| Superhero Comics Contributor(s): Gavaler, Chris (Author), Royal, Derek Parker (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1474226353 ISBN-13: 9781474226356 Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic OUR PRICE: $118.80 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Comics & Graphic Novels - Comics & Graphic Novels | Superheroes (see Also Fiction - Superheroes) - Art | Popular Culture |
| Dewey: 741.59 |
| LCCN: 2018285023 |
| Series: Bloomsbury Comics Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.88" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.27 lbs) 376 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 |