Superhero Comics e-bog
238,03 DKK
(inkl. moms 297,54 DKK)
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, ...
E-bog
238,03 DKK
Forlag
Bloomsbury Academic
Udgivet
5 oktober 2017
Længde
376 sider
Genrer
Comic book and cartoon artwork
Sprog
English
Format
pdf
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9781474226370
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