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World Comics: The Basics approaches the history of comic books as a global one, one that includes the physical transmigration of artists and their styles and worldviews from one place to another, and increasingly includes the active participation of creators and editors in the publishing and translating of comic books across time, languages, cultures and communities. In this accessible guide, Aldama demonstrates that while each country has it's own particular comics tradition such as Franco-Belgian bande
dessinées, Japanese
manga, Italian
fumetti, Spanish
tebeos, Latin American
historietas, German
comicbuch, Filipino
komiks, Korean
manhwa, and Chinese
lianhuanhua, among others, taken as a whole they make up a vibrant and transformative world republic of comics.
List of contents
Introduction
Chapter 1: What is a Comic?
Chapter 2: Comics as Social Commentary
Chapter 3: Comics & Politics
Chapter 4: Gender and Sexuality in Comics
Chapter 5: Comic Book Transcreations
About the author
Frederick Luis Aldama is Arts and Humanities Distinguished Professor of English and University Distinguished Scholar at the Ohio State University where he is also founder and director of LASER and the Humanities & Cognitive Sciences High School Summer Institute. He is author, co-author, and editor of over 24 books, including the
Routledge Concise History of Latino/a Literature and
Latino/a Literature in the Classroom.
Summary
World Comics: The Basics approaches the history of comic books as a global one, one that includes the physical transmigration of artists and their styles and worldviews from one place to another, and increasingly includes the active participation of creators and editors in the publishing and translating of comic books across time, languages, cultures and communities. In this accessible guide, Aldama demonstrates that while each country has it’s own particular comics tradition such as Franco-Belgian bande dessinées, Japanese manga, Italian fumetti, Spanish tebeos, Latin American historietas, German comicbuch, Filipino komiks, Korean manhwa, and Chinese lianhuanhua, among others, taken as a whole they make up a vibrant and transformative world republic of comics.
