Frank Miller's Daredevil and the Ends of Heroism / Paul Young.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Young, Paul, author.

Series:

Comics culture.

Comics Culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Miller, Frank, 1957---Criticism and interpretation.

Miller, Frank.

Daredevil (Fictitious character)--History.

Daredevil (Fictitious character).

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

Comic books, strips, etc.

Popular culture--United States.

Popular culture.

American literature--History and criticism.

American literature.

Myth in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (290 pages) : color illustrations.

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, [2016]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

2017 EISNER AWARD NOMINEE for Best Academic/Scholarly Work In the late 1970s and early 1980s, writer-artist Frank Miller turned Daredevil from a tepid-selling comic into an industry-wide success story, doubling its sales within three years. Lawyer by day and costumed vigilante by night, the character of Daredevil was the perfect vehicle for the explorations of heroic ideals and violence that would come to define Miller's work. Frank Miller's Daredevil and the Ends of Heroism is both a rigorous study of Miller's artistic influences and innovations and a reflection on how his visionary work on Daredevil impacted generations of comics publishers, creators, and fans. Paul Young explores the accomplishments of Miller the writer, who fused hardboiled crime stories with superhero comics, while reimagining Kingpin (a classic Spider-Man nemesis), recuperating the half-baked villain Bullseye, and inventing a completely new kind of Daredevil villain in Elektra. Yet, he also offers a vivid appreciation of the indelible panels drawn by Miller the artist, taking a fresh look at his distinctive page layouts and lines. A childhood fan of Miller's Daredevil, Young takes readers on a personal journey as he seeks to reconcile his love for the comic with his distaste for the fascistic overtones of Miller's controversial later work. What he finds will resonate not only with Daredevil fans, but with anyone who has contemplated what it means to be a hero in a heartless world. Other titles in the Comics Culture series include Twelve-Cent Archie, Wonder Woman: Bondage and Feminism in the Marston/Peter Comics, 1941-1948, and Considering Watchmen: Poetics, Property, Politics.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

INTRODUCTION. DEALING WITH THE DEVIL

CHAPTER ONE. OUR STORY SO FAR

CHAPTER TWO. INTO THE SNAKE PIT

CHAPTER THREE. THE UNHOLY THREE

CHAPTER FOUR. COMICS FOR COMICS' SAKE

INTERLUDE. DAREDEVIL VERSUS THE CATECHISM

CONCLUSION. EXPOSÉ

NOTES

INDEX

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 04. Sep 2019)

ISBN:

0-8135-6383-6

OCLC:

954056977