Philosophy of Comics

<p><b><i>What exactly are comics? Can they be art literature or even pornography? How should we understand the characters stories and genres that shape them?</i></b> <p/>Thinking about comics raises a bewildering range of questions about representation narrative and value. <i>Philosophy of Comics </i>is an introduction to these philosophical questions. In exploring the history and variety of the comics medium Sam Cowling and Wesley D. Cray chart a path through the emerging field of the philosophy of comics. <p/>Drawing from a diverse range of forms and genres and informed by case studies of classic comics such as <i>Watchmen Tales from the Crypt </i>and <i>Fun Home </i>Cowling and Cray explore ethical aesthetic and ontological puzzles including: <p/> - What does it take to create-or destroy-a fictional character like Superman?<br>- Can all comics be adapted into films or are some comics impossible to adapt?<br>- Is there really a genre of superhero comics?<br>- When are comics obscene pornographic and why does it matter? <p/> At a time of rapidly growing interest in graphic storytelling this is an ideal introduction to the philosophy of comics and some of its most central and puzzling questions.</p>