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Neon Visions - The Comics of Howard Chaykin (Paperback)
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Neon Visions - The Comics of Howard Chaykin (Paperback)
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In the 1980s, Howard Chaykin broke new ground in American comic
books with a series of formally innovative, iconoclastic works that
turned the traditional action-adventure tales of mainstream comics
into a platform for personal expression, political engagement, and
aesthetic experimentation. His original creations American Flagg!,
TimeA(2), and the notorious Black Kiss, along with his reshaping of
familiar titles like The Shadow and Blackhawk, generated acclaim
and often controversy as they challenged expectations of the visual
design and subject matter permissible in popular comics. Today,
Chaykin remains a vital and prolific artist, but despite the
original and influential nature of his work, he receives scant
critical attention. In Neon Visions, Brannon Costello offers the
first book-length critical evaluation of Chaykin's work and
confronts the blind spots in comics scholarship that consign this
seminal artist to the margins. He argues that Chaykin's
contributions are often overlooked because his comics eschew any
pretensions to serious literature. Instead, Chaykin's work revels
in the cliffhanger thrills of heroic-adventure genres and courts
outrage with transgressive depictions of violence and sexuality.
Examining Chaykin's career from his early successes to compelling
contemporary series such as City of Tomorrow, Dominic Fortune, and
the controversial Black Kiss 2, Costello explores how this
inventive body of work, through its evolving treatment of the theme
of authenticity, incisively investigates popular culture's capacity
to foster or constrain individual identity and political agency.
Challenging prevailing assumptions about the types of comics deemed
worthy of scholarly attention, Costello reveals that the work of an
artist as distinctive as Howard Chaykin demands a nuanced reading-
one that confronts his unique approach to the comics medium, his
blending of autobiographical themes and genre trademarks, and his
engagement with comic books as artifacts of consumer culture.
General
Imprint: |
Louisiana State University Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
September 2017 |
Authors: |
Brannon Costello
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Dimensions: |
235 x 155 x 22mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
384 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-8071-6832-5 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Special features >
Graphic novels
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LSN: |
0-8071-6832-7 |
Barcode: |
9780807168325 |
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