Routledge Companion to Comics

<p> This cutting-edge handbook brings together an international roster of scholars to examine many facets of comics and graphic novels. Contributor essays provide authoritative up-to-date overviewsof the major topics and questions within comic studies offering readers a truly global approach to understanding the field.</p><p></p><p>Essays examine:</p><p></p><ul> <br><br><p></p> <li>the history of the temporal geographical and formal development of comics including topics like art comics manga comix and the comics code;</li> <br><br> <br><br><p></p> <li>issues such as authorship ethics adaptation and translating comics;</li> <br><br> <br><br><p></p> <li>connections between comics and other artistic media (drawing caricature film) as well as the linkages between comics and other academic fields like linguistics and philosophy;</li> <br><br> <br><br><p></p> <li>new perspectives on comics genres from funny animal comics to war comics to romance comics and beyond.</li> <br><br> </ul><p></p><p>The Routledge Companion to Comics expertly organizes representative work from a range of disciplines including media and cultural studies literature philosophy and linguistics. More than an introduction to the study of comics this book will serve as a crucial reference for anyone interested in pursuing research in the area guiding students scholars and comics fans alike. </p>