Andrew J. Friedenthal has crafted a ground-breaking, engaging and thoughtful examination of the multiverse, of interest to scholars and enthusiasts of not just comics studies, but also the fields of media studies and imaginary world studies."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

A brief history of the multiverse

The multiverse in crisis

Cartographers of the multiverse

Beyond the multiverse.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Friedenthal, Andrew J., author. World of DC comics

ISBN:

9780815370574

0815370571

OCLC:

1079411093