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Randy Duncan's The Power of Comics: History, Form, and Culture
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Fully revised and updated for its second edition, The Power of Comics remains the most authoritative introduction to comic books and graphic novels ? the history of the medium, its many forms and manifestations and their place in contemporary culture. The new edition includes: ? An expanded historical section bringing the story of comic books up to the present and covering the rise of the graphic novel and the advent of digital comics ? A new chapter on the memoir genre and a thoroughly revised chapter on the superhero genre ? A revised chapter ? ?Exploring Meanings in Comic Book Texts? ? introduces students to the theoretical tools they need to read comics critically ? Study objectives, discussion points, activities and annotated further reading guides in each chapter, helping students master the topics covered Illustrated throughout, with an extensive glossary of key terms, The Power of Comics also includes further updated resources available online at www.powerofcomics.com,
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Author : Randy Duncan
Pages : 464 pages
Publisher : Bloomsbury Academic
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ISBN-10 : 1472535707
ISBN-13 : 9781472535702
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Leslie Clayton
Randy Duncan's The Power of Comics: History, Form, and Culture
By : Randy Duncan Institute
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A comprehensive introduction to the comic arts From the introduction by Paul Levitz "If ever there was a medium characterized by its unexamined self-expression, it's comics. For decades after the medium's birth, it was free of organized critical analysis, its creators generally disinclined to self-analysis or formal documentation. The average reader didn't know who created the comics, how or why . . . and except for a uniquely destructive period during America's witch-hunting of the 1950s, didn't seem to care. As the medium has matured, however, and the creativity of comics began to touch the mainstream of popular culture in many ways, curiosity followed, leading to journalism and eventually, scholarship, and so here we are." "The Power of Comics" is the first introductory textbook for comic art studies courses. Lending a broader understanding of the medium and its communication potential, it provides students with a coherent and comprehensive explanation of comic books and graphic
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Author : Randy Duncan
Pages : 346 pages
Publisher : Continuum
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ISBN-10 : 0826429351
ISBN-13 : 9780826429353