Of Comics and Men: A Cultural History of American Comic BooksUniv. Press of Mississippi, 2010 - 390 páginas An analysis of the production, content, and techniques of comic books and graphic novels Originally published in France and long sought in English translation, Jean-Paul Gabilliet's Of Comics and Men: A Cultural History of American Comic Books documents the rise and development of the American comic book industry from the 1930s to the present. The book intertwines aesthetic issues and critical biographies with the concerns of production, distribution, and audience reception, making it one of the few interdisciplinary studies of the art form. A thorough introduction by translators and comics scholars Bart Beaty and Nick Nguyen brings the book up to date with explorations of the latest innovations, particularly the graphic novel. The book is organized into three sections: a concise history of the evolution of the comic book form in America; an overview of the distribution and consumption of American comic books, detailing specific controversies such as the creation of the Comics Code in the mid-1950s; and the problematic legitimization of the form that has occurred recently within the academy and in popular discourse. Viewing comic books from a variety of theoretical lenses, Gabilliet shows how seemingly disparate issues--creation, pro-duction, and reception--are in fact connected in ways that are not necessarily true of other art forms. Analyzing examples from a variety of genres, this book provides a thorough landmark overview of American comic books that sheds new light on this versatile art form. Jean-Paul Gabilliet is professor of American studies at the University of Bordeaux, France. Bart Beaty is associate professor of communication and culture at the University of Calgary. He is the author of Unpopular Culture: Transforming the European Comic Book in the 1990s. Nick Nguyen is an archivist at Library and Archives Canada, in Ottawa, Ontario. |
Índice
Seventy Years Worth of Images | 1 |
Producers and Consumers | 109 |
A Difficult Consecration | 213 |
SelfRegulating Codes of the Comic Book Industry | 313 |
Notes | 323 |
Bibliographic Essay | 355 |
Acknowledgments | 365 |
367 | |
Otras ediciones - Ver todo
Of Comics and Men: A Cultural History of American Comic Books Jean-Paul Gabilliet Vista previa restringida - 2013 |
Términos y frases comunes
advertising allowed American animated appeared artists Association audience became become beginning cartoonists cartoons century characters Code collections color comic book stores comic books comic strips Comics Journal Comics Magazine contained contents cover created creators crime cultural daily decade direct distribution drawings economic editor Eisner example existed expression fans fiction field four Funnies genre given graphic half hand illustrated important increase independent individuals industry initial interest issue John launched less majority Marvel Marvel Comics mass months never newspaper novels object offered original percent period popular position practice presented Press printed production publishers readers released remained represented result retailers social sold start starting stories success superheroes Superman television term tion titles took underground United University World writers York young