The Cambridge Companion to Comics

Maaheen Ahmed (Universiteit Gent, Belgium)

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English

Cambridge University Press
31 August 2023

Comic book & cartoon art; Literary theory; Graphic novels

Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature

The Cambridge Companion to Comics presents comics as a multifaceted prism, generating productive and insightful dialogues with the most salient issues concerning the humanities at large. This volume provides readers with the histories and theories necessary for studying comics. It consists of three sections: Forms maps the most significant comics forms, including material formats and techniques. Readings brings together a selection of tools to equip readers with a critical understanding of comics. Uses examines the roles accorded to comics in museums, galleries, and education. Chapters explore comics through several key aspects, including drawing, serialities, adaptation, transmedia storytelling, issues of stereotyping and representation, and the lives of comics in institutional and social settings. This volume emphasizes the relationship between comics and other media and modes of expression. It offers close readings of vital works, covering more than a century of comics production and extending across visual, literary and cultural disciplines.

Edited by: Maaheen Ahmed (Universiteit Gent Belgium)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 159mm, Spine: 26mm
Weight: 710g
ISBN: 9781009255684
ISBN 10: 1009255681
Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature
Pages: 395
Publication Date: 31 August 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Maaheen Ahmed is Associate Professor of Comparative Literature at Ghent University, Belgium, where she leads a multi-researcher on children and comics which was awarded a prestigious European Research Council grant (no. 758502). She has published widely on comics, including graphic novels and periodicals, both North American and European.