A complete critical guide to its history, forms and contexts, Autobiographical Comics helps readers explore the increasingly popular genre of comic book life writing.

In an accessible and easy-to-navigate format, the book covers such topics as:
.The history of the genre from its underground beginnings and its rise to mainstream popularity
.Key texts from Art Spiegelman's Pulitzer Prize-winning Maus and the works of Robert Crumb to Persepolis and American Splendor
.Cultural contexts from confessional modes, coming of age and trauma narratives...

A complete critical guide to its history, forms and contexts, Autobiographical Comics helps readers explore the increasingly popular genre of comic book life writing.

In an accessible and easy-to-navigate format, the book covers such topics as:
.The history of the genre from its underground beginnings and its rise to mainstream popularity
.Key texts from Art Spiegelman's Pulitzer Prize-winning Maus and the works of Robert Crumb to Persepolis and American Splendor
.Cultural contexts from confessional modes, coming of age and trauma narratives...