Superhero Comics

Nonfiction, Art & Architecture, General Art, Popular Culture, Comics & Graphic Novels, Superheroes, Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism
Cover of the book Superhero Comics by Dr Chris Gavaler, Bloomsbury Publishing
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Author: Dr Chris Gavaler ISBN: 9781474226363
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Publication: October 5, 2017
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic Language: English
Author: Dr Chris Gavaler
ISBN: 9781474226363
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication: October 5, 2017
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Language: English
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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

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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

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