A Comics Studies Reader

A Comics Studies Readeroffers the best of the new comics scholarship in nearly thirty essays on a wide variety of such comics forms as gag cartoons, editorial cartoons, comic strips, comic books, manga, and graphic novels.The anthology covers the pioneering work of Rodolphe Töpffer, the Disney comics of Carl Barks, and the graphic novels of Art Spiegelman and Chris Ware, as well asPeanuts, romance comics, and superheroes. It explores the stylistic achievements of manga, the international anti-comics campaign, and power and class in Mexican comic books and English illustrated stories.A Comics Studies Readerintroduces readers to the major debates and points of reference that continue to shape the field. It will interest anyone who wants to delve deeper into the world of comics and is ideal for classroom use.

Acknowledgments	p. IX
Introduction	p. XI
Why Are Comics Still in Search of Cultural Legitimization?	p. 3
Historical Considerations	p. 13
Rodolphe Topffer's Aesthetic Revolution	p. 17
How Comics Came to Be: Through the Juncture of Word and Image from Magazine Gag Cartoons to Newspaper Strips, Tools for Critical Appreciation plus Rare Seldom Witnessed Historical Facts	p. 25
The "Vulgar" Comic Strip	p. 46
Excerpt from Seduction of the Innocent	p. 53
William Gaines and the Battle over EC Comics	p. 58
The Comics Debates Internationally	p. 69
The Definition of the Superhero	p. 77
Two Boys from the Twin Cities	p. 94
Craft, Art, Form	p. 101
Caricature	p. 105
Beyond Comparison	p. 116
The Impossible Definition	p. 124
An Art of Tensions	p. 132
The Arrow and the Grid	p. 149
The Construction of Space in Comics	p. 157
The Acoustics of Manga	p. 163
Culture, Narrative, Identity	p. 173
Ally Sloper: The First Comics Superstar?	p. 177
Jackie and the Problem of Romance	p. 190
Home Loving and Without Vices	p. 207
Autobiography as Authenticity	p. 226
Manga versus Kibyoshi	p. 236
Beyond Shoujo, Blending Gender	p. 244
Scrutiny and Evaluation	p. 253
The Innocents March into History	p. 257
The Garden in the Machine	p. 270
An Examination of "Master Race"	p. 288
The Comics of Chris Ware	p. 306
Transcending Comics: Crossing the Boundaries of the Medium	p. 325
History and Graphic Representation in Maus	p. 340
Contributors	p. 363
Index	p. 369
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