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Comics Studies

A Guidebook
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Description

Nominee for the 2021 Eisner Awards Best Academic/Scholarly Work

In the twenty-first century, the field of comics studies has exploded. Scholarship on graphic novels, comic books, comic strips, webcomics, manga, and all forms of comic art has grown at a dizzying pace, with new publications, institutions, and courses springing up everywhere. The field crosses disciplinary and cultural borders and brings together myriad traditions. Comics Studies: A Guidebook offers a rich but concise introduction to this multifaceted field, authored by leading experts in multiple disciplines. It opens diverse entryways to comics studies, including history, form, audiences, genre, and cultural, industrial, and economic contexts. An invaluable one-stop resource for veteran and new comics scholars alike, this guidebook represents the state of the art in contemporary comics scholarship.

Product Details

PublisherRutgers University Press
Publish DateAugust 14, 2020
Pages336
LanguageEnglish
TypeBook iconPaperback / softback
EAN/UPC9780813591414
Dimensions9.1 X 6.1 X 0.9 inches | 1.1 pounds

Reviews

"The margins of Hatfield and Beaty's comics studies are where some of the most interesting and innovative research on and around comics has been or is being conducted by scholars who will not find themselves or their work represented in this edited collection."-- "Inks: The Journal of the Comics Studies Society"

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