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Du lamentable capitaine alcoolique du Karaboudjan au rayonnant châtelain de la salle de marine de Moulinsart, Haddock a trouvé sa voie. Mais dans les seize albums où il apparaît, jamais il ne manque de voix ! Moins réservé et, surtout, moins parfait que Tintin, le braillard et gouailleur capitaine apporte sa part d’humanité à l’oeuvre…
Casse-pied émouvante, fléau secourable, artiste aussi vivement admirée que soigneusement évitée: l’émeraude Castafiore brille de ses mille facettes ambivalentes ! Tantôt fée bienfaisante, tantôt sorcière infernale, cette changeante apparition de la forêt syllabe est plus mystérieuse qu’il n’y paraît au premier abord. Avec finesse et tendresse, Pierre Bénard passe à la loupe l’exubérance de la…
Plus de 600 ouvrages ont paru à ce jour sur Hergé et Tintin, ce qui fait de la création du dessinateur belge l’une des mieux représentées à la BNF malgré l’étroitesse du corpus, si bien qu’on peut se demander s’il y a encore quelque chose à dire sur cette oeuvre que le philosophe Michel Serres…
Part interpretive criticism, part philosophical meditation, Regarding Frames: Thinking with Comics in the Twenty-First Century explores the ways that literary comics engage readers in the mutual construction of meaning. Kwa draws from a wide range of philosophical, critical, and theoretical texts to analyze the visual and verbal narrative strategies that artists use. She examines the…
The world can be an overwhelming and terrifying place. People often feel as if they are beaten, trapped, hunted-pursued by the very real monsters of mental illness, disabilities, abuse, loss, and countless other fears. Featuring essays and interviews with some of the best writers in the horror genre, and compiled by the highly acclaimed Stoker…
The mediated Arctic analyses the multiple relations between geography and cultural production that have long shaped – and are currently transforming – the circumpolar world. It explores how twenty-first-century cultural practitioners imagine and poeticise various elements of Arctic geography, and in doing so negotiate pressing environmental, (geo)political, and social concerns. From the plasmatic force of…
Contributions by José Alaniz, Michelle Bumatay, Sika Dagbovie-Mullins, Michael Kobre, Samantha Langsdale, Sheng-mei Ma, John Edward Martin, Peter Nagy, Anna F. Peppard, and Alison Wellford Origin Stories: Fans, Scholars, and the Superhero Comics That Shaped Their Identities brings together a diverse group of scholars, writers, and comics fans to explore how superhero comics intersect with…
Exploring how a once-obscure Charlton Comics character evolved into a complex, transmedia figure thanks to filmmaker James Gunn, Peacemaker: Satirizing the American Machismo delivers a sharp, accessible critique of toxic masculinity in American culture. Across five chapters, this book traces Peacemaker’s transformation from a one-note Cold War vigilante into a conflicted, satirical symbol of modern…
Chris Claremont (b. 1950) is best known for his landmark sixteen-year author run on Uncanny X-Men. This is the longest author run in Marvel Comics history, one that saw X-Men go from a title on the verge of cancellation to one of the most popular comics for over a decade and, eventually, a multibillion-dollar film…
Best known for his alternative comics, Chester Brown (b. 1960) is one of the most acclaimed and influential cartoonists of the last half century. This first biography provides a critical account of Brown’s life and career, highlighting his role in the evolving comics landscape and tracing his journey from self-publishing minicomics on the streets of…
For more than 60 years, Spider-Man has been an essential part of the popular culture landscape. Whether it be in movies, toys, or television, Spidey has been at the center of superhero media. Ultimately, however, he is a product of comic books. These are his mythological texts. This collection of new essays explores Spider-Man in…
Since their inception, superheroes in comic books and other media have endeavored to guide the nation’s children and adults. But what have superheroes been teaching, and how has that curriculum changed from generation to generation? This examination of American superhero history investigates the transforming landscape of the so-called Superhero Code. It discusses the history of…
Battle Lines Drawn: War Comics since 1914 delves into the rich and diverse history of war comics, exploring how the medium represents and reflects upon global conflicts from World War I to the modern era.
Battle Lines Drawn: War Comics since 1914 delves into the rich and diverse history of war comics, exploring how the medium represents and reflects upon global conflicts from World War I to the modern era.
Although, for years, women were portrayed as one-dimensional beings, Indian graphic novels have come a long way from solely idealizing the Hindu/Vedic past to contemporary digital comics with augmented reality, where individual stories of women are shared and politicized. Drawing on a decade of women’s mis/representation across comics, graphic novels, and digital comics, the book…
The Environmental Graphic Novel examines this emerging genre for its themes of climate change, disaster, and environmental justice. It underscores how the form encourages and sensitizes readers to ongoing environmental concerns from climate disaster to resistance and resilience. Assuming that the eco-apocalyptic is not the sole means of spotlighting climate disaster, this book argues that…
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