Douglas Wolk

Reading Comics

How Graphic Novels Work and What They Mean

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Suddenly, comics are everywhere: a newly matured art form, filling bookshelves with brilliant, innovative work and shaping the ideas and images of the rest of contemporary culture. In Reading Comics, critic Douglas Wolk shows us why this is and how it came to be. Wolk illuminates the most dazzling creators of modern comics-from Alan Moore to Alison Bechdel to Dave Sim to Chris Ware -- and introduces a critical theory that explains where each fits into the pantheon of art. Reading Comics is accessible to the hardcore fan and the curious newcomer; it is the first book for people who want to know not just what comics are worth reading, but also… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-7867-2157-3
EAN: 9780786721573
Produktnummer: 22912580
Verlag: Hachette Books
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
Seitenangabe: 416 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 18'966 KB

Über den Autor

Douglas Wolk writes about comics and music for publications including the New York Times, Rolling Stone, the Washington Post, Salon, and The Believer. He lives in Portland, Oregon.