Reading Comics - How Graphic Novels Work and What They Mean

Informationen zum Autor Douglas Wolk writes about comics and music for publications including the New York Times, Rolling Stone , the Washington Post, Salon , and The Believer . He lives in Portland, Oregon. Klappentext Critic Wolk illuminates the most dazzling creators of modern comics--from Alan Moore and Alison Bechdel to Dave Sim and Chris Ware--and introduces a critical theory that explains where each fits into the pantheon of art. Zusammenfassung Suddenly, comics are everywhere: a newly matured art form, filling bookshelves with brilliant, innovative work and shaping the ideas and images of the rest of contemporary culture. In Reading Comics , critic Douglas Wolk shows us why this is and how it came to be. Wolk illuminates the most dazzling creators of modern comics-from Alan Moore to Alison Bechdel to Dave Sim to Chris Ware -- and introduces a critical theory that explains where each fits into the pantheon of art. Reading Comics is accessible to the hardcore fan and the curious newcomer; it is the first book for people who want to know not just what comics are worth reading, but also the ways to think and talk and argue about them.

Product details

• Authors: Douglas Wolk, Wolk Douglas
• Publisher: Dacapo
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.08.2008
• EAN: 9780306816161
• ISBN: 978-0-306-81616-1
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 225 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Comic, cartoon, humour, satire > Comic; Humanities, art, music > Art > Interior design, design; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, DESIGN / Graphic Arts / Illustration, Comic book & cartoon art, Comic book and cartoon artwork, COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS / Reference, Guides & Companions