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Multimodality is of increasing relevance to daily life. Comics are a unique and informative site to study this concept, as they rely on complex interactions between word and image. This collection brings together leading international research, developing comics theory and speaking to additional media and disciplines. 53 b&w and 6 col. illus.
About the author
Madeline B. Gangnes is assistant professor of English at the University of Scranton. She is a co-editor of
Studies in Comics and the advisory editor of
Sequentials.
Christopher Murray is chair of comics studies in the School of Humanities, Social Sciences and Law at the University of Dundee, UK. He leads the Masters in Comics and Graphic Novels and is director of the Scottish Centre for Comics Studies and Dundee Comics Creative Space. He is a founding co-editor of
Studies in Comics.
Julia Round's books include
Gothic in Comics and Graphic Novels and the award-winning
Gothic for Girls. She is associate professor of English and comics studies at Bournemouth University, UK, and a founding co-editor of
Studies in Comics journal and the Encapsulations book series.
Summary
Multimodality is of increasing relevance to daily life. Comics are a unique and informative site to study this concept, as they rely on complex interactions between word and image. This collection brings together leading international research, developing comics theory and speaking to additional media and disciplines. 53 b&w and 6 col. illus.
