Drawing From the Archives - Comics Memory in the Contemporary Graphic Novel

"This book is for any reader interested in the American graphic novel and its longer history. Going after Art Spiegelman's call "the future of comics is in the past", it studies how contemporary cartoonists redraw from the archives of comics history to envision new modes of transmission"--

List of contents

Introduction; 1. Collecting; 2. Curating; 3. Reprinting; 4. Forging; 5. Swiping; 6. Undrawing; Conclusion.

About the author

Benoît Crucifix is Assistant Professor Cultural Studies at KU Leuven and researcher at the Royal Library of Belgium (KBR), working on the FED-tWIN 'Pop Heritage' project. He coedited Comics Memory: Archives and Styles (2018) and Abstraction and Comics (2019). He is a member of ACME and a coeditor for the journal Comicalités.

Summary

This book is for any reader interested in the American graphic novel and its longer history. Going after Art Spiegelman's call “the future of comics is in the past”, it studies how contemporary cartoonists redraw from the archives of comics history to envision new modes of transmission.

Product details

• Authors: Benoît Crucifix, Benoit (Ku Leuven & Royal Library of Bel Crucifix
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2023
• EAN: 9781009250931
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0925093-1
• No. of pages: 280
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Graphic Narratives
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; English, DESIGN / Graphic Arts / Illustration, COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, Graphic Novels, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 21st Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -, Graphic novel & Manga artwork, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, United States of America, USA, Early 20th century c 1900 to c 1950, Art & design styles: from c 1960, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Art & design styles: c 1900 to c 1960, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Early 21st century c 2000 to c 2050, Graphic novel and Manga artwork, Literary studies: from c 2000, Graphic novels, Comic books, Manga, Cartoons