The World of DC Comics

ISBN-13: 9780815370574 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 108 str.

Andrew Friedenthal

Opis

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 fifty years.

Spis treści

1. A Brief History of the Multiverse  2. The Multiverse in Crisis  3. Cartographers of the Multiverse  4. Beyond the Multiverse

O autorze

Andrew J. Friedenthal is an independent scholar, writer, and critic living in Austin, Texas. His previous publications include Retcon Games: Retroactive Continuity and the Hyperlinking of America, chapters in the collections　Crossing Boundaries in Graphic Narrative: Essays on Forms and Transgressive Tales: Queering the Grimms, and articles in the scholarly journals ImageTexT and The Journal of Comics & Culture. Additionally, he is a regular theater critic for the Austin American-Statesman and pop culture columnist for the online magazine Sightlines.