Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. 1. A New Series, a New Type of Author 1
4. 2. A World of Its Own 20
5. 3. More Than a Possible World 40
6. 4. Between Chapter and Series 58
7. 5. A New Fantastic 74
8. 6. In and Out the Medium 93
9. 7. Doing Politics in Comics 110
10. 8. Close-Reading The Leaning Girl 124
11. 9. A Conversation with Benoît Peeters 138
12. 10. Birth of an Album: The Theory of the Grain of Sand 151
13. Acknowledgments 171
14. Notes 173
15. References 177
16. Index 183
17. About the Author 187