Comics Studies: Survey of the Field

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Editors’ Preface v
3. Contents vii
4. Comics Studies: Survey of the Field 1
5. Part I: Systematic Aspects
6. 1 Comics Terminology and Definitions 11
7. 2 History, Formats, Genres 35
8. 3 Text-Image Relations 81
9. 4 Comics Narratology 99
10. 5 Seriality 121
11. 6 Adaptation 141
12. Part II: Contexts and Themes
13. 7 Politics 167
14. 8 World-Building 181
15. 9 Life Writing 201
16. 10 Gender 219
17. 11 Queerness 231
18. 12 Science Comics 247
19. 13 Postcolonial Perspectives 265
20. 14 DocuComics in the Classroom 289
21. 15 Superheroes
22. 15.1 Historical Overview 311
23. The Golden Age: Batman 317
24. 15.3 The Silver Age: Nick Fury 331
25. 15.4 The Dark Age: Superheroes in the 1980s 343
26. Part III: Close Readings
27. 16 Richard F. Outcault: The Yellow Kid 361
28. 17 George Herriman: Krazy Kat 379
29. 18 Winsor McCay: Little Nemo in Slumberland 387
30. 19 Dave Sim: Cerebus 405
31. 20 Will Eisner: A Contract with God 431
32. 21 Raymond Briggs: When the Wind Blows 451
33. 22 Art Spiegelman: Maus 467
34. 23 Robert Crumb 481
35. 24 Alan Moore: From Hell 499
36. 25 Neil Gaiman: The Sandman 513
37. 26 Alison Bechdel: Dykes to Watch Out For 529
38. 27 Chris Ware: Jimmy Corrigan – The Smartest Kid on Earth 545
39. 28 Daniel Clowes: Ghost World 561
40. 29 Martin Rowson: The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman 573
41. 30 Marjane Satrapi: Persepolis 589
42. 31 Grant Morrison: Flex Mentallo 601
43. Index of Subjects 619
44. Index of Names 629
45. List of Contributors 635