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This collection provides the complete history of the graphic novel, including detailed analyses of its origins, rise and success.
List of contents
1. Introduction Jan Baetens, Hugo Frey and Stephen E. Tabachnick; Part I: 2. The origins of adult graphic narratives: graphic literature and the novel, from Laurence Sterne to Gustave Doré (1760-1851) Denis Mellier; 3. Long-length serials in the Golden Age of comic strips: production and reception Daniel Stein and Lukas Etter; 4. Long length wordless books: Frans Masereel, Milt Gross, Lynd Ward, and beyond Barbara Postema; 5. The postwar 'drawn novel' Jan Baetens; 6. Harvey Kurtzman and the influence of Mad magazine Dan Byrne-Smith; 7. When realism met romance: the negative zone of Marvel's Silver Age Christopher Pizzino; 8. Beat-era literature and the graphic novel Hugo Frey; 9. Henry Darger, comics and the graphic novel: contexts and appropriations Gavin Parkinson; 10. Underground comix and the invention of autobiography, history and reportage Jean-Paul Gabilliet; 11. Jules Feiffer - creative and intellectual ally of the graphic novel (and of other critical/editorial voices) Paul Williams; Part II: 12. Will Eisner and the making of a contract with God Michael A. Chaney; 13. Art Spiegelman's autobiographical practice from Maus to MetaMaus Erin McGlothlin; 14. Alan Moore: the making of a graphic novelist Christopher Murray; 15. No future: punk and the underground graphic novel Benjamin Noys; 16. European literary and genre fiction: the (À Suivre) magazine and the 'adventure' and 'science fiction' traditions (Pratt, Tardi, Moebius) Fabrice Leroy; 17. 'A word to you feminist women': the parallel legacies of feminism and underground comics Susan Kirtley; 18. The secret origins of LBGTQ graphic novels Justin Hall; 19. US creators of color and the post-underground graphic narrative renaissance Frederick Luis Aldama; 20. The influence of Manga on the graphic novel Simon Grennan; 21. Sandman, the ephemeral, and the permanent Joe Sutliff Sanders; 22. 'To elevate every experience into something artistic and exciting': Daniel Clowes's Ghost World Ken Parille; 23. From an informed fan culture to an academic field Randy Duncan and Matthew J. Smith; Part III. 24. Joe Sacco, graphic novelist as political journalist Ann Miller; 25. The discovery of Marjane Satrapi and the translation of works from and about the Middle East Chris Reyns and Houssem Lazreg; 26. Chris Oliveros, drawn and quarterly, and the expanded definition of the graphic novel Bart Beaty; 27. The Jewish graphic novel Stephen E. Tabachnick; 28. Crime genre fiction in the graphic novel Andrew J. Kunka; 29. Genre fiction in the graphic novel: the case of science fiction Karin Kukkonen; 30. The superhero graphic novel Darren Harris-Fain; 31. Reinvention of the form: Chris Ware and experimentalism after Raw Martha Kuhlman; 32. Convergence cultures: modern and contemporary poetry and the graphic novel Daniel Morris; 33. Cinema's discovery of the graphic novel: mainstream and independent adaptation Matthew P. McAllister and Stephanie Orme; 34. The novel and the graphic novel Brannon Costello; 35. E-graphic novels Benoît Crucifix and Björn-Olav Dozo; 36. World literature David M. Ball; Bibliography; Index.
Summary
This collection provides the complete history of the graphic novel from its origins in the nineteenth century to its rise and startling success in the twentieth and twenty-first century. It will be a key resource for scholars and researchers of the graphic novel and popular culture.
Foreword
This collection provides the complete history of the graphic novel, including detailed analyses of its origins, rise and success.
