More Critical Approaches to Comics

<p>In this comprehensive textbook editors Matthew J. Brown Randy Duncan and Matthew J. Smith offer students a deeper understanding of the artistic and cultural significance of comic books and graphic novels by introducing key theories and critical methods for analyzing comics. </p> <p>Each chapter explains and then demonstrates a critical method or approach which students can then apply to interrogate and critique the meanings and forms of comic books graphic novels and other sequential art. Contributors introduce a wide range of critical perspectives on comics including disability studies parasocial relationships scientific humanities queer theory linguistics critical geography philosophical aesthetics historiography and much more. </p> <p>As a companion to the acclaimed <i>Critical Approaches to Comics: Theories and Methods</i> this second volume features 19 fresh perspectives and serves as a stand-alone textbook in its own right. <i>More Critical Approaches to Comics</i> is a compelling classroom or research text for students and scholars interested in Comics Studies Critical Theory the Humanities and beyond.</p>