Superhero Comics (Paperback, HPOD)

A complete guide to the history, form and contexts of the genre, Superhero Comics helps readers explore the most successful and familiar of comic book genres. In an accessible and easy-to-navigate format, the book reveals: *The history of superhero comics-from mythic influences to 21st century evolutions *Cultural contexts-from the formative politics of colonialism, eugenics, KKK vigilantism, and WWII fascism to the Cold War's transformative threat of mutually assured destruction to the on-going revolutions in African American and sexual representation *Key texts-from the earliest pre-Comics-Code Superman and Batman to the latest post-Code Ms. Marvel and Black Panther *Approaches to visual analysis-from layout norms to narrative structure to styles of abstraction

General

Imprint:	Bloomsbury Academic
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Bloomsbury Comics Studies
Release date:	October 2017
Authors:	Chris Gavaler
Dimensions:	216 x 138 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	376
Edition:	HPOD
ISBN-13:	978-1-4742-2634-9
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Industrial / commercial art & design > Illustration & commercial art > Comic book & cartoon art Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Novels, other prose & writers > General Promotions
LSN:	1-4742-2634-5
Barcode:	9781474226349

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