Bücher der Reihe Critical Approaches to Comics Artists Series

Collects new essays on the work of the creator of the immensely popular Peanuts comic strip. Despite Schulz's celebrity, few scholarly books on his work and career have been published. This collection serves as a foundation for future study not only of Charles Schulz (1922-2000) but, more broadly, of the understudied medium of newspaper comics.

Addresses the range of Joe Sacco's award-winning work, from his early comics stories as well as his groundbreaking journalism. This edited volume explores Sacco's comics journalism, and features established and emerging scholars from comics studies, cultural studies, geography, literary studies, political science, and communication studies.

In a self-reflexive way, Julie Doucet's and Gabrielle Bell's comics, though often autobiographical, defy easy categorization. This volume regards their art as actively feminist, not only because they offer women's perspectives, but because they do so by provocatively bringing up the complicated, multivalent frameworks of such engagements.

In a self-reflexive way, Julie Doucet's and Gabrielle Bell's comics, though often autobiographical, defy easy categorization. This volume regards their art as actively feminist, not only because they offer women's perspectives, but because they do so by provocatively bringing up the complicated, multivalent frameworks of such engagements.

Collects new essays on the work of the creator of the immensely popular Peanuts comic strip. Despite Schulz's celebrity, few scholarly books on his work and career have been published. This collection serves as a foundation for future study not only of Charles Schulz (1922-2000) but, more broadly, of the under-studied medium of newspaper comics.

Neil Gaiman is one of the most critically decorated and popular authors of the last fifty years, but his work is under represented in sustained fashion in comics studies. The thirteen essays and two interviews with Gaiman and his frequent collaborator, artist P. Craig Russell, in this volume examine the work of Gaiman and his many illustrators.

Neil Gaiman is one of the most critically decorated and popular authors of the last fifty years, but his work is under represented in sustained fashion in comics studies. The thirteen essays and two interviews with Gaiman and his frequent collaborator, artist P. Craig Russell, in this volume examine the work of Gaiman and his many illustrators.

In a definitive collection of original essays, scholars cover the span of Alison Bechdel's career, placing her groundbreaking early work within the context of her more well-known recent projects. Contributors provide new insights on major themes in Bechdel's work, such as gender performativity, lesbian politics, trauma, and queer theory.

In a definitive collection of original essays, scholars cover the span of Alison Bechdel's career, placing her groundbreaking early work within the context of her more well-known recent projects. Contributors provide new insights on major themes in Bechdel's work, such as gender performativity, lesbian politics, trauma, and queer theory.

A groundbreaking collection on the work of a pioneer of underground comix and a fixture of comics culture. Contributors cast Crumb's work as sophisticated and complex in its representations of gender, sexuality, race, politics, and history, and chart his role in underground comix and the ways in which his work has circulated in the art museum.

A groundbreaking collection on the work of a pioneer of underground comix and a fixture of comics culture. Contributors cast Crumb's work as sophisticated and complex in its representations of gender, sexuality, race, politics, and history, and chart his role in underground comix and the ways in which his work has circulated in the art museum.

Named a Notable Scholarly Publication of 2015 by the Comics Studies SocietyContributions by Georgiana Banita, Lan Dong, Ann D'Orazio, Kevin C. Dunn, Alexander Dunst, Jared Gardner, Edward C. Holland, Isabel Macdonald, Brigid Maher, Ben Owen, Rebecca Scherr, Maureen Shay, Marc Singer, Richard Todd Stafford, and oyvind VagnesThe Comics of Joe Sacco addresses the range of his award-winning work, from his early comics stories as well as his groundbreaking journalism Palestine (1993) and Safe Area to Gorazde (2000), to Footnotes in Gaza (2009) and his most recent book The Great War (2013), a graphic history of World War I.First in the series, Critical Approaches to Comics Artists, this edited volume explores Sacco's comics journalism and features established and emerging scholars from comics studies, cultural studies, geography, literary studies, political science, and communication studies. Sacco's work has already found a place in some of the foundational scholarship in comics studies, and this book solidifies his role as one of the most important comics artists today.Sections focus on how Sacco's comics journalism critiques and employs the standard of objectivity in mainstream reporting, what aesthetic principles and approaches to lived experience can be found in his comics, how Sacco employs the space of the comics page to map history and war, and the ways that his comics function in the classroom and as human rights activism. The Comics of Joe Sacco offers definitive, exciting approaches to some of the most important--and necessary--comics today, by one of the most acclaimed journalist-artists of our time.