The greatest comic book of all time : symbolic capital and the field of American comic books / Bart Beaty, Benjamin Woo.

Author
Beaty, Bart [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
  • New York : Palgrave Macmillan, [2016]
  • ©2016
Description
xi, 156 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

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    Summary note
    The authors work to historicize why it is that certain works or creators have come to define the notion of a 'quality comic book,' while other works and creators have been left at the fringes of critical analysis.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents
    • What if the greatest comic book of all time were...
    • Maus by Art Spiegelman?
    • A short story by Robert Crumb?
    • A superhero story by Jack Kirby?
    • Written by Alan Moore?
    • The Cage by Martin Vaughn-James
    • By Rob Liefeld?
    • An Archie Comic?
    • Not by a white man?
    • Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi?
    • Dave Sim's Cerebus?
    • Hicksville by Dylan Horrocks?
    ISBN
    • 9781137561961 ((hardcover ; : acid-free paper))
    • 1137561963 ((hardcover ; : acid-free paper))
    • 9781349719785
    • 1349719781
    LCCN
    2016936506
    OCLC
    956624784
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