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Books > Sport & Leisure > Humour > Cartoons & comic strips
Here's a new installment of the phenomenal bestseller that Publishers Weekly selected as one of the twelve graphic books of all time. Spanning ages and continents from Ancient India to Rome and China in A.D. 600, Volume II is hip, funny, and full of info.
B & W illustrations.
A complete critical guide to the history, form and contexts of the
genre, Children's and Young Adult Comics helps readers explore how
comics have engaged with one of their most crucial audiences. In an
accessible and easy-to-navigate format, the book covers such topics
as: - The history of comics for children and young adults, from
early cartoon strips to the rise of comics as mainstream children's
literature - Cultural contexts - from the Comics Code Authority to
graphic novel adaptations of popular children's texts such as Neil
Gaiman's Coraline - Key texts - from familiar favourites like
Peanuts and Archie Comics to YA graphic novels such as Gene Luen
Yang's American Born Chinese and hybrid works including the Diary
of a Wimpy Kid series - Important theoretical and critical
approaches to studying children's and young adult comics Children's
and Young Adult Comics includes a glossary of crucial critical
terms and a lengthy resources section to help students and readers
develop their understanding of these genres and pursue independent
study.
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