Critical Approaches to Comics

Theories and Methods

Matthew J. Smith, Randy Duncan

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Routledge
26 October 2011

Graphic novel & Manga artwork; Literary studies: general; Graphic novels: history & criticism; Popular culture

Critical Approaches to Comics offers students a deeper understanding of the artistic and cultural significance of comic books and graphic novels by introducing key theories and critical methods for analyzing comics. Each chapter explains and then demonstrates a critical method or approach, which students can then apply to interrogate and critique the meanings and forms of comic books, graphic novels, and other sequential art. The authors introduce a wide range of critical perspectives on comics, including fandom, genre, intertextuality, adaptation, gender, narrative, formalism, visual culture, and much more.

As the first comprehensive introduction to critical methods for studying comics, Critical Approaches to Comics is the ideal textbook for a variety of courses in comics studies. Contributors: Henry Jenkins, David Berona, Joseph Witek, Randy Duncan, Marc Singer, Pascal Lefevre,

Andrei Molotiu, Jeff McLaughlin, Amy Kiste Nyberg, Christopher Murray, Mark Rogers, Ian Gordon, Stanford Carpenter, Matthew J. Smith, Brad J. Ricca, Peter Coogan, Leonard Rifas,

Jennifer K. Stuller, Ana Merino, Mel Gibson, Jeffrey A. Brown, Brian Swafford

Edited by: Matthew J. Smith, Randy Duncan
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 254mm, Width: 178mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 566g
ISBN: 9780415885553
ISBN 10: 0415885558
Pages: 310
Publication Date: 26 October 2011
Audience: College/higher education , Primary , A / AS level
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

"Matthew J. Smith is Professor of Communication at Wittenberg University. He regularly teaches ""Graphic Storytelling"" and leads an annual field study at Comic-Con International. Recent books include The Power of Comics: History, Form and Culture (with Randy Duncan) and Online Communication: Linking Technology, Culture, and Identity (with Andrew F. Wood). Randy Duncan is Professor of Communication at Henderson State University. He is co-author of The Power of Comics: History, Form and Culture (with Matthew J. Smith). Duncan is a co-founder (with Peter Coogan) of the Comics Arts Conference, and serves on the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Comic Art and the Board of Directors of the Institute for Comics Studies."

Reviews for Critical Approaches to Comics: Theories and Methods

"""In this volume, ably edited by Randy Duncan and Matthew J. Smith, some of the brightest and best international comics critics have joined forces to apply a variety of theoretical approaches to selected major texts to elucidate their appeal for the modern reader. The result is a user-friendly guide for professors, students, and general readers alike. Criticism has seldom been more fun."" --M. Thomas Inge, Blackwell Professor of Humanities, Randolph-Macon College ""The strength of this overview is in its truly admirable breadth--the broad range of objects it analyzes along with the various methodologies it brings to bear on comics. This volume is a valuable introduction to the lexicon of what many are now calling 'comics studies' that usefully seeks to enlarge the emerging field as opposed to fixing it down."" --Hillary Chute, Neubauer Family Assistant Professor, English, University of Chicago"