Superhero Comics

ISBN-13: 9781474226349 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 376 str.

Peter M. Coogan; Christopher Gavaler; Derek Parker Royal

Opis

A complete guide to the history, form and contexts of the genre, Superhero Comics helps readers explore the most successful and familiar of comic book genres. In an accessible and easy-to-navigate format, the book reveals: -The history of superhero comics-from mythic influences to 21st century evolutions
-Cultural contexts-from the formative politics of colonialism, eugenics, KKK vigilantism, and WWII fascism to the Cold War's transformative threat of mutually assured destruction to the on-going revolutions in African American and sexual representation
-Key texts-from the earliest pre-Comics-Code Superman and Batman to the latest post-Code Ms. Marvel and Black Panther
-Approaches to visual analysis-from layout norms to narrative structure to styles of abstraction

Recenzje

This would make the perfect textbook for a class on the history of comics. It's great for comic fans who want to go beyond the pages of the latest DC or Marvel adventure to understand and appreciate how these stories evolved and what were their origins. Artistic Bent

Spis treści

1. Introduction2. Historical Overview3. Social and Cultural Impact4. Key Texts5. Critical Uses6. ResourcesAppendixGlossary of TermsIndex

O autorze

Chris Gavaler is Associate Professor of English at Washington and Lee University, USA. He is also the author of On the Origina of Superheroes: From the Big Bang to Action Comics No. 1 (2015) and Superhero Comics (2017) and Creating Comics (2021), both publishing by Bloomsbury. Since 2021, he has been series editor of Bloomsbury Comics Studies.