Comic Book Studies 2020 BESTSELLERS GOTHIC FOR GIRLS Misty and British Comics
Julia Round 2019 358pp, 53 colour illustrations 9781496824462 Paperback US$30.00 9781496824455 Hardback US$99.00
Today, fans still remember and love the British girls' comic Misty for its bold visuals and narrative complexities. Yet its unique history has drawn little critical attention. Bridging this scholarly gap, Julia Round presents a comprehensive cultural history and detailed discussion of the comic.
THE ARTISTRY OF NEIL GAIMAN Finding Light in the Shadows
Edited by Joseph Michael Sommers & Kyle Eveleth 2019 300pp, 44 b&w illustrations 9781496821652 Paperback US$30.00 9781496821645 Hardback US$99.00
Critical Approaches to Comics Artists Series 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, examine the work of Gaiman and his many illustrators.
CHAM
The Best Comic Strips and Graphic Novelettes, 1839–1862 David Kunzle 2019 538pp 9781496816184 Hardback US$90.00
Cham, real name Count Amédée de Noé, may have been the epitome of a célèbre inconnu, a famous unknown. He is one much deserving, at last, of this first account of his huge oeuvre as a caricaturist. This book concentrates on his mastery of the important newcomer to the field of caricature, which we call comic strip, picture story, and graphic novel. If you are a teaching academic or course leader you may request up to three titles as FREE inspection copies to consider as textbooks for students on your course. For further details please visit:
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GRAPHIC NOVELS AS PHILOSOPHY
Edited by Jeff McLaughlin 2019 226pp 9781496825629 Paperback US$30.00
Address two questions: Which philosophical insights, concepts, and tools can shed light on the graphic novel? And how can the graphic novel cast light on the concerns of philosophy? Each contributor ponders a well-known graphic novel to illuminate ways in which philosophy can untangle particular combinations of image and written word for deeper understanding
COMIC ART IN MUSEUMS
Edited by Kim A. Munson Jul 2020 384pp, 82 colour illustrations 9781496828071 Paperback US$30.00 9781496828118 Hardback US$99.00
Through essays and interviews, this anthology tells the story of the history of those who championed the serious study of comics, the trends and controversies that produced institutional interest in comics, and the wax, wane, and then return of comic art in museums.
COMICS AND ADAPTATION
Edited by Benoît Mitaine, David Roche & Isabelle Schmitt-Pitiot Apr 2020 246pp, 35 b&w illustrations 9781496828187 Paperback US$30.00
Both comics studies and adaptation studies have grown separately over the past twenty years, yet there are few in-depth studies of comic books and adaptations together. Available for the first time in English, this collection pores over the phenomenon of comic books and adaptation, sifting through comics as both sources and results of adaptation.
THE COMICS OF ALISON BECHDEL
From the Outside In
Edited by Janine Utell Feb 2020 282pp, 46 b&w illustrations 9781496825780 Paperback US$30.00 9781496825773 Hardback US$99.00
Critical Approaches to Comics Artists Series 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.
MONSTROUS WOMEN IN COMICS
Edited by Samantha Langsdale & Elizabeth Rae Coody May 2020 256pp, 35 b&w illustrations 9781496827630 Paperback US$30.00 9781496827623 Hardback US$99.00
Horror and Monstrosity Studies Series Explores the coding of woman as monstrous, and how the monster as dangerously evocative of women/femininity/the female is exacerbated by the intersection of gender with sexuality, race, nationality, and disability.
THE COMICS OF RUTU MODAN
War, Love, and Secrets
Kevin Haworth 2019 194pp, 29 b&w illustrations 9781496821829 Paperback US$30.00 9781496821836 Hardback US$99.00
Great Comics Artists Series Provides a close reading of Rutu Modan's work and examines her role in creating a comics arts scene in Israel. Drawing on archival research, Kevin Haworth traces the history of Israeli comics from its beginning in the 1930s, through the counterculture movement of the 1970s, to the burst of creativity that began in the 1990s and continues today.
COMICS, TRAUMA, AND THE NEW ART OF WAR Harriet E. H. Earle 2019 246pp, 14 b&w illustrations 9781496825636 Paperback US$30.00
Focusing on representations of conflict in American comics after the Vietnam War, Harriet Earle claims that the comics form is uniquely able to show traumatic experience by representing events as viscerally as possible.
GRAPHIC INDIGENEITY Comics in the Americas and Australasia Frederick Luis Aldama Jun 2020 400pp, 104 b&w illustrations 9781496828026 Paperback US$30.00 9781496828019 Hardback US$99.00
Acclaimed comics scholar Frederick Luis Aldama shines light on how mainstream comics have clumsily distilled and reconstructed Indigenous identities and experiences. This book emphasises how Indigenous comic artists are themselves clearing new visual-verbal narrative spaces for articulating more complex histories, and narratives of self.
MONSTROUS IMAGINARIES
The Legacy of Romanticism in Comics Maaheen Ahmed 2019 240pp, 27 b&w illustrations 9781496825278 Paperback US$30.00 9781496825261 Hardback US$99.00
Engaging with Romanticism and the many monsters created by Romantic writers and artists such as Mary Shelley, Victor Hugo, and Goya, Maaheen Ahmed maps the heritage, functions, and effects of monsters in contemporary comics and graphic novels.
MS. MARVEL'S AMERICA No Normal
Edited by Jessica Baldanzi & Hussein Rashid Mar 2020 256pp, 20 b&w illustrations 9781496827012 Paperback US$30.00
Brings together scholars from a range of disciplines including literature, cultural studies, religious studies, pedagogy, and communications to engage with a single character, exploring Ms. Marvel's significance for a broad readership.
SUPERMAN IN MYTH AND FOLKLORE Daniel Peretti 2019 204pp, 16 b&w illustrations 9781496826312 Paperback US$30.00
Many studies have examined the ways in which folklore has provided inspiration for other forms of culture, especially literature and cinema. In Superman in Myth and Folklore, Daniel Peretti explores the meaning of folklore inspired by popular culture, focusing not on the Man of Steel's origins but on the culture he has helped create.
THE SUPERVILLAIN READER
Edited by Robert Moses Peaslee & Robert G. Weiner Jan 2020 416pp, 24 b&w illustrations 9781496826473 Paperback US$30.00 9781496826466 Hardback US$99.00
Featuring both reprinted and original essays, this collection reveals why we are so fascinated with the villain. This innovative collection brings together essays, book excerpts, and original content from a wide variety of scholars and writers, weaving a rich tapestry of thought regarding villains in all their manifestations.
VISIBLE CITIES, GLOBAL COMICS Urban Images and Spatial Form Benjamin Fraser 2019 300pp, 23 b&w illustrations 9781496825049 Paperback US$30.00 9781496825032 Hardback US$99.00
Brings insights from urban theory to bear on specific comics. The works selected comprise a variety of international, alternative, and independent small-press comics artists, from engravings and early comics to singlepanel work, graphic novels, manga, and trading cards.
WITH GREAT POWER COMES GREAT PEDAGOGY
Teaching, Learning, and Comics
Edited by Susan E. Kirtley, Antero Garcia & Peter E. Carlson Feb 2020 240pp, 23 b&w illustrations 9781496826053 Paperback US$30.00 9781496826046 Hardback US$99.00
More and more educators are using comics in the classroom. As such, this edited volume sets out the stakes, definitions, and exemplars of recent comics pedagogy, from higher education instruction to ongoing communities of scholars working outside of the academy.
CONVERSATIONS WITH COMIC ARTISTS SERIES The Conversations with Comic Artists Series publishes collected interviews with ground-breaking creators of comic books and comic strips
Conversations
Edited by Ian Gordon 2019 238pp, 30 b&w illustrations 9781496823359 Paperback US$25.00
Author Michael Chabon described Ben Katchor as "the creator of the last great American comic strip". Katchor's work is often described as zany or bizarre, and author Douglas Wolk has characterized his work as "one or two notches too far" beyond an absurdist reality. And yet the work resonates with its audience.
LARRY HAMA
Edited by Frederick Luis Aldama 2019 164pp, 9 colour illustrations 9781496824806 Paperback US$25.00 9781496824790 Hardback US$99.00
Edited by Christopher Irving 2019 208pp, 11 b&w illustrations 9781496822734 Paperback US$25.00 9781496822789 Hardback US$99.00
Jeff Smith has made an indelible mark on the comics industry. This career-spanning collection of interviews, ranging from 1999 to 2017, enables readers to follow along with Smith's development as an independent creator, writer, and illustrator.
BESTSELLER
JOHN JENNINGS
CHRIS WARE
Conversations
Larry Hama is the writer and cartoonist who helped develop the 1980s G.I. Joe toyline and created a new generation of comic book fans from the tie-in comic book. Through many interviews with Hama, this volume reveals that G.I. Joe is far from his greatest feat as an artist.
STEVE GERBER
Conversations
Conversations
Conversations
Edited by Donna-lyn Washington Aug 2020 208pp, 15 b&w illustrations 9781496829382 Hardback US$99.00 9781496829399 Paperback US$25.00
Edited by Jean Braithwaite 2016 272pp, 29 b&w and colour illustrations 9781496809292 Hardback US$40.00
Like Art Spiegelman or Alison Bechdel, Chris Ware stands out as an important crossover artist who has made the wider public aware of comics as literature. Editor Jean Braithwaite compiles interviews displaying both Ware's erudition and his quirky self-deprecation. They span Ware's career from 1993 to 2015, creating a time-lapse portrait of the artist as he matures.
JEFF SMITH
Conversations
The interviews here give a picture of a black man forging a way where comic books have afforded him a means to carve out an important space for people of colour. As a collective the interviews explore folklore, systemic racism, his Mississippi roots, and the phrase Jennings cocreated, the Ethnogothic.
Edited by Jason Sacks, Eric Hoffman & Dominick Grace 2019 256pp, 15 b&w illustrations 9781496823014 Paperback US$25.00 9781496823045 Hardback US$99.00
Steve Gerber is among the most significant comics writers of the modern era. This volume follows Gerber's career through a range of interviews, beginning with his height during the 1970s and ending with an interview with Michael Eury just before Gerber's death in 2008.
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