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Reading Comics: How Graphic Novels Work and What They Mean Paperback - 2008

by Douglas Wolk

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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.

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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 and how. Wolk illuminates the most dazzling creators of modern comics-from Alan Moore to Alison Bechdel to Chris Ware-and explains their roots, influences, and where they fit into the pantheon of art. As accessible to the hardcore fan as to the curious newcomer, Reading Comics is the first book for people who want to know not just which comics are worth reading, but ways to think and talk and argue about them.

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  • Title Reading Comics: How Graphic Novels Work and What They Mean
  • Author Douglas Wolk
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 416
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Da Capo Press
  • Publication date 2008-06-01
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780306816161 / 0306816164
  • Weight 0.99 lbs (0.45 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.77 x 5.79 x 1.15 in (22.28 x 14.71 x 2.92 cm)
  • Category Literature - Classics / Criticism
  • Library of Congress subjects Comic books, strips, etc - United States -
  • Dewey Decimal Code 741.53

About the author

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.
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