The Routledge Companion to Comics (Hardcover)

This cutting-edge handbook brings together an international roster of scholars to examine many facets of comics and graphic novels. Contributor essays provide authoritative, up-to-date overviewsof the major topics and questions within comic studies, offering readers a truly global approach to understanding the field. Essays examine: the history of the temporal, geographical, and formal development of comics, including topics like art comics, manga, comix, and the comics code; issues such as authorship, ethics, adaptation, and translating comics; connections between comics and other artistic media (drawing, caricature, film) as well as the linkages between comics and other academic fields like linguistics and philosophy; new perspectives on comics genres, from funny animal comics to war comics to romance comics and beyond. The Routledge Companion to Comics expertly organizes representative work from a range of disciplines, including media and cultural studies, literature, philosophy, and linguistics. More than an introduction to the study of comics, this book will serve as a crucial reference for anyone interested in pursuing research in the area, guiding students, scholars, and comics fans alike.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge Media and Cultural Studies Companions
Release date:	July 2016
First published:	2017
Editors:	Frank Bramlett • Roy Cook • Aaron Meskin
Dimensions:	246 x 174 x 30mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	456
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-72900-0
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > The arts: general issues > General
LSN:	0-415-72900-9
Barcode:	9780415729000

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