The rise of the American comics artist creators and contexts / edited by Paul Williams and James Lyons.

Other author Williams, Paul, 1979-
Other author Lyons, James, 1972-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoJackson [Miss.] : University Press of Mississippi,
Descriptionxxiv, 253 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
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Portion of title Creators and contexts
Contents In the year 3794 / Paul Williams and James Lyons -- How the graphic novel changed American comics / Stephen Weiner -- "Is this a book?" DC Vertigo and the redefinition of comics in the 1990s / Julia Round -- Signals from airstrip one : the British invasion of mainstream American comics / Chris Murray -- State of the nation and the Freedom fighters arc / Graham J. Murphy -- Critique, caricature, and compulsion in Joe Sacco's comics journalism / Adam Rosenblatt and Andrea A. Lunsford -- Too much commerce man? Shannon Wheeler and the ironies of the "Rebel cell" / James Lyons -- Comics against themselves : Chris Ware's graphic narratives as literature / David M. Ball -- Questions of "contemporary women's comics" / Paul Williams -- Theorizing sexuality in comics / Joe Sutliff Sanders -- Feminine Latin/o American identities on the American alternative landscape : from the women of Love and rockets to La perdida / Ana Merino -- Making comics respectable : how Maus helped redefine a medium / Ian Gordon -- "A purely American tale" : the tragedy of racism and Jimmy Corrigan : the smartest kid on earth as great American novel / Paul Williams -- "That mouse's shadow" : the canonization of Spiegelman's Maus / Andrew Loman.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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