More and more people are noticing links between urban geography and
the spaces within the layout of panels on the comics page. Benjamin
Fraser explores the representation of the city in a range of comics
from across the globe. Comics address the city as an idea, a
historical fact, a social construction, a material-built
environment, a shared space forged from the collective imagination,
or as a social arena navigated according to personal desire.
Accordingly, Fraser brings insights from urban theory to bear on
specific comics. The works selected comprise a variety of
international, alternative, and independent small-press comics
artists, from engravings and early comics to single-panel work,
graphic novels, manga, and trading cards, by artists such as Will
Eisner, Tsutomu Nihei, Hariton Pushwagner, Julie Doucet, Frans
Masereel, and Chris Ware. In the first monograph on this Subject,
Fraser touches on many themes of modern urban life: activism,
alienation, consumerism, flanerie, gentrification, the mystery
story, science fiction, sexual orientation, and working-class
labor. He leads readers to images of such cities as Barcelona,
Buenos Aires, London, Lyon, Madrid, Montevideo, Montreal, New York,
Oslo, Paris, Sao Paolo, and Tokyo. Through close readings, each
chapter introduces readers to specific comics artists and works and
investigates a range of topics related to the medium's spatial
form, stylistic variation, and cultural prominence. Mainly, Fraser
mixes interest in urbanism and architecture with the creative
strategies that comics artists employ to bring their urban images
to life.
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