Superhero Comics
Nonfiction, Art & Architecture, General Art, Popular Culture, Comics & Graphic Novels, Superheroes, Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism
| Author: | Dr Chris Gavaler | ISBN: | 9781474226363 |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing | Publication: | October 5, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Bloomsbury Academic | Language: | English |
| Author: | Dr Chris Gavaler |
| ISBN: | 9781474226363 |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Publication: | October 5, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Language: | English |
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
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
