Superhero Comics

von Christopher Gavaler

370 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

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

• Reihe: Bloomsbury 3PL
• ISBN: 9781474226356
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 05.10.2017
• Größe: 216 x 140 mm
• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC